The Czech Theatre Magazine "Svet a Divadlo" has published an English-language issue "World / Visegrad & Theatre 2009", subsidized by the International Visegard Fund. The articles refer to the theatre of V4 countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Here are the extracts of articles about Polish theatre.
"An Unembarrassed Change of Advisor" by Martin Bernátek The choices made for Teatr Ateneum's theatrical season by new artistic director Izabella Cywínska reflect an interest in dramatizing the collective experience of post-socialist countries. Specifically the opening piece, Vaclav Havel's "Odejscia" (in English: Leaving), addresses contemporary issues of an uncertain democracy and the allure of power. The production attempts to define the appropriate intersection between a politician's personal and private spheres. However at the culmination of piece, audiences were left with the all too familiar impressions that power can be addicting and that the politician was a "randy creature". "The Truth Games" by Jakub Skorpil One of the latest trends in European theatre is the burgeoning genre of 'docudrama'. Within this form, the desired aesthetic is mediating a real experience between those on stage and audience members. Reducing the 'theatrics' of the performance by eliminating dra