Polish Theatre Ireland and Alternatyva Alternatyvai

present

Freedom Ltd. – Stage readings of contemporary Polish and Lithunian plays

2nd and 3rd May 2012, 8pm

The Submarine Bar, Crumlin Cross, Dublin 12
Tickets: €5.00 per night
Book: 0867757795 or polishtheatre@gmail.com

Freedom Ltd. is a unique theatre event that is coming soon to the theatrical space of Submarine Bar in Dublin. It’s an effect of very fruitful collaboration between Polish Theatre Ireland and Lithuanian theatre group Alternatyva Alternatyva.

We are going to make a 2-days long marathon of wonderfully written plays from Poland and Lithuania, based on themes of freedom and identity, and draw stories about several different characters trapped by histories of their own countries.
Each play will be presented in English by Polish Theatre Ireland, Alternativa Alternativai and other Dublin-based artists.

The playwrights are all invited and they will come along to Dublin so there will be a chance to talk to them after the readings.

First day of readings will bring dramas written by female playwrights: Julia Holewińska (Poland) and Laima Vince (Lithuania) and second day – male playwrights: Radosław Paczocha (Poland) and Gintaras Grajauskas (Lithuania).

Timeline:
2nd May 2012
8.00pm -“Foreign Bodies” by Julia Holewińska, translated by Artur Zapałowski, directed by Kasia Lech
9.00pm – “The Interpreter” by Laima Vince (originally written in English), directed by Laima Prokofjevienė
10.00pm – Q&A with playwrights hosted by Gavin Kostick of Fishamble: The New Play Company

3rd May 2012
8.00pm – “Be Like Kazimierz Deyna” by Radosław Paczocha, translated by Anna Wolf, directed by John Currivan
9.00pm – “The Girl Who Feared God” by Gintaras Grajauskas, translated by Laima Vince, directed by Vincent O’Reilly
10.00pm – Q&A with playwrights hosted by Willie White of Dublin Theatre Festival