The Pagmatistis by Trap Door Theatre will be shown at Cricoteka as a preview of the programme accompanying the exhibition “(Un)Dead Class”, scheduled to open in February 2025. The Pragmatists by Stanisław I. Witkiewicz was created as the first theatrical play subject to the principles of ‘pure form’ formulated by the author. Witkacy’s work inspired […]
At the centre of this year’s Playing with Kantor Festival is a relatively young country (having achieved independence in 1830), one with difficult history and complex identity, one that fosters its separateness seeing it as a wealth in its own right – Belgium. The theme of the festival, “doubleness,” is present at more than one […]
“Rollercoaster” is a programme of modern dance presentations which, for the past seven years, has been organised by Cricoteka and Krakow Dance Theatre. The spectacles, chosen by the curators Paweł Łyskawa and Eryk Makohon, are presented from spring to winter. The theme of the 2024 programme is “Space”, one of the four motion factors, as […]
Since 2018 Cricoteka has hosted a series of monthly screenings of theatre productions by Polish and international directors which play artistically with the work of Tadeusz Kantor. Curated by Anna Róża Burzyńska, the programme adopts a new format this year to present contemporary Spanish theatre, dance theatre, performance and dramaturgy. It examines the interactions of […]
The exhibition poses questions about the actuality of the process of multiplication. Is creativity unequivocal with the so-called work of art? Does multiplication compromise the artwork or does it provide an opportunity to go beyond its limits?
What is future is also past, and in the present a child’s toy grows to the size of an adult.
Exhibition by Przemek Branas – a new version of his installation “Model of the head of a man who has missed everything in life” – is another project within the Cloakroom exhibition programme.
Discover the artistic corners of Cracow while following the footsteps of one of the most important Polish avant-garde artists of the 20th century! Tadeusz Kantor came to Cracow to study at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts. Here he presented his first theatrical performances and organised some of the most important exhibitions of […]
