| Ludwik Flaszen |
 Acropolis, Faust, Hamlet In the Theatre of European Myths with Ludwik Flaszen Session details EVENT RESCHEDULED Fri 23 November, 5pm Laboratory Theatre Space “Faust” With Prof. W³odzimierz Szturc Sat 24 November, 5pm Laboratory Theatre Space “Faust” With Prof. Krzysztof Rutkowski Fri, 14 December, 5pm Laboratory Theatre Space “Acropolis” With Prof. Grzegorz Nizio³ek Sat, 15 December, 4pm Laboratory Theatre Space “Acropolis” With Krzysztof Czy¿ewski “Hamlet” Laboratory Theatre Space With Prof. Joanna Walaszek Sun 13 January 2013, 5pm “Hamlet” Laboratory Theatre Space With Prof. Dariusz Kosiñski Wed 14 November, 6pm Cinema Room Masters’ Cinema: Ludwik Flaszen Grotowski ← Flaszen Admission free  Ludwik Flaszen was a witness and participant in a great era of theatre. He co-founded the Laboratory Theatre, was its co-creator throughout the theatre’s life (1959–1984), and its head director in the 1980s. A critic, writer, Grotowski’s long-time partner in a creative dialogue, he himself became a theatre practitioner, leading paratheatrical actions and acting workshops in many countries. His first book, G³owa i mur (The Head and the Wall, 1958), was confiscated by the communist regime’s censors. He is also the author of Cyrograf (A Pact with the Devil), a collection of essays and short prose on the fate of the individual in a totalitarian society (first edition, 1971; latest edition, 1996, Kraków; French version, 1990, Paris), and a tome of sketches on theatre entitled Teatr skazany na magiê (A Theatre Sentenced to Practise Magic; Kraków, 1983) containing texts and lectures about his collaboration with Grotowski and his contribution in establishing the creative doctrine of the Laboratory Theatre. In 2010 his book Grotowski & Company came out. It is now being translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese (in Brazil) and Italian, and an extended and revised Polish edition is forthcoming. Since 1984, following the dissolution of the Laboratory Theatre, Flaszen has been living in Paris. |