‘We can handle culture’: Anna Stasiak-Apelska

We have not had easy access to the theater for over half a year due to the pandemic, and we are starting to organize our cultural life in a new way. The Kraków Comedy Theater (KTK), like many other institutions, also enters the online world. Anyway, it has been planning to move some of his projects online for a long time – the pandemic only sped up the plans. According to Anna Stasiak-Apelska, president of the management board of KTK, theater should reach out to people, also through the use of new technologies that help contemporary viewers fall in love with this form of art. And in difficult times – theater is needed even more.

“You absolutely must not give up. Artists are needed, if only to cheer up and inspire hope for a better tomorrow. The theater helped to survive the most terrible circumstances. Art accompanied people in various situations. It is a form of expression, it gives strength and energy to life. Besides, you should take advantage of new technological possibilities, and we are doing just that,” Anna Stasiak-Apelska said.

The KTK has been creating performances in various non-standard circumstances for years – the actors perform not only on stage, but also outdoors, in the castle courtyards. Its actors had the opportunity to play, for example, at Kasprowy Wierch peak (Tatras Mountains).

“We are not afraid of the risks associated with the diversity of space, we are also not afraid of the Internet. On the contrary – we try to see the advantages of this situation – because there are a lot of them. Theater gains greater accessibility, it allows getting to know itself, for example, by young people who have not yet had the opportunity to become art lovers. Besides, at KTK-ON-LINE.PL we can watch a play at any time we choose,” she pointed out.

(WBJ)