32 companies / 21 musicians
from all over the world
29th July – 7th August
The 20th Gdansk Shakespeare Festival
Artists
Remarkable personalities, great directors and artists who are changing the face of theatre will gather for the festival’s jubilee year.
Stanisław Soyka
Musician
Musician
Stanisław
Soyka
Polish jazz vocalist, pianist, composer.
Krzysztof Garbaczewski
Director
Director
Krzysztof
Garbaczewski
Theatre director, set designer and author of adaptations and a graduate of Theatre Directing at the State Higher Theatrical School in Kraków.
Tim Etchells
Director
Director
Tim
Etchells
Tim Etchells is an artist and a writer based in the UK whose work shifts between performance, visual art and fiction. He has worked in a wide variety of contexts, notably as the leader of the world-renowned Sheffield-based performance group Forced Entertainment.
Romeo Castellucci
Director
Director
Romeo
Castellucci
He is known all over the world, his works have been presented in more than fifty different countries.
Anna Augustynowicz
Director
Director
Anna
Augustynowicz
Polish theater director. Since 1992 artistic director of the Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin.
Caroll Vanwelden
Musician
Musician
Caroll
Vanwelden
A charismatic jazz singer and pianist from Belgium.
Silviu Purcărete
Director
Director
Silviu
Purcărete
He is closely connected to the National Theatre of Craiova, Romania, where he has directed many successful performances, among them Shakespeare adaptations.
Nava Zuckerman
Director
Director
Nava
Zuckerman
She graduated from the Kibbutzim College of Education’s Movement School and founded the Tmuna Theater Ensemble in 1981, where she has been the theatre’s artistic director since its establishment.
Barbara Wysocka
Director
Director
Barbara
Wysocka
Barbara Wysocka is an actor and director. A graduate of the Faculty of Acting and Theatre Directing at the Higher Theatrical School in Kraków.
Arash Dadgar
Director
Director
Arash
Dadgar
Arash Dadgar is a teacher, actor, director, dramaturg .
Anna Król
Director
Director
Anna
Król
Graduate of the Faculty of Knowledge about Theatre at Warsaw’s Theatrical Academy. Creator and Director of the Big Book Festival.
The 20th Gdansk Shakespeare Festival
About the Festival
The Gdansk Shakespeare Festival is an international platform for artists to interact with the European public. Outstanding new renditions of classic Shakespeare plays, critic debates, workshops, as well as a plethora of other accompanying events such as concerts, exhibitions, performances, street dances, stand-up comedy, meetings with the artists and open rehearsals.
Box Office
Tickets
Buy your tickets at the GST box office, online or at the door one hour before the show starts. Online ticket sales for ShakespeareOFF will close 24 hrs before the performance.
The events of the 20th Gdansk Shakespeare Festival will take place in different venues in Tricity. Our map will help you get around and find all the festival’s events.