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In August 2023, Polish director Marta Górnicka showed a preview of “MOTHERS” for the first time at the Cour du Musee Calvet in Avignon, deeply shocking the festival audience. On her return to Avignon in 2024, 6,000 spectators celebrated the performance. 21 women aged between 9 and 72 from Ukraine, Belarus and Poland unite their […]
They are survivors. They are refugees from war and persecution, witnesses to violence and destruction. They use the power of their voices to name what cannot be put into words. Their singing becomes an accusation, a plea and a warning to us and to all people in Europe. After a celebrated and shattering performance at […]
Kassandra Lab PUBLIC REHEARSALS The Polish director and author Marta Górnicka is currently working on her third Gorki production: KASSANDRA. In a workshop session with her performers, visitors can gain an impression of how her powerful chorus works take shape. In KASSANDRA, which will premiere in spring 2026, Marta Górnicka refers to the ancient prophetess […]
GRUNDGESETZ is presented at 7 Berliner Herbstsalon ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE. Work is displayed at Palais am Festungsgraben. GRUNDGESETZ Premiere On 3 October 2018, Brandenburger Gate, Berlin Cast: Maryam Abu Khaled, Emre Aksızoğlu, Abd-Almalek Arabo, Tamer Arslan, Elmira Bahrami, Christian Behrend, Mareike Beykirch, Wera Bunge, Karim Daoud, Saro Emirze, Aylin Esener, Hala Faisal, Tahera Hashemi, […]
“MOTHERS” directed by Marta Górnicka has been presented on September 11 as part of the Homo Novus Festival in Riga. First time Górnicka’s choral theatre production has been presented in Latvia. The Latvian premiere of the play, which has been presented at major theatre festivals in Europe and received enthusiastic reviews at venues including the […]
Marta Górnicka received the International Theatre Institute Germany Prize 2025 for her Lifetime Achievements. The award was presented to the laureate in Theater Heidelberg June 11, and the laudatio was delivered by Professor Ulrike Has. The ITI Germany Prize honours, supports, and highlights the work of theater artists who work across national borders.
With her vision of bringing powerful choruses of women to the stage in connection with often brutal socio-political realities, Marta Górnicka succeeds in placing people at the centre of her productions whose voices are otherwise barely heard.” (from the Jury’s statement) Join us to honour director #MartaGórnicka with the ITI Prize 2025 June 11, 2025 […]
“With her vision of bringing powerful choruses of women to the stage in connection with often brutal socio-political realities, Marta Górnicka succeeds in placing people at the centre of her productions whose voices are otherwise barely heard.” (from the Jury’s statement) Join us to honour director #MartaGórnicka with the ITI Prize 2025 June 11, 2025 […]
With her choral theater, Marta Górnicka has found a very unique, powerful theatrical language and at the same time a form on how to express and deal with violence and unbearable realities on stage. Her art form makes it possible to negotiate things for which we lack language and psychological tools. In her masterclass Marta […]
The International Theatre Institute – German Centre (ITI) is awarding the ITI Germany Prize 2025 to director Marta Górnicka. The jury’s decision states: ‘With her vision of bringing powerful choruses of women to the stage in conjunction with often brutal socio-political realities, Marta Górnicka succeeds in placing people at the centre of her productions whose […]
Marta Górnicka’s spectacle “Mothers. A Song for Wartime”, an emotional protest song about civilian participants of wars, will be presented at the International Performing Arts Festival in Aarhus. Performance is part of the series Selected Polish Performances at European Theatre Festival. Direction: Marta Górnicka Cast: Katerina Aleinikova, Svitlana Berestovska, Sasha Cherkas, Palina Dabravolskaja, Katarzyna Jaźnicka, […]
They are survivors. They are refugees from war and persecution, witnesses to violence and destruction. They use the power of their voices to name what cannot be put into words. Their singing becomes an accusation, a plea and a warning to us and to all people in Europe. After a celebrated and shattering performance at […]
Marta Górnicka, theatre director and author holds the position of Christoph Schlingensief guest professorship at the Ruhr University in Bochum in the winter semester 2024/25. This prestigious professorship, established by the Kunststiftung NRW in 2015 for the master’s program in scenic research, is awarded to outstanding artists from around the world working in the field […]
