I. MFTL “Klasyka Od-Nowa”
1st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PUPPET THEATERS “Klasyka Od-Nowa”
Będzin 19-23 April 2023
The main idea of the Festival is to promote Polish and international classical literature for the youngsters, and also modern dramaturgy. New reading of the classical literature by new texts (adaptations, authorial plays) based on classics, and also interesting staging conceptions aiming to draw young spectator close to the valuable literature in a fascinating way
The intention of the Festival is to search for performances which link classical literature, dramaturgy and modern plays. Reinventing authors from the past is supposed to bring a discussion about old-time literature, and also give it a new meaning. Classics can still remain an inspiration for modern Theatre creators, also give them a chance to explore the art of the puppetry. The aim of the Festival is to strengthen the theatrical dialogue with the past, search for new ways of interpreting classical literature for the young people, and also the design of the puppet theatre, also the initiation of the discussion about tradition, new dramaturgy and modern trends in the art of the puppetry in Poland and in the world.
PERFORMANCES PRESENTED
AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL
''Peter Pan and Wendy''
Play presented by the Baj Theatre from Warsaw
Let’s leave everything and fly to the Neverland with the protagonists from the play ”Peter Pan and Wendy”, where new adventures, new friends, unknown emotions, first love (and probably some fairy or a crocodile, but it’s a secret for now) are waiting. Wendy, John and Michael are going to understand some things there. They will appreciate the importance of bedtime stories. They will experience true friendship. The three of them will open up each other to self experiences. They will find out the worth of cooperation. And willy-nilly…they will grow up.
19.04.2023 at 10:00 a.m. 10:00
"How's the devil''
Play presented by Miniatura Theatre from Gdańsk
Is it possible to outsmart the evil? If yes, how to do it? You will find the answers in Grimm’s fairy tales. Young and old protagonists come across the devil under various forms. How they will cope with it depends on their artifice, persistence and good heart.
20.04.2023 at 10:00 a.m. 10:00
''With the bull's head"
Play presented by the Puppet Theatre from Białystok
Michał, the main protagonist of the play, compares his life to the hero’s fortunes. He replaces situations and people from his past with the mythical figures. He plays the role of Theseus, trying to understand and tame the beast which has been living in his mind. He enters the maze of his own, slightly eerie everyday life with hope of finding the spring of the water of life, vitality and harmony.
21.04.2023 at 11:00 a.m. 11:00
''The Wizard of Oz''
Play presented by the Theatre of the Puppet and Actor from Wałbrzych
Performance based on the most famous American fairy tale by L.F. Baum, tells the story of Dorothy’s journey, girl living in Kansas, who thanks to the combination of events transfers from grey Kansas to the colorful, artificial and magic land of Oz. Wanting to find the way back home, Dorothy encounters both good and evil characters.
22.04.2023 at 10:00 a.m. 10:00
''Ballads and Romances''
Own play of the Dorman Theatre (not included in the contest)
Bloodcurdling and breathtaking dark stories? Or maybe songs about love, longing and mourning? Play based on the poetry rhythm, music and motion, invites the audience to participate in the trance ritual, thanks to which they can experience the incredible, still up-to-date stories of ”Ballads and Romances” with all of their senses.
22.04.2023 at 10:00 a.m. 17:00
''About the hen which didn't give up''
Play presented by the Puppet Theatre on the Crossroads from Slovakia
The story of the unbreakable will of funny, but also brave hen, which regains strength after every failure. The heroine of our story, Hilda, never gives up, and once she goes for something, nothing can stop her.
23.04.2023 at 11:00 a.m. 11:00
ACCOMPANYING EVENTS :
Dramaturgy workshops with Malina Prześluga
We invite everyone to take part in workshops devoted to the art of writing, everyone enamored with literature for young people, and also with the theatre stage where literature finds its forms, shapes, sounds and colours. During the workshops we are going to get to know authorial techniques of creating stories and designing theatre art. We will take the time to work with a figure of a protagonist, and by the written samples and creative tasks, we will get to grips with basic rules of writing for the theatre stage. We will get to know the exercises for using imagination during the creative process, and also find out how to effectively use our intuition.
''Maidens' Vows'' – performative reading
2023 is a great year to commemorate the most remarkable Polish comedy writer of Romanticism – Aleksander Fredro, because it is this year when the 230th anniversary of the writer’s birthday occurs. His – probably the most famous – comedy ”Maidens’ Vows” saw the light of the day in 1832, and originates from author’s miserable (however mutual!) love for married at that time Zofia Jabłonowska, whom family, and then spouse, did not give her permission for the divorce.
Exhibition puppet of theater
The exhibition of theatrical puppets from the collection of the Children’s Theater of Zagłębie is a sentimental journey to the land of childhood, full of cuddly teddy bears, wooden toys, doll prams, as well as the first simplest toys – puppets, cars or dolls led on a stick.
