{"id":1809,"date":"2026-04-29T06:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/?post_type=naujienos&p=1809"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:29:58","slug":"tr-warszawa-premiered-power-play-a-new-international-co-production-with-sirenos-festival","status":"publish","type":"naujienos","link":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/naujienos\/tr-warszawa-premiered-power-play-a-new-international-co-production-with-sirenos-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"TR Warszawa premiered \u201cPower Play\u201c \u2013 a new international co-production with Sirenos Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Power Play” premiere | Photo by Adrian Lach<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 24, 2026, TR Warszawa premiered \u201cPower Play\u201c, a new international co-production created together with Lithuanian Sirenos Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival (Ireland), and the International Festival of Theatre for Children and Youth \u201cKorczak Today\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

Directed by Melbourne-based artist Samara Hersch, \u201cPower Play\u201c is a performance created by children and adults, but it does not tell the story of childhood. Instead, it examines adulthood as a process of taking on roles shaped by unclear and often elusive rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the performance, children share the stage with actors and actresses from TR Warszawa. Together they experience the taste of power, its sweetness and excitement, while also confronting its fragility, fear, and betrayal. The script is loosely inspired by Janusz Korczak\u2019s novel \u201cKing Matt the First\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Power Play” premiere | Photo by Adrian Lach<\/p><\/div>\n

Samara Hersch is an artist working between Europe, Australia, and Asia, whose projects combine contemporary theatre with social action. Her practice explores relationships between people, including intergenerational connections, and their significance in a broader social context.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs children (and adults), we are often very preoccupied with the issue of power, whether we realize it or not. Children have very little of it. We, the adults, set the rules, but we must also grapple with responsibility and come to terms with vulnerability, sometimes even powerlessness,\u201d says Samara Hersch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChildren can help us better understand this process by provoking us to confront ourselves, reflect, and imagine other possibilities,\u201d she adds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Power Play” premiere | Photo by Adrian Lach<\/p><\/div>\n

The performance is intended for both adults and children and operates on different levels for both groups. It invites audiences to consider: what is the difference between raising a child and shaping society? How can we allow children to remain \u201cinnocent and free\u201c, and who will pay the price for this freedom?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cast:<\/b>
\n<\/span>Dobromir Dymecki \/ Sebastian Pawlak<\/span>
\n<\/span>Monika Frajczyk<\/span>
\n<\/span>Maria Maj<\/span>
\n<\/span>Tomek Tyndyk<\/span><\/p>\n

Children<\/strong> (rotating): Lea Fabi\u015b, Vincent Kalita-Orcari, Alicja Malczewska, \u0141ucja Moraczewska, Klara Olszewska, Aurelia Pawlak, Nina Rogacka, Olivia Strz\u0119pka<\/span><\/p>\n

Creative team:<\/b>
\n<\/span>Concept and direction: Samara Hersch<\/span>
\n<\/span>Dramaturgy and script: Szymon Adamczak<\/span>
\n<\/span>Dramaturgy, curation: Marta Keil<\/span>
\n<\/span>The script incorporates improvisations from the entire cast <\/span>\u2013<\/b> both children and adults\u00a0 <\/span>
\n<\/span>Associate artist and video direction: Solomon Thomas<\/span>
\n<\/span>Stage design and costumes: Marta Szypulska<\/span>
\n<\/span>Music: Karol Nepelski<\/span>
\n<\/span>Conceptual collaboration: Aaron Orzech<\/span>
\n<\/span>Lighting direction: J\u0119drzej J\u0119cikowski<\/span>
\n<\/span>Set design and costumes collaboration: Natalia Dziarczykowska<\/span>
\n<\/span>Set and costume execution: Marta Szypulska, Natalia Dziarczykowska, Wiktor Droszcz, Oliwia Peczy\u0144ska, Hanna Rosi\u0144ska, Julia Wasilewska<\/span>
\n<\/span>Execution of the illustration forming part of the tent interior: Marta Szypulska, Natalia Dziarczykowska, Apolonia Chmielewska, Zbyszek Chmielewski<\/span>
\n<\/span>Director\u2019s assistant: Wojciech Sobolewski<\/span>
\n<\/span>Pedagogical support in the process: Katarzyna Batarowska<\/span>
\n<\/span>Stage manager: Ma\u0142gorzata Krawczyk<\/span>
\n<\/span>Production manager: Magda Igielska<\/span>
\n<\/span>Rehearsal translation: Katarzyna Kania<\/span><\/p>\n

The performance was created as part of Marta Keil\u2019s international curatorial program \u201cTo Whom Does Theatre Belong?\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","festivalio_naujienos":[11],"class_list":["post-1809","naujienos","type-naujienos","status-publish","hentry","festivalio_naujienos-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naujienos\/1809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naujienos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/naujienos"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"festivalio_naujienos","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sirenos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivalio_naujienos?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}