8 November – 20 December 2011

The Meyerhold Centre
& Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Warsaw)

Part of the International Cultural Programme of the Polish EU Presidency –I, Culture.

THE ANNUAL MEYERHOLD ASSEMBLY  is a festival of directors. The centre of attention are world-famous directors, those who stand out for their prominent achievements in experimental theatre.
The Festival was set up in 2006 by The Meyerhold Centre and personally by its president, Valery Fokin. As part of  THE ANNUAL MEYERHOLD ASSEMBLY we program performances, films, workshops, lectures and talks. Besides every year we award a Meyerhold prize to one of the directors.

Amongst our guests were:

2006 - Krzysztof Warlikowski (Poland); KRUM (Theatre TR Warszawa and Satire Theatre, Krakow, Poland)

2007 – Matthias Langhoff (Germany); Quartett (Rumpelpumpel Company, Paris, France)

2008 – Krystian Lupa (Poland); Zaratustra (Satire Theatre, Krakov, Poland)

2009 – Attila Vidnyansky (Hungary); Three Sisters & Others (Dula Iyesh Theatre, Beregovo, Ukraine)

2010 – Oskaras Korsunovas (Lithuania); The Taming of the Shrew (Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia)

THE ANNUAL MEYERHOLD ASSEMBLY  will happen in November - December 2011 for the 6th time. To celebrate its XX birthday The Meyerhold Centre expands the Programme of THE ANNUAL MEYERHOLD ASSEMBLY  to become once again a platform for presenting Polish culture.

Part of the International Cultural Programme of the Polish EU Presidency – I, Culture we are glad to bring four shows made by the most representative directors of the contemporary Polish theatre. Nowadays the official politics of Poland is very much about promoting Polish culture abroad. Polish theatre is now one of the leaders in the European theatre world, that was proved once again by the special programme of the Golden Mask Festival 2011 - Polish Theatre in Moscow.

THE ANNUAL MEYERHOLD ASSEMBLY continues to bring contemporary Polish theatre to the Moscow audiences in all its variety.

8 - 9 November – Nizhinskiy, Stefan Jaracza Theatre (Lodz)

21 - 22 November – Brothers Karamazov, Provisorium Theatre (Lublin)

29 - 30 November – Vivat the War! Jezi Szaniavski Theatre (Valbzhikh)

19 - 20 December – After the Birds, CHOREA Theatre (Lodz)