Opening Night: 11 May 2002
Author: Aristophanes
Tytuł: Frogs
Original Title: Βάτραχοι
Paraphrase: Bronisław Maj
Director:
Zbigniew Zamachowski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 1 hour 40 min, one interval

Frogs

director: Zbigniew Zamachowski
associate director: Wojciech Malajkat
set design: Barbara Hanicka
music: Grzegorz Turnau
stage movement: Maria Stokłosa, Emil Wesołowski
lighting design: Piotr Pawlik

Cast:

Dionysus Grzegorz Małecki
Xanthias Arkadiusz Janiczek
Hecules Emilian Kamiński
Charon Waldemar Kownacki
Aeacus Robert Majewski
Servant of Persephone Wiesława Niemyska
Innkeeper Aleksandra Justa / Kinga Ilgner (from June 5, 2002)
Platane Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Euripides Ignacy Gogolewski
Aeschylus Jerzy Łapiński
Pluto Igor Przegrodzki
Hercules guards Piotr Borowski (guest actor), Marcin Mostafa (guest actor)
Sophocles Henryk Machalica (guest actor) / Józef Duriasz (from January 3, 2004)
Centaur Wojciech Malajkat / Kinga Ilgner (from June 8, 2002) / Michał Żurawski (TA, from October 26, 2002), Zbigniew Zamachowski / Michał Żurawski (TA, from June 5, 2002) / Kinga Ilgner (from October 26, 2002) / Leszek Zduń (from April 10, 2003)
Aulete Grzegorz Turnau
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Choir Leszek Zduń (Coryphaeus), Ewa Konstancja Bułhak, Monika Dryl (TA), Kinga Ilgner, Aleksandra Justa, Paulina Kinaszewska, Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń, Wiesława Niemyska, Bożena Stachura (from January 3, 2004), Ewa Szawłowska (guest actress), Katarzyna Taracińska, Aneta Todorczuk (TA), Magdalena Warzecha, Andrzej Andrzejewski (TA), Sławomir Federowicz, Jacek Mikołajczak, Jacek Różański, Michał Żurawski (TA) and in the next performances after the opening night: Monika Świtaj, Maria Wieczorek, Jacek Jarosz (guest actors)

Production team:

  • director's assistants: Wiesława Niemyska, Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound techniciansRafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

Gallery:

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  • FAUST

    Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil. Premiere – 26 October 2024.

  • FEBLIK

    Małgorzata Maciejewska's surprising drama received the Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award in 2022, the competition's first year. The show is directed by Lena Frankiewicz. 

  • A DREAM PLAY

    After the well-received Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Sławomir Narloch returned to the National Theatre with another premiere – A Dream Play by Strindberg.

     

  • KING LEAR

    The King of Britain divides his kingdom between his three daughters to free himself from worries and hardships. However, before the decision he poses a question: which of you loves me the most?

  • WAITING FOR GODOT

    "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

  • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

    Do you know Fredro? Not necessarily... To celebrate 230 years since Aleksander Fredro's birth, the National Theatre invites you to an evening dedicated to the life and works of Poland’s greatest comedy writer. 

  • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

    Małgorzata Bogajewska directs for the second time at the National Theatre. This time she draws on Ödön von Horváth's 1931 drama.

  • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

    The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

    The virtual exhibition 250 Years of Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre of Poland) is available online at Google Cultural Institute.

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