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PAPAHEMA

The PAPAHEMA Theater was founded in 2014 by four still students of the graduation year of the Puppetry Arts Department at the Theater Academy, which similar taste and sense of humor bring together. Young actors have successfully unite the classics with contemporary sensitivity, for several years, the means of acting theater with the richness of the language of theater form, joke and distance with serious reflection of the surrounding reality. Since May 2014, the Theater has been operating as a Foundation. PAPAHEMA regularly presents its performances at: The Ludowy Theater in Cracow, The Ester Rachel and Ida Kamińska Jewish Theater in Warsaw and Adam Mickiewicz Theater in Częstochowa, and cooperates with Aleksander Węgierko Drama Theater in Białystok, The WARSawy Theater, The Gliwice Municipal Theater, The Polonia Theater in Warsaw and The Montownia Theater. The ensemble consists of Paulina Moś, Helena Radzikowska, Paweł Rutkowski and Mateusz Trzmiel. However, the artists willingly cooperate with other artists - directors, set designers, composers and actors. So far, the PAPAHEMA Theater has realized sixteen spectacles:

• “Molière. From delusion” – premiere on 15^th March 2014,
• “Moral insanity. The tragedy of stupid people” – premiere on 30^th January 2015,
• “Macbett” – premiere on 28^th June 2015,
• “Thumbelina for adults” – premiere on 3^rd December 2015,
• “Alice Through the Looking Glass” – premiere on 28^th June 2016,
• “The Taming of the Shrew” – premiere on 4^th September 2016,
• “Extraordinary flight of the Pirx pilot” – premiere on 25^th February 2017,
• “Skłodowska. Radium Girl” – premiere on 25^th November 2017,
• “The Jars’ independence” – premiere on 28^th September 2018,
• “The Trial. Reconstruction” – premiere on 14^th December 2018,
• “PeKiN” – premiere on 28^th November 2019,
• “GALLERY OF MODERN heART” – premiere (on-line) on 30^th November 2020,
• “Madagaskar” – premiere on 4^th November 2021,
• “Peter Pan. In the shadow of adulthood” – premiere on 2^nd October 2022,
• “Fredro. I’m so pleased” – premiere on 10^th November 2023;
• “Politics. What adults don’t tell you about” – premiere on ^6th July 2024;

and performance:

• “War. The family-quake” – premiere on 1^st April 2017;

and radio play as well:

• “Messiah. Bruno Schulz” – premiere on 4^th December 2022.

Prizes and awards

• THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE VOIVODESHIP MARSHAL’S AWARD (for “Peter Pan. In the shadow of adulthood” on the XXIX International Puppet Theatres’ Festival “MEETINGS” in Toruń),
• BIAŁYSTOK CITY MAYOR’S ARTS AWARD (for current achievement in the field of theatre with particular reference to “The Trial. Reconstruction” performance – 2019),
• 1st PRIZE for “Skłodowska. Radium Girl” on the 22^th National Festival of Comedy TALIA,
• AUDIENCE AWARD for “Skłodowska. Radium Girl” on the 26^th Alternative Theater Meetings KLAMRA in Toruń,
• AUDIENCE AWARD for “The Taming of the Shrew” (for balancing the right proportions between entertainment and reflection, between traditional convention and a very contemporary interpretation, and finally – between the daring team game and the display of outstanding individual artistic creations) in the ShakespeareOFF Competition at the 21^st Shakespeare Festival in Gdansk,
• SHAKESPEARE DAILY FESTIVAL AWARD for “The Taming of the Shrew” (for fresh, energetic acting and attempts to disenchant the text, which is credited with being called Shakespeare’s most-chauvinist drama) in the ShakespeareOFF Competition at the 21^st Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk,
• CERTIFICATE OF THE OPEN MIND (for a fresh breeze on the theatrical stage, refined humor and fun conventions, where the classics and costumes are talking about us “here and now”) in the plebiscite of the Białystok daily of “Gazeta Wyborcza” Przystanek Młodzi 2017,
• 3rd PRIZE for “Macbett” (for the interpretation of the condition of the modern world through the prism of Eugene Ionesco’s art and the use of various acting techniques and the full of youthful energy of a team creation) in the ShakespeareOFF Competition at the 20^th Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk,
• WINing in a theatrical competition for young artists Montownia BIS,20^th Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk

Festivals

Festivals and reviews, on which we had the pleasure to present our performances:

7^th European Theater Festival “Melodrama” in Jelcz-Laskowice,
9^th, 14^th, 15^thand 18^th International ANIMO Festival in Kwidzyn,
XVII Review of Small Theater Forms SUMMER REVIEW in Łódź,
Summer Review of the Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw (2015),
VII International Festival of Puppetry “Puppet-no-Puppet” in Białystok,
International Festival of Puppet Theaters for Adults “Metamorphoses of Puppet” in Białystok (2015),
31^th Days of Contemporary Art 2016 in Białystok,
East of Culture / Another Dimension in Białystok (2016 / 2020),
13^th Cultural Night in Częstochowa,
18^th Summer Theater Garden in Katowice,
Touch the Theater in Łódź (2017, 2022, 2024),
Touch the Theater BIS in Łódź (2017),
XXXVIII and XXXIX Theater Meetings in Krosno,
11^th and 12^st Theater Garden of Chorzów,
20^th and 21^st Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk,
26^th Alternative Theater Meetings KLAMRA in Toruń,
Shakespeare Festival in Globe Neuss (2018 / 2019),
22^th National Festival of Comedy TALIA in Tarnów,
32^nd International Theatrical Festival VALISE in Łomża
17^thJewish Culture Festival Singer’s Warsaw,
6^thNational Theatrical Festival “Train to the City – Station: City”,
29^th International Puppet Theatres’ Festival “MEETINGS” in Rzeszów,
13^th International Festival of Theatres of Animated Forms “MASKARADA” in Toruń,
4^thDirection East Festival in Białystok.