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Janina Szarek and the Teatr Studio am Salzufer – Tadeusz Różewicz Bühne Berlin

Janina Szarek
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Photographer: Drago Hari

Setting up a German-Polish theatre in Berlin seemed a crazy, unrealistic idea, particularly as a number of similar attempts had already failed, especially in the 1980s when artists from Communist Poland were emigrating to Berlin. All of these initiatives were soon abandoned. But in 2004, a professional theatre was actually established in the German capital, a theatre which to date has celebrated over 40 premières. The Teatr Studio, the only German-Polish theatre in Germany, and the TRANSform drama school associated with it, are the best testimony to the enormous commitment and resolve of their founder Janina Szarek, a director, scriptwriter, drama teacher and, above all, actress, who has performed for the greatest Polish directors, such as Krystian Lupa and Henryk Tomaszewski.

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  • Janina Szarek (left) in the role of Izabela Łęcka in the stage play “Pan Wokulski” - Janina Szarek (left) in the role of Izabela Łęcka in the stage play “Pan Wokulski”, right Asja Łamtiugina. Teatr Współczesny in Wrocław.
  • Janina Szarek in the role of Lidia - Janina Szarek in the role of Lidia in the film based on the stage play "Małżeństwie Kreczyńskiego"
  • Janina Szarek in the role of Lidia in "Małżeństwo Kreczyńskiego" - Janina Szarek in the role of Lidia in "Małżeństwo Kreczyńskiego", Teatr Telewizji
  • Janina Szarek in the role of Lavinia in "Androcles and the Lion" - Janina Szarek in the role of Lavinia in "Androcles and the Lion". Director: Henryk Tomaszewski, Theater Jeleniej Górze
  • Janina Szarek, 1973 - Janina Szarek during the discussion at the end of the one-hander "Czerwcami gorące" based on the literary original by Bolesława Leśmiana, 1973
  • Janina Szarek, 1970s - Janina Szarek, 1970s
  • Janina Szarek in Wrocław, 1970s - Janina Szarek in Wrocław, 1970s
  • Janina Szarek in the stage play " Androcles and the Lion" - Janina Szarek in the stage play " Androcles and the Lion" in a scene with Bogdan Słomiński, Theater Cypriana K. Norwida in Jeleniej Górze, 1977
  • Janina Szarek in Greece, 1978 - Janina Szarek, private, during a stay in Greece, 1978
  • Janina Szarek in the stage play "Wariat i zakonnica", 1978 - Janina Szarek in the stage play "Wariat i zakonnica", Director: Krystiana Lupy, Teatr Telewizji, 1978
  • Janina Szarek in the early 1980s - Janina Szarek in the early 1980s
  • Janina Szarek, 1983 - Janina Szarek, 1983
  • Janina Szarek, 1980s - Janina Szarek, 1980s
  • Janina Szarek, 1990s - Janina Szarek, 1990s
  • Janina Szarek, 1990s - Janina Szarek, 1990s
  • Janina Szarek during the period at the Werkstatttheater - Janina Szarek and Krystian Lupa during the period at the Werkstatttheater in Kraków, 1996
  • Janina Szarek and Tadeusz Różewicz - Janina Szarek and Tadeusz Różewicz
  • Janina Szarek at the Academy PWST in Kraków - Janina Szarek at the Academy PWST in Kraków, 1970s
  • Janina Szarek in Berlin, 1982 - Janina Szarek in Berlin, 1982
  • Janina Szarek in her apartment in Berlin-Neukölln - Janina Szarek in her apartment in Berlin-Neukölln, 1980s
  • Janina Szarek during her involvement with "Studio – Gruppe 44" - Janina Szarek during her involvement with "Studio – Gruppe 44"
  • Janina Szarek during her involvement with "Studio – Gruppe 44 - Janina Szarek during her involvement with "Studio – Gruppe 44, early 1980s
  • Janina Szarek with the poet Bolesław Taborski - Janina Szarek with the poet Bolesław Taborski based on the premiere of the stage play “Dobranoc bezsensie”
  • Janina Szarek and Olav Münzberg - Janina Szarek and Olav Münzberg
  • Janina Szarek and Olav Münzberg - Janina Szarek and Olav Münzberg based on the première of "Białe małżenstwo", 2005
  • Janina Szarek - Janina Szarek
  • Janina Szarek working with drama students - Janina Szarek working with drama students at the TRANSform Drama School
  • Janina Szarek in the role of the old woman in the stage play "The Old Woman Broods” - Janina Szarek in the role of the old woman in the stage play "The Old Woman Broods” by T. Różewicza
  • Janina Szarek, winter portrait - Janina Szarek, winter portrait
  • Film "The Madman and the Nun" - St. Ignacy Witkiewicz, Filmstudio Transform, Director: Janina Szarek - Film "The Madman and the Nun" - St. Ignacy Witkiewicz, Filmstudio Transform, Director: Janina Szarek

    Film "The Madman and the Nun" - St. Ignacy Witkiewicz, Filmstudio Transform, Director: Janina Szarek

    Film "The Madman and the Nun" - St. Ignacy Witkiewicz, Filmstudio Transform, Director: Janina Szarek
  • Jubileusz 16-lecia Szkoły Aktorskiej TRANSform oraz 14-lecia Teatru Studio - Jubileusz 16-lecia Szkoły Aktorskiej TRANSform oraz 14-lecia Teatru Studio

    Jubileusz 16-lecia Szkoły Aktorskiej TRANSform oraz 14-lecia Teatru Studio

    Jubileusz 16-lecia Szkoły Aktorskiej TRANSform oraz 14-lecia Teatru Studio

Janina Szarek and the Teatr Studio am Salzufer – Tadeusz Różewicz Bühne Berlin
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Janina Szarek
Janina Szarek
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Photographer: Drago Hari

Selected Directorial Works: 

“Czerwcami gorące” (June Heat), poetic performance based on the poems of Bolesław Leśmian, Piwnica Świdnicka, Wrocław, 1973, Scriptwriter and Director.
 
“Dobranoc bezsensie” (Good Night, Nonsense), poetic performance based on the poems of Bolesław Taborski, Scena Małych Form – POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Centre), London, Scriptwriter and Director.

“Pieśń o zamordowanym żydowskim narodzie” (The Song of the Massacred Jewish People), based on a poem by Jizchak Katzenelson, Scena Małych Form, POSK (Polish Social and Cultural Centre), London, Scriptwriter and Director.

“Ubu Roi” by Alfred de Jarry, Academy of Arts, Berlin.

“Country House” by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish Cultural Institute, Berlin, 1999.

“Raskolnikow” based on Fyodor Dostoevsky, TRANSform Drama School, Scriptwriter and Director, Berlin.

 “The Bear” by Anton Chekhov, TRANSform Drama School, Berlin, 2008.

“No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre, TRANSform Drama School,, Berlin.
 
“White Marriage” by Tadeusz Różewicz, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2004.

“The Madman and the Nun” by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2005.

“The Zoo Story” by Edward Albee, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin.

“Platonow” by Anton Chekhov, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Scriptwriter and Director, Berlin.

“The Bench” by Alexander Gelman, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2006.

“I Didn’t Think You Had a Heart”, poetic performance with poems by Tadeusz Różewicz and songs and chansons by Polish writers, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2005, Scriptwriters: Gina Pietsch and Janina Szarek. 

“The Old Woman Broods” by Tadeusz Różewicz, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2007.

“Polish Antigone” based on texts by Aeschylus, Euripides and Zbigniew Herbert, Teatr Studio am Salzufer – Tadeusz Różewicz Bühne, Berlin.

“The Mother” by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin, 2011.

“Ubu Roi” by Alfred de Jarry, Teatr Studio am Salzufer, Berlin.

”Pfannkuchen, Schweine, Heiligenscheine” (Pancakes, Swine, Halos) based on texts by Brygida Helbig, Teatr Studio am Salzufer – Tadeusz Różewicz Bühne, Berlin, 2013, Scriptwriter and Director. 

“Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, Teatr Studio am Salzufer – Tadeusz Różewicz Bühne, Berlin, 2018.

Janina Szarek
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Photographer: Drago Hari
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