The stage is set

The third edition of the International Festival of Festivals Spotkania (Meetings) will be held in Warsaw from October 14 to November 26. Theater-goers will see the best performances from Belgium, Iran, Israel, France, Russia, Switzerland and Poland. The idea of the event is to present shows that have already garnered awards at other theater festivals.

The title of this year's Spotkania is: "The Faces of Theater - Permeating, Transgressing".

"Together with the Warsaw audience we will follow the courage of those who transgress the limits of the form and we will observe if, by doing so, they don't transgress what's most precious in the dramatic arts," says Piotr Cieślak, artistic director of the festival.

This year's Spotkania will be opened with a performance by the NT Gent theater from Belgium presenting its Asylum Seeker, directed by Johan Simons, winner of the PERNT award. Simons will also show his adaptation of the French bestseller The Platform by Michel Houellbecq.

On October 27-30, the French director Josef Nadj, star of the Avignon theater festival, will show his Philosophers, a play inspired by the life and works of Bruno Schulz.

The performances in English include The Temptation of St. Anthony from the American director Robert Wilson and two plays presented by the Israeli Acco Theater Group - Wishuponastar and Anthology. The Polish performance of Teatr Pieśń Kozła's Lacrimosa is a pantomime, so no translation is needed.

Tickets are already on sale at the Dramatyczny Theater.