Theatre

Irish writer/director Mary Moynihan talks about her powerful drama retelling the stories of WWII heroines

Moynihan said that in the play she wanted to stress the importance of not forgetting the atrocities by totalitarian regimes when innocent people were murdered. Smashing Times Theatre and Film Company/Facebook

Moynihan, Artistic Director of the Smashing Times Film and Theatre group and one of the writers of ‘The Woman is Present: Women’s Stories of WWII’ tells TFN: “Masculinised memories of history are often the norm as the role of powerful women in history is hidden or denied. In all the stories selected for the performance, the women, each in their own way, stand up to the oppression they are experiencing.

Powerful Irish play retells the story of WWII heroines, their bravery and their fate

Among others, the play features the extraordinary life of Polish resistance fighter Maria Eugenia Jasińska who after being tortured for a year by the Gestapo was sentenced to death by hanging for refusing to ‘name names’.

Monodrama about Polish WWII hero wins award at United Solo Festival

A monodrama about a Polish WWII hero titled "The Auschwitz Volunteer: Captain Witold Pilecki" won the Best Documentary Show award at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City on Sunday.

Presentation of the Polish theater in Paris

The Zar Theatre will be performing at the legendary Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris.

Cold War screenwriter Janusz Głowacki used absurdity to show humour in tragedy

On the anniversary of his birth 80 years ago today, TFN looks back at the extraordinary career of the internationally acclaimed playwright who passed away last year.

The Edinburgh Polski-val: Polish talent heads to the Edinburgh Festival

Acts at this year’s Edinburgh Festival include those by old-timers such as Biuro Podróży from Poznań which, in 1995, won the Fringe First and Critics’ Award

Jerzy Grotowski: ‘Eccentric genius’ who reinvented theatre

One of the greatest innovators of the modern theatre, Grotowski emerged from behind the Iron Curtain into the glare of international fame. He was born 85 years ago today.

Warsaw Uprising Museum is setting for new play exploring ‘the commemoration of heroes’ in the internet age

In antiquity it may have been the Gods who took control of the hero’s mind, but in Korczakowska’s play it is the internet.

Taking centre stage: The only Jewish theatre in Kraków

The Midrash Theatre says it combines 'the study of classical Jewish texts with their creative interpretation through theatre, music and art in a contemporary context.'

Sławomir Mrożek: A Silent Wordsmith

One of the most world-famous Polish contemporary playwrights would have been 88 today.

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