Theater
Monodrama ''Pan Tadeusz''
About this event
a monodrama based on Adam Mickiewicz's epic "Pan Tadeusz" (Polish: "Pan Tadeusz"), created by Mateusz Nowak
script Stanisław Miedziewski and Mateusz Nowak direction Stanisław Miedziewski performed by Mateusz Nowak lighting Maciej Sierosławski sound Kamila Bilińska production Słupsk Cultural Center and "Rondo" Theatre in Słupsk premiere 2025 03 26 duration 70 minutes
Performance in Polish
Description
The performance reveals that Adam Mickiewicz's "Pan Tadeusz" is not just a poetic tale to strengthen the heart, but hides many modern and bitter motifs, far from just joyful admiration of the past. In Mateusz Nowak's acting interpretation, the characters of the Mickiewicz epic come to life: Tadeusz, Zosia, Telimena, Jankiel, the Magistrate, Maciek nad Maćkami, and others. It is a dynamic, energetic, and emotional story about love, passion, politics, sacrifice, and the fight for one's values. It is a storytelling theatre, spoken in the style of thirteen-syllable verse. It is an inversion of the epic – a dream about Pan Tadeusz. Mateusz Nowak is known for his intense and emotional performances. All his monodramas have been warmly received by audiences and critics, and the actor himself has earned recognition as one of the most prominent actors of monodramas in Poland.
Mateusz Nowak (b. 1986) – philologist, speech therapist, monodrama actor, theatre instructor, animator, and cultural manager, producer. He has performed his monodramas "Teatralność" (2011), "Od przodu i od tyłu" (2014), "Żywy trup" (2016), and "Pan Tadeusz" (2025) – all directed by Stanisław Miedziewski – more than 350 times in Poland and abroad (more than 60 times in 20 countries on 4 continents). He has won more than 40 awards for his monodramas, many of them at international theatre festivals. Chairman of the Polish Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). Artistic director of the "Teatr w Remizie" festival in Hel. Curator of the "Mono Institute" cycle at the Theatre Institute in Warsaw (2022–2025). Awarded the Bronze Cross of Merit and the "Meritorious for Polish Culture" badge. Laureate of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage award.
