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Krakow’s
ULICA International
Street Theatre
Festival.
Every year
street theaters
from Poland and
abroad arrive to
Krakow in early
July to turn the
city’s historic
center into
their playhouse.
Their alfresco
shows take place
simultaneously
in the Old Town’
squares –
notably Rynek
Glowny, Krakow’s
vast central
plaza – and
sporadically in
other areas of
the city as
well. Usually,
strollers
rambling in the
Old Town may
easily see up to
ten different
performances,
from rather
amateurish
efforts to
stunning
professional
gigs, on any
single day from
the afternoon
through the late
evening. The
shows are free
to watch and
seldom require
any language
skills as the
street thespians
rely heavily on
pantomime,
masks, dancing,
and circus
stunts while
possibly
avoiding
articulate
speech.
The
International
Street Theatre
Festival, its
original Polish
name “Miedzynarodowy
Festiwal Teatrow
Ulicznych
ULICA”, has been
organized in
Krakow every
year since 1998.
From 2017 on the
organizers try
to devote each
edition to a
single theme
such as “Don
Quichotte”
in 2017, “Easterly
Wind in
2018, and
"Oh, what a
circus!"
in
2019. Krakow’s
International
Street Theatre
Festival is a
brainchild of Mr
Jerzy Zon a
local theater
director.
Organizers of
the
International
Street Theatre
Festival in
Krakow.
Mr Jerzy Zon has
been the
festival
director from
its beginnings.
As he is also
the manager of
Tatr KTO, a
municipality-funded
company of
players, the
office of his
theater
conveniently
doubles as the
headquarter of
Krakow’s
International
Street Theatre
Festival.
In year 2021 the 34th
ULICA
International
Street Theatre
Festival takes
place July 9th through July 11th (first leg) and September 4th to September 5th (second leg). This year the festival theme is ‘Strange events. A reactivation.’.
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