Kiss and tell

Małgorzata Potocka's latest revue, Kisses from the World, presents songs, music and dance from North and South America, Japan, Russia, Sweden, the Middle East, Israel, Australia and Poland. The show is now on at the Sabat Theater.

"It is a grand revue show, in which the kiss symbolizes friendship and integration. Just one kiss can lead us on a fabulous journey around the world, a journey full of music and dance," says Potocka, director and the creator of the Sabat Theater, which this year is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The Sabat Ballet Group will soon be 30 years old.

Potocka, who creates and directs all her revue shows, debuted at the age of four on the Chamber Stage of the Polish Theater which, after years of decay, she finally ended up turning into the Sabat Theater. Later she traveled around the world with her ballet group for 20 years, becoming popular in Poland after her TV debut in Studio 2 in the 1970s.

"These events made me want to create my own place, to stop being constantly on the road. I have always wanted to perform in Poland, where there was no revue theater. When I managed to survive the Achille Lauro [Potocka was performing aboard the passenger liner when it was hijacked in 1985], I realized that I had to open my own theater in Poland. It still took a couple of years because I opened the Tango Club, my first place in 1995," says Potocka.