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Witold Gombrowicz - imaginarium new world


We are beginning the implementation of another Polish-Georgian project. Together with the Rustaveli National Theatre in Tbilisi and the Polish Institute in Tbilisi, we are organizing Gombrowicz workshops as part of the task “Witold Gombrowicz – Imaginarium New World”. Our Foundation has asked Ms. Keti Kantaria, the translator of Witold Gombrowicz’s works, to translate “The Marriage” into Georgian. The workshops, which will take place on October 2nd and 3rd, 2024, are aimed at directors, actors, and set designers, and will be conducted by masters of Polish theatre who have numerous Gombrowicz productions to their credit: Mikołaj Grabowski and Paweł Dobrzycki.

Our activities are supported by the Young Ambassador of Georgia in Poland, Mr. Tornike Tsirekidze.
The project is under the media patronage of the  magazine “Teatr“.
The project is co-financed by the 2nd Open Competition of the Juliusz Mieroszewski Centre.

On October 2nd and 3rd, 2024, Gombrowicz workshops took place at the Rustaveli National Theatre in Tbilisi as part of the project “Witold Gombrowicz – Imaginarium of the New World.” Directing students from the Tbilisi Theatre and Film Academy prepared scenes from Witold Gombrowicz’s The Marriage, translated for us by Ms. Keti Kantaria. The work of the young Georgian artists was overseen by two Polish masters: Mikołaj Grabowski and Paweł Dobrzycki. It is worth mentioning that Gombrowicz’s plays had never before appeared on Georgian stages. This was the first time that Georgian theatre engaged with the work of the Polish classic. We were delighted by the high level of performance presented by our Georgian colleagues.

Paweł Dobrzycki led a workshop for scenography students from the Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, who participated in the theatrical presentations by sketching their own costume designs and proposing scenographic solutions. The students then organized an exhibition of their works in the foyer to present their artistic ideas for The Marriage to the directors and actors. We are working towards producing a premiere of Witold Gombrowicz’s The Marriage in the theatre.

POLISH STAGE ARTISTS FOUNDATION

PLAC TEATRALNY

CULTURAL DIPLOMACY – INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECTS

POLISH STAGE ARTISTS FOUNDATION
PLAC TEATRALNY
Cultural diplomacy · International art projects

POLAND · GEORGIA · WITOLD GOMBROWICZ

Witold Gombrowicz —
Imaginarium of a New World

A Polish–Georgian theatre project devoted to Witold Gombrowicz’s “The Marriage”. Workshops for young directors, actors and set designers took place in Tbilisi on 2–3 October 2024.

A project carried out by the Plac Teatralny Foundation in partnership with the Shota Rustaveli National Theatre and the Polish Institute in Tbilisi.

Witold Gombrowicz — Imaginarium of a New World, project poster

Gombrowicz in Georgian

The Plac Teatralny Foundation initiated a Georgian translation of “The Marriage”. It was prepared by Keti Kantaria, a translator of Witold Gombrowicz’s works.

This was Georgian theatre’s first encounter with a play by Witold Gombrowicz.

The project provided an opportunity to work practically with the Polish author’s text and exchange experience between Polish theatre masters and students from Georgian arts institutions.

Workshops in Tbilisi — 2–3 October 2024

Directing students from the Tbilisi Theatre and Film Academy prepared scenes from “The Marriage”. Their work was guided by Mikołaj Grabowski and Paweł Dobrzycki, Polish artists with numerous productions of Gombrowicz’s works to their credit.

Paweł Dobrzycki also led a workshop for scenography students from the Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts. Participants watched the presentations, sketched costumes and proposed set designs. Their work was exhibited in the theatre foyer, bringing their visual ideas into dialogue with the work of directors and actors.

The high standard of the scenes and designs became the starting point for further plans to stage “The Marriage” in Georgia.

Artists and participants

Mikołaj Grabowski

Director and actor, leading workshops for directing and acting students.

Paweł Dobrzycki

Set designer and director, guiding the theatre work and leading a workshop for scenography students.

Keti Kantaria

Translator of Witold Gombrowicz’s works and author of the Georgian translation of “The Marriage”, commissioned by the foundation.

Students from Tbilisi

Students from the Theatre and Film Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts: directors, actors and set designers.

Gombrowicz Project gallery

Workshops, scene presentations and an exhibition of set designs at the Shota Rustaveli National Theatre.

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Partners and patronage

  • Shota Rustaveli National Theatre in Tbilisi
  • Polish Institute in Tbilisi
  • Juliusz Mieroszewski Centre — co-financing through the 2nd Open Competition
  • “Teatr” magazine — media patronage
  • Tornike Tsirekidze, Young Ambassador of Georgia in Poland — project support
Logo: Juliusz Mieroszewski CentreLogo: Shota Rustaveli National Theatre in TbilisiLogo: Polish Institute in TbilisiLogo: Teatr magazine — media patron

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