Here you will find descriptions of the performances and artists of the XXVII International Street and Open-Air Theatres Festival FETA 2025.
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Imre Bernath „Social Salto” / Hungry
About the show:
Every situation creates a new beginning, and every interaction creates an improvised comedy moment that surprises the audience! Let Imre take you on a funny journey, interwoven with impressive acrobatics, where volunteers become the heroes of the show.
About the theatre:
Imre Bernath is a Hungarian street artist and clown who began his career as an Olympic gymnast. He gained recognition for his humorous, interactive performances. As an award-winning performer, he has had the pleasure of sharing his art with audiences in 37 countries on five continents. In Poland, where he visits regularly, he has been met with an enthusiastic reception.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 16:00 / 45 min. – B4
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 19:00 / 45 min. – B4
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 13:00 / 45 min. – FORUM Gdańsk
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 18:00 / 45 min. – Festival Center
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 15:00 / 45 min. – Festival Center
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 19:00 / 45 min. – Festival Center
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Kamchàtka „Kamchàtka” – a traveling show / Spain
About the show:
Eight characters lost in the city, each carrying their own suitcase. Passers-by or immigrants? Naive and curious, their emotions are barely contained, they know nothing about our norms, our rules and our way of life.
Kamchàtka is an improvisation show which deals with the essence of theatre in public space. It’s praise for simplicity and spontaneity, an attempt to regain our humanity, a new way of looking at life and at the Other.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 16:30 / 60 min. – starting point: Park Linowy
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 17:00 / 60 min. – starting point: Festival Center
Kamchàtka and participants of the „Crescendo” workshop / Spain
About the show:
The event is connected to Kamchàtka Theatre’s new project “Incontinuo”, which will explore human stories of migration. This concept refers to the utopian images of societies and places to which people migrate or want to migrate in search of a better life.
About the theatre:
Kamchàtka is an artist collective of diverse nationalities and disciplines who’s members first met in Barcelona in 2006. Driven by the same interests and concerns and under the artistic direction of Adrian Schvarzstein, they started training intensely in group improvisation and researched the subject of immigration. Setting out from the inhabitants’ everyday life, Kamchàtka creates a parallel universe which enables spontaneous, simple and direct dialogue, where the spectator becomes an active part of the exchange and the experimentation.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 21:30 / 30 min. – D1
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Le G. Bistaki „Baïna[na]” / France
About the show:
A timeless satire of our relationship with money and power. Dressed in white suits, armed with snow shovels, corn as food for thought, four men invite us to cross places and times in an astonishing choreographic and musical journey. The show presents the relational evolution of characters confronted with an abundant source of yellow gold… which will lead them in turn to pleasure, ecstasy, jealousy, and finally to ruin.
About the theatre:
Neither entirely circus nor solely dance, the language of Le G. Bistaki is at the crossroads of the arts and claims the meeting of disciplines. The use of juggling, theatre or dance feeds a common language that gives rise to situations that are sometimes crazy, often absurd, where derision and laughter prevail. A grating, dreamlike and absurd social picture of our contemporary world.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 17:00 / 50 min. – D1
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 21:00 / 50 min. – D1
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Manipura Fire Theatre “ETNO” / Poland, Gdańsk
About the show:
A fire show inspired by Slavic and Nordic culture. Dancers perform to ethnic music with an electronic twist, presenting spectacular choreographies using fire.
About the theatre:
Fire dance enthusiasts from Gdańsk who have been developing their skills for around 10 years. They create and perform fire and light shows that captivate audiences at both public and private events. Until recently, they mainly performed as a duo. For the past two years, they have been leading a workshop group, which will join them during the FETA Festival 2025!
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 21:30 / 35 min. – Festival Center
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Modern Table „Darkness Poomba” / Republic of Korea
About the show:
„Darkness Poomba” is a re-interpretation of Korea’s traditional folk song „Poomba Taryeong” (품바 타령), which was often sung by homeless beggars to express their contempt and sense of injustice accumulated deep in their hearts. Dancers dance and sing endlessly, expressing emotions of anger and sadness with dark sounds and sighs. This sentient has a link to the Korean expression „Han” (恨), defined as deep resentment and sorrow.
About the theatre:
Modern Table is a male contemporary dance company which communicates with the audience through intuitive movements. They combine elements of stage musical, pan-sori, rock and hip-hop in genre-crossing performances. The viewers’ attention is drawn to the social resonance of their performances and the use of Korean motifs. With their unpredictable ideas and experimental performances, the group has aroused great interest from both audiences and critics.
> Saturady, 12.07.2025 / 15:00 / 45 min. – A3
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 19:30 / 45 min. – A3
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Muzikanty „Objazdowe nieme kino” [„Traveling Silent Cinema Show”] / Poland, Kraków
About the show:
A cinematographic tent, straight from an enchanted fairground, with three operators-inventors playing on everything they can get their hands on. Why? Because all films are silent in this travelling movie show!
The programme is wide-ranging, from the first silent films, to horrors, westerns, contemporary action cinema to science fiction. Music, dialogue, sound and special effects – all thrust upon the capable hands of the madcap trio!
About the theatre:
Muzikanty comprises three artists – a performer, a musician and a constructor/designer – who create original theatre and music projects that combine live music, new technologies (live looping, projections, mapping) and improvised audience participation. They have been working together for more than fifteen years, and their joint output includes seven street theatre premieres, several site-specific shows and the Grand Prix at a festival of… cabaret songs.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 16:30 / 60 min. – A2 / 12+
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 20:30 / 60 min. – A2 / 12+
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 14:00 / 60 min. – A2 / 12+
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 16:00 / 60 min. – A2 / 12+
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 16:00 / 60 min. – A2 / 12+
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 20:30 / 60 min. – A2 / 12+
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Paul Morocco „Olé!” / Spain
About the show:
The Three Guitar Locos, El Gypsy, El Gentleman and El Grotesco, suspend, surprise and mesmerize the audience with their musical mastery of chaos with exceptional visual comedy. They throw, jump and fly on their guitars while shooting ping pong balls into the sky and breaking platitudes… and eggs!
About the theatre:
Paul Williams, aka Paul Morocco, grew up in Virginia in the United States. He left his native country and travelled as a street artist throughout Europe. He found his cultured home in London, and began performing in the London cabaret-comedy club scene and in worldwide theatre. His first project gathered a group of like-minded folks and in 1993 their joint show was renamed and shaped into the three-characters-format. Since then, „Olé!” has performed in theatres and festivals all over the world and appeared on over a hundred TV shows.
> Satiurday, 12.07.2025 / 21:00 / 60 min. – C4
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 21:00 / 60 min. – C4
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Pjoter „Zjadacz Szeptów” [„The Whisper Eater”] – art installation / Poland, Kraków
About the art installation:
There’s a microphone in a small, black trailer that’s always listening and a pair of headphones where the whispers of those who have peeked in there before you go on forever. Because there are things we would like to talk about, but somehow it doesn’t feel right, maybe there is no one to talk to, maybe we don’t know how….
„The Whisper Eater” is an opportunity to tell the world your biggest secret, to share a spontaneous thought with a stranger, to hear someone’s little-great joy, little-great wisdom….
A bit like an open confessional, where you stand on both sides at the same time.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 16:00 / 120 min. – A1
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 19:30 / 60 min. – A1
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 16:00 / 90 min. – A1
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 19:00 / 90 min. – A1
Pjoter „Zjadacz Grzechów” [„The Sin Eater”] / Poland, Kraków
About the show:
A story about the fleeting nature of time, destiny and the probability of events, full of improvisation involving the audience and music created live. Inspired by the rituals of eighteenth-century sin eaters, in a funny, though sometimes quite serious way, the performance gives the viewer a chance to change the narrative of everyday life. Because serious things do not always have to be momentous, and momentous things cannot, after all, be sad all the time.
About the theatre:
A solo project by Piotr Chlipalski, the leader of the Muzikanty team. Improvised art of storytelling that engages the audience, simple sounds, a bucketful of electronics and a good dose of controlled chaos with active audience participation. Pjoter, as he says about himself: he has been fooling around on stage and in the street in a variety of ways since the late 1990s.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 18:30 / 55 min. – A1
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 18:00 / 55 min. – A1
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Teatr Barnaby „Kalamona” / Polska, Łapalice
About the show:
The evil Sorcerer Kalamona has arrived in the kingdom. He stood before the king and demanded the hand of the princess. The king refused to give up his daughter. Angry Kalamona cast a spell: he bound all the winds, leaving only the icy northerly. Since then, cold, hunger and sadness have prevailed in the kingdom. Can anyone help? Maybe some brave knight? Or maybe… How about an ordinary lad called Psuj?
A puppet performance based on the old Hungarian fairy tale „A Shelekoto Kalamona”, accompanied by songs and medieval percussion instruments.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 14:00 / 60 min. – B2 / Polish Sign Language
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 15:00 / 60 min. – B2
Teatr Barnaby „Zorza, córka morza” [„Aurora, the Daughter of the Sea”] / Poland, Łapalice
About the show:
A little girl Aurora loses her father as a result of an unfortunate accident. The fisherman had one day gone out to sea to provide food for his family and disappeared, swept away by a storm. Distraught, the daughter set off in search of her beloved dad without a second thought. Who did she meet along the way? Did she find the fisherman? This show is performed as table-top puppet theatre.
About the theatre:
Teatr Barnaby is an original puppet theatre founded in 2014 in Gdańsk. It was conceived and founded by Marcin Marzec, an actor, director, puppet designer and educator. All his shows have a unique multi-layered quality. The more you let yourself be drawn into the story, the more joy and tears it will bring. In addition to performances at its home base in Łapalice, Teatr Barnaby performs at numerous cultural centers and festivals throughout Poland and Europe.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 17:00 / 45 min. – B2 / Polish Sign Language
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Teatr Biuro Podróży „Burza” [„The Tempest”] / Poland, Poznań
About the show:
Controlling authority is one of the most powerful tools for restricting another person’s freedom. In its latest premiere, „The Tempest”, inspired by William Shakespeare’s drama, Biuro Podróży tells the story of dreams of domination, revenge and manipulation. Prospera, exiled from her own kingdom, creates a substitute state on a remote island, her sorcery bringing old enemies to the island. The survivors become pawns in intricately woven intrigue. „The Tempest” in the interpretation of Teatr Biuro Podróży, using fire, dynamic choreography and monumental scenery, invites viewers to reflect on the limits of freedom and the mechanisms of power.
About the theatre:
Teatr Biuro Podróży has been working since 1988, It was founded by Paweł Szkotak who is also its director. During more than thirty years of artistic exploration, the theatre has developed its own method of working on the performance and a recognizable theatrical style. The theatre has produced 22 original shows, including 14 outdoor performances. Its productions have been performed in nearly 60 countries worldwide, on six continents (including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, India, Iran, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Taiwan, the US and most European countries).
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 22:00 / 55 min. – D2
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Teatr Klinika Lalek „Cyrk Tarabumba” [„Circus Tarabumba”] / Poland, Wolimierz
About the show:
Tarabumba Circus is an unusual show featuring puppets and large, life-sized animal marionettes! The handsome Emanuelle the Giraffe, the mighty Leonarrrdo the Lion, who wants to devour his tamer, or Charlie the Elephant, a master trombone player. It’s a beautiful circus tradition spiced up with a new quality: respect for living beings and the beauty of puppet theatre instead of animal suffering.
About the theatre:
Teatr Klinika Lalek was established in 1988 at the Puppetry Faculty of the State Higher Theatre School in Wrocław. In 1992, the group moved to the picturesque village of Wolimierz in the foothills of the Jizera Mountains. They adapted a former railway station, now called Stacja Wolimierz’, as its home base, creating there a venue for festivals, meetings and open-air arts events.
Teatr Klinika Lalek is an itinerant troupe. It stages street shows, parades, and performances throughout Poland, Europe and other continents. For years, it has represented Polish culture at numerous festivals worldwide.
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 22:00 / 60 min. – E1
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Teatr KTO „Peregrinus” / Polska, Kraków
About the show:
The modern everyman identifies the „way through life” with the „way to work”, is suspended between home and corporate work, stripped of spirituality, love and beauty, predictable and devoid of individual qualities. Inspired by the poetry of T. S. Eliot, the itinerant street show portrays a day in the life of Homo Peregrinus. In a striking visual-choreographic form, with a tongue-in-cheek touch of grotesque, it starkly exposes the traps of the modern world in which we allow ourselves to be caught en masse.
About the theatre:
Teatr KTO was established in 1977. At the start of its 48th season, the statistics look impressive: more than 80 shows, both stage and street, more than 3,000,000 spectators in Poland and worldwide, more than 300 cities visited, in 40 countries, on 5 continents. Teatr KTO is the organizer of the international ULICA Festival in Krakow. Jerzy Zoń has been the theatre’s director since its inception.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 22:30 / 60 min. – D2
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Teatr Małe Mi „KSIĘŻYC’owe OPOWIEŚCI” [„MOON tales”] / Poland, Łódź
About the show:
Each of us is a Space Traveler. From an early age, we are surrounded by the Universe of our home, backyard, kindergarten, school as well as the one high above our heads – the Enormous Universe that emerges in the starry night. In our daily Space Journey, we keep asking ourselves: why, what for, how, from where? What is wisdom, love, freedom, is it worth being good, how to be happy? „MOON tales” presents five beautiful philosophical tales taken from different cultures: an African and Jewish fairy tales, two Native American myths and a story from a distant Nepal. Each asks universal questions and at the same time answers them in a wise, funny, warm way accessible to the youngest viewers.
About the theatre:
Teatr Małe Mi, founded in 2013 in Supraśl, is is the brainchild of Sława Tarkowska. This theatre is attentive and open to the needs of young viewers and their carers. It is a theatre that entertains and teaches. In their shows, Małe Mi presents various forms of animation, a live set and original multifunctional set design. It uses the art of storytelling, stage movement and music played and sung live.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 18:00 / 55 min. – B3
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 17:00 / 55 min. – B3
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 16:30 / 55 min. – B3 / Polish Sign Language
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Teatr Na Walizkach „Ristorante” / Polska, Wrocław
About the show:
„Ristorante” is a potluck full of surprises and surprising situations! It features flying vegetables, smoking cauldrons, bumbling waiters and wit as sharp as jalapeño peppers. Cooks will be juggling potatoes and cracking eggs not only into the frying pan….
The head chef doesn’t promise you’ll eat your fill, but he guarantees a bellyful of laughs! We invite you to a theatrical feast. Bon appetit, Dear Audience!
About the theatre:
Teatr Na Walizkach’s work consists primarily of comedies that fall within the convention of street theatre, improvisation theatre and circus. Their inspiration comes from films of the silent movie era (Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton), contemporary Russian clowning, mime and puppet theatre.
Over the years, the theatre has worked with many actors from different parts of the world, which has allowed it to develop the ability to create shows understood by all – regardless of age or nationality.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 18:00 / 50 min. – C2
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 20:00 / 50 min. – C2
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Teatr Pinezka „Marionetarium Clowna Pinezki” [“Clown Pinezka’s Marionette Show”] / Poland, Gdańsk
About the show:
Cheerful mime show with marionette puppets. A ballerina, a clown, a mysterious clock are just some of them. Monocycle riding, juggling, walking on stilts, diabolo – these are also attractive elements of the show that combine the magic of theatre and circus. During the show, the actors improvise with the audience, because you must know that everyone can become an actor of the Teatr Pinezka for a while!
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 14:00 / 50 min. – B1
Teatr Pinezka „Stary Clown i morze, czyli Blue rhapsody” [„The Old Clown and the Sea, or Blue rhapsody”] / Poland, Gdańsk
About the show:
The story of an old Clown who tries unsuccessfully to fish in the sea, but unfortunately instead of fish he catches rubbish: plastic bags, bottles, metal cans, old tyres…. Ah! Is there anything that people don’t throw into the sea?
A comedic mime show with puppets and elements of circus art, which is great fun for viewers of all ages. It develops ecological awareness and teaches us to take care of one of our greatest local natural treasures – the sea.
About the theatre:
Teatr Pinezka was founded in 1980 in Gdańsk. At this year’s FETA Festival, Pinezka will celebrate its 45th birthday! It’s founder, Przemysław Grządziela, draws inspiration from the commedia dell’arte tradition, mime, the characters developed by Joseph Grimaldi and Marcel Marceau. The theatre has developed a unique style of comedy-drama performances. The main mission of the shows is to take the audience into a magical world of fairy tales, fun and joy, a return to childhood so that everyone can put their worries aside for a while.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 16:00 / 55 min. – B1
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Teatr Przebudzenia „Istny cyrk” [„A Veritable Circus”] / Poland, Ostróda
About the show:
The production was inspired by personal experiences of the actors of the theatre. Events, people, words or epithets, as well as situations and scenes that the team encountered in their creative path. When working on the script, films such as: „The Elephant Man”, „The Butterfly Circus”, „Freaks” and the book „Geek Love”. How far and how perversely can one conceive of beauty and ugliness, normality and weirdness, sanctity, obscenity and freedom? How to break the soul? How to tell if boundaries have been crossed? The answers to the questions are healthy distance, humour, passion, self-fulfilment, self-esteem, and self-confidence.
About the theatre:
Teatr Przebudzeni has been operating since 2003, associated with the Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Ostróda branch. It is an ensemble of personalities who share a common goal – to express themselves on stage through their own language and on their own terms, taking responsibility. The performances are a presented as a certain kind of manifestos for the team that creates them. The theatre, participating in festivals and artistic events, shatters myths and stereotypes about people with disabilities.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 20:00 / 55 min. – C3
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 15:30 / 55 min. – C3
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Xarxa „Nit Màgica” – parade / Spain
About the show:
A show to be experienced with all five senses. „Nit Màgica” transports the spectator to the popular Valencian festivities, in which traditional pyrotechnics, music and fire bulls are the protagonists. And it does so with the complicity of the spectator, who becomes an actor in one of the most participative productions of today’s street theatre. The demons and the musicians invite the audience to dance under the sparks – as everyone participates in the same ritual: the party.
About the theatre:
Xarxa Teatre is a street theater company, founded in 1983 in Vila-real, Spain. Its commitment to tradition, using a universal language, and stage pyrotechnics have resulted in its work having been enjoyed in over 40 countries. Since its beginnings, Xarxa Teatre has chosen the street as the stage for its shows and it has not renounced its origins, becoming one of the most personal large-format street theatre companies in the world.
> Thursday, 10.07.2025 / 22:00 / 60 min. – starting point: Targ Rybny in Gdańsk Główny
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Ymedioteatro „EchO” / Spain
About the show:
A poetic performance that combines elements of clowning, puppetry and pantomime in an extraordinary way. Two characters, in front of the audience, will create their own intimate world out of a few boards, socks and strings and will tell about human relationships in a universal language. The performance will delight the youngest and unleash the dormant imagination of the older ones.
About the theatre:
Ymedioteatro is a Spanish company for which nothing is impossible! They create stage and street theatre, based on text and pantomime, clowning and object theatre. They are versatile artists who travel with their shows all over the world and win awards at theatre festivals in Europe.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 15:00 / 45 min. – C5
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 19:15 / 45 min. – C5
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 18:30 / 45 min. – C5
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Zirkus Morsa „La fin demain” / France
About the show:
Two characters, castaways on the shores of their imagination, meet and build trust. Together, they lose and regain balance. They playfully explore seemingly useless objects: a wooden board, a roll, driftwood, and a rope. This 40-minute circus show is a lively mix of acrobatics and rola-bola (trickboard) artistry, celebrating creativity, simplicity, and connection. It’s an optimistic call for collaboration and imagination, where silence and noise come together to create moments of beauty and joy.
About the theatre:
Zirkus Morsa is a collective of circus artists who conceive, create, produce, and present performance projects, ranging from small solo and duo acts with diverse aesthetics. Zirkus Morsa’s creations radiate the joy of sharing and simplicity, blending poetry, humor, absurdity, and physical engagement.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 19:00 / 40 min. – C4
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 17:00 / 40 min. – C4
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 17:00 / 40 min. – C4
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THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS
Hanna Jurczak & Agata Brzozowska-Kazimierska & Anna Ługowska „Triadic Folk” / Polska, Warsaw
About the show:
Based on the show „Triadic Folk” choreographed by Hanna Jurczak working together with the costume designer and the author and originator of the project Agata Uchman.
Performers Agata Brzozowska, Hanna Jurczak and Anna Ługowska create a show in space, grounded in three striking sculptural forms. The monumental costumes designed by Agata Uchman are inspired by Oskar Schlemmer’s triadic ballets and the rich folk design traditions of various regions of Poland, as well as… Bauhaus. This moving gallery will come to life, creating a spectacle full of symbolism and surprising harmony of colours. Set in motion by the energy of choreography, the costumes will form dance constellations like planets and vortices, bringing matter into motion. Join us for a movement-based story about combining the essence and the matter and interactive encounters with space beings!
About the artists:
For years, the performers have been working together on projects related to physical theatre, dance, theatre for the under 3-year olds and mime. They were educated, among others, at choreographic courses, international dance scholarships and mime studios. Choreographer Hanna Jurczak creates and directs performances, dance events, and visualizations for shows. Agata Brzozowska-Kazimierska and Anna Ługowska are experienced educators and creators of original theatre productions for the very young. Finalists of the 14th edition of „Mam Talent TVN” (with the „Klaunadziński” Theatre of Body Art).
> Thursday, 10.07.2027 / 17:00 / 180 min. – starting point: Targ Rybny in Gdańsk Główny
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 16:00 / 120 min. – starting point: C1
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Ecoperformance „Tańcząc ku korzeniom” [„Dancing towards the roots”] / Poland, Warsaw
About the show:
A poetic performance inspired by the cycle of life and the relationship between humans and nature. Three performers, through minimalist means, create a vibrant and emotionally resonant installation. The rhythm of their bodies, breath, gestures and sound weaves a metaphorical story of growth, transmission and departure. Music and movement pulse and intertwine, forming a common language of human and plant. Appreciated and awarded at international theatre festivals.
About the artists:
„Tańcząc ku korzeniom” is a manifestation of the collaborative creation between Marek Kowalski’s natural theatre (Teatr Akt) and Anna Ługowska and Katarzyna Markowska from Teatr Sztuka Ciała. The performance is musically accompanied by Bartosz Ługowski. The company develops an original language of natural theatre, combining performance, visual theatre, butoh inspirations and live music. Their work is based on a strong physical presence, symbolic imagery, and a minimalist, thought-provoking aesthetic.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 19:00 / 120 min. – C1
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 18:30 / 120 min. – B4
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Kacper Danger „The Fool” / Polska, Wrocław
About the show:
A comedy feast, combined with masterful juggling, extraordinary balance and breathtaking costumes and props. With years of experience and thousands of performances behind him, Kacper will provide you with unforgettable entertainment you’ll remember for years to come.
About the artist:
Kacper was born in 1997. He became interested in circus art and magic when he was 13, and thanks to his hard work and commitment, he transformed his passion into an artist-performer profession. He creates his shows himself: develops the routines, invents and builds the props, and designs the costumes. Despite his young age, he has gained extensive experience, performing on the streets of four continents, in over 30 countries, all year round, continuously for more than 10 years.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 14:00 / 120 min. – FORUM Gdańsk
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 17:30 / 180 min. – B4
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Szatan Witkowsk „Eden, czyli minstrel pustkowi” [“Eden, or the minstrel of the wastes”] / Poland, Gdańsk
About the show:
Eden had a ukulele, a suitcase of circus junk, and the idea that maybe people still wanted to laugh. Maybe it was a little naive, but as he himself said, „It can’t get any worse.”
He didn’t have a stage, so he performed where they let him in. These were not solemn performances, but in everyday life there is not always a time and place for high art. And rightly so, because Eden believed that even something small, amusing, or sometimes completely nonsensical was enough to brighten the everyday life of a world falling apart. For example, playing a ukulele for people who have long stopped to believe that it was worth it.
About the artist:
Szatan Witkowsk is a one-man, spontaneous and organic theatre. A combination of juggling and ukulele playing, somewhat inspired by the vision of a post-apocalyptic minstrel.
> Sobota, 12.07.2025 / 18:00 / 120 min. – starting point: D1
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 16:00 / 180 min. – starting point: Festival Center
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Teatr Sztuka Ciała „Green Date” / Polska, Warsaw
About the show:
„Green Date” is a tender encounter with a plant. On a daily basis, we treat plants as an addition to our lives – they are useful, healthy, and decorative. What if each of them not only has a name, but also a character, emotions and its own way of moving in the world? We invite you to pause for a moment and attune your swift human steps to the dignified rhythm of the Foxglove. Would you like to look into the eyes of a shy Poppy? Or will you let yourself be seduced by the charming tendrils of the Wild Cucumber? We believe that your attentive gaze toward plants will later transfer to the nearby lawns, meadows, and the Reagan Park.
About the artists:
Teatr Sztuka Ciała is a Warsaw-based company with roots in the classical mime. It has been operating since 2009. creating shows for various age groups, currently mainly family theatre and for universal audiences. They combine forms of movement theatre, weaving other artistic forms, such as live singing and music, into their shows. The visual side and the encounter with the viewer are both important for them.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 14:00 / 180 min. – starting point: C1
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 14:00 / 180 min. – starting point: C1
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Vincent Von Grotesque & Maria Ruddick „Król Demonów” [„King of Demons”] / Poland, Warsaw
About the show:
An interactive adventure, a kind of looping story that, in its chaotic pace, is like pages from the Devil’s own diary. You will find in it references to dark poetry, as well as to Mikhail Bulgakov’s immortal novel „The Master and Margarita”.
About the artists:
A project at the intersection of living sculpture, tableau vivant, and above all surrealism and performance art! Each show is one of a kind and features elements of improvisation. Vincent Von Grotesque is a demonic figure who visits the earthly world. Hella (Maria Ruddick), his assistant, is an exuberant artist crossing dance and acting boundaries, combining a multitude of arts, including Dance with War Fans.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 18:00 / 120 min. – C1
> Sunday, 13.07.2025 / 18:00 / 120 min. – C1
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CONCERTS
Young Garçon / Polska, Gdańsk
About the artist:
Young Garçon is the latest musical incarnation of Jan Grzonka – a music admirer, instrumentalist and producer from Gdańsk. He debuted in 2020 under the stage name Paris, France. Jan draws inspiration from many genres; lately, he has been particularly drawn to hip hop, full of character and atmosphere, in the style of American giants such as The Alchemist and Griselda. The result of this adoration is a new album entitled „Alchemy” is a distinctive distillate of foreign influences and local geography, such as the Gdańsk port and shipyard districts. Music full of heavy, processed samples, crunching drum-breaks and threatening bass. Saxophones, exotic synthesizers, piano, snippets of dialogues and vocals, and all this forms the background to a vague story about crime, truth, human weakness and addiction – to mundane things, but also to one’s own environment.
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 17:30 / 30 min. – Festival Center
> Friday, 11.07.2025 / 20:00 / 30 min. – Festival Center
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Muzyka dla jeży / Polska, Gdańsk
About the band:
A multi-genre unification of poetry with alternative music styles created by a duo of musicians associated with the Gdańsk music scene: Jakub Pawlak and Igor Torbicki. In 2024, they released their debut album, and this year – an EP inspired by the work of a Polish writer, Marek Hłasko. Muzyka dla jeży is currently working on a new project called „ELEKTROSIŁA”.
> Saturday, 12.07.2025 / 20:00 / 60 min. – Festival Center
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