Report from 12th International Festival of Literature and Theatre Between.Pomiędzy

The 12th International Festival of Theatre and Literature Between.Pomiędzy, took place online, between May 10th and May 16th. The event offered an excellent opportunity for meeting writers, playwrights, and theatre professionals form Poland and around the world.

The mission of the Festival is to ignite creativity and learning. All events and activities promote readership and support competent participation in diverse cultural forms.

The full report on the activities of the Festival has been published on The Theatre Times website. The report features writers and interviewees from Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, and the United States. The following articles reflect the diversity of initiatives and events that were part of this year’s Festival.

• Sylwia Dobkowska (University of Gdańsk, Poland): "Separate Yet Together"
• S.E. Gontarski (Florida State University, USA): "Between.Pomiędzy @ 12 – Ohio Impromptu @ 40 – Beckett @ 115"
• Wang Chong and Peng Tao (China): "From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan". Part 1
• Wang Chong and Peng Tao (China): "From Daily to Beckett: Godot in Wuhan". Part 2
• Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva and Diana Zhdanova (USA/Russia): "Beckett, Technology, and Experimentation"
• Kalina Stefanova (National Academy for Theatre and Film, Sofia, Bulgaria) and Marvin Carlson (New York City University, USA): "Directors from Eastern Europe". Part 1
• Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in Conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 2
• Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 3
• David Malcolm (SWPS, Poland): "Laughing in Darkness: Reading Różewicz Anew"
• Martin Blaszk (University of Gdańsk, Poland): "The Happening 12"
• Michał Lachman (University of Łódź, Poland): "Theatre as a Social Institution"
• Katarzyna Ojrzyńska (University of Łódź, Poland): "The Strangest Androgyne: Autism in Performance"
• Ronei Vieira Nogueira and Robson Corrêa de Camargo (Máskara, Brazil): "Building Bridges: Interweaving Beckett"
• Klaudia Łączyńska (University of Warsaw, Poland): "Can the World be Saved on Stage?"
• Plamen Radev (Fire Theatre, Bulgaria): "On a Quest for Fire Drama"