The theater business

Theater for everyone Warsaw Business Journal sits down with Michał Żebrowski, an acclaimed actor and now founder and artistic director of a private theater, to talk about his new enterprise - Teatr 6. Piętro, opening on March 6 on the sixth floor of Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science. Martyna Olik: What made you decide to open a theater? Michał Żebrowski: It was a joint decision by me and my associate, Eugeniusz Korin - an exceptional director and former head of Teatr Nowy in Poznań. It stems directly from our cooperation during the last five years. Indirectly, it is also a result of my "leadership streak." But a theater is not just a building nor is it created by the will of one person. It becomes a theater thanks to the the goodwill of many people. The level and quality of a theater relies on the people that are persuaded to work there, and cooperate with it. Why did you decide to make it an independent theater? - Because ours is a unique theater enterprise, somethi