Closer Strangers: East is a platform that enables ‘intercultural dialogue’. As a representation of the Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Queer communi...
Down a side street of ram shackled buildings and rust rimmed cars, there is a door. It is not a welcoming door. In fact, the paint is so chipped that ...
Agata Siwiak, the art director of Close Strangers: East, is a firm believer in participatory theatre not as a temporary solution due to the pandemic, ...
Pandemic.ua is a project inspired by the inability to communicate in conventional theatrical ways during the pandemic. This performance has a longer h...
On Friday night, the festival saw the main event; the ‘spectacle’. Close Strangers: East is full to the brim with new and innovative approaches to per...
Mikveh, a purpose-built ritual bath for the purpose of ritual immersion in water to achieve ritual purity. Orthodox Jewish women must immerse in the M...
The Ester Rachel and Ida Kamińska Jewish Theatre in Warsaw remains, together with Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat (the State Jewish Theatre) in Bucharest, th...
This is a swirling mix of very dark poetry and even darker humour presented with a powerful Brechtian soundtrack. The performance is non-linear but su...
Restaurant Ukraine is a deliberately disjointed affair. Made up of two performers mixing spoken word, dance, rap and political commentary it is more h...
