Culture Nerve Podcast. Art for those for whom the church is not enough
Juta Liutkevičiūtė, Culture Nerve2021.05.22 12:00
Book of Job, theatre production by Eimuntas Nekrošius / E. Blaževič/LRT
There is a popular saying in Poland that God created theatre for those for whom the church does not suffice. Theatre and religion are two things that Lithuania and Poland have in common. TR Warszawa theatre programme director, playwright Roman Pawłowski discusses these links with theatre critic, head of Jaunimo Teatras in Vilnius Audronis Liuga.
Roman Pawłowski: in 2015, we celebrated the anniversary of the opening of the first public theatre, which happened in Warsaw in 1765. These 250 years were very important for theatre and for the nation, because from the very beginning the public theatre became a public institution – a platform for debating the most important issues. Especially it was important in the time when Poland didn't exist as an independent nation.