The Embarrassing Performance of the Losers. The Anti-history of the Political Theater Cover Image

Żenujące performanse przegranych. Przeciw-historie teatru zaangażowanego
The Embarrassing Performance of the Losers. The Anti-history of the Political Theater

Author(s): Marcin Kościelniak
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Theatre and History; Political Theater; Anti-history

Summary/Abstract: The author considers anti-history projects in recent Polish theater. He describes three projects (by Paweł Demirski and Monika Strzępka, Jolanta Janiczak and Wiktor Rubin, and Marcin Cecko and Krzysztof Garbaczewski). Outlining them in brief, he presents their methods and strategies, inquiring into the expressions of subjectivity that emerge, distinguishing three models of anti-historical writing for the stage. In the author's view, "In our day, theatrical anti-historical projects realize the postulate of political art in the most insightful manner, and create the most interesting and vital movement in Polish theater.”

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 115/116
  • Page Range: 73-80
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish