Teatr Barakah

Barakah Theater was founded in 2004 by Anna Nowicka and Monika Kufel and has been working under their management on Krakow's Kazimierz for 13 years, and for 4 years on Paulińska Street in the New York Mykwa area known as the "Ritual Folk Bath." During this time, 29 productions have been produced at the Barakah Theater, including the screenplays (including "The Cafeteria" and "Cin" by Monika Kufel) as well as the staging of recognized writers ("Dictatorship" by Stanisław Lem or "Witnesses" by Tadeusz Rozewicz) and discoveries by the Barakah Theater for Polish audiences, from the Balkan creators Milena Marković, Asja Srnec Todorović's "Dead Wedding", through the black Irish humor (Martin McDonagh's "Spokane of Spokane") to Israel ("Szyc" , "The Bath Queen" and "Requiem" by Hanoch Levin). Thanks to the agreement with the Department of Directing of the Academy of Theater in Krakow, Barakah Theater created an experimental stage, which is a chance for debut for the young generation of artists (the best of these productions are permanently entering the theater repertoire). For two years Barakah Theater has been successfully implementing the project of cyclical performances with elements of the cabaret and musical "Nights of Wanila Mice", which is currently the most popular and most important theater event in Krakow, commenting on the everyday reality. Many performances of the Barakah Theater have been invited to the Polish and international theatrical festivals, which resulted in several prizes. In 2012 Barakah Theater was honored with the prestigious " Leon Schiller. Barakah is not only a theater and a theater scene, but also an art club and a space for many non -atrical events, such as concerts, music events, film screenings, painting, graphic and photographic exhibitions, and literary events organized by Barakah. Among the winners were the winners of the Polityka Passports Ziemowit Szczerek, Łukasz Orbitowski. In 2007, for the theater, a non-profit foundation named the Ten Talent Fund was established, thanks to which several dozen projects have been successfully implemented within the framework of competitions offered by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the City of Krakow, the Marshal's Office of the Malopolska Region, the National Cultural Center and the Institute of Music. dance. In 2016, 345 cultural events took place at the Paulińska 28, which involved nearly 200 artists from many Polish and foreign arts, including actors from all major Krakow theaters, directors, musicians (Renata Przemyk, who wrote the music to "Szyca" and cyclically writes it to subsequent episodes of "Wanila Vanilla Nights"), writers, dancers, choreographers, graphic artists and planners, including many young artists and debutants. Proof of efficient operation of this place is awarded to Teatr Barakah by several dozen thousand Internet users named "Best Place" for 2016 in the poll of one of the Internet portals. We invite you to Paulińska 28!