Theater

4th New Europe International Festival: Love

4th edition of the New Europe International Festival: Love September - December 2023

Can we still talk about love? Do we even know what love is? Stretched between Saint Paul’s Song of Songs and its more radical version penned by Paul B. Preciado, we still design universal fantasies which are then quickly elevated into binding standards. We keep defining something that eludes both definition and attempts at monetization. We sell love, but have no idea how to awaken it in another person.

Maybe it’s high time we finally redefine love? Recast it to include unfulfillment, rejection, revulsion, pharmacopornography, sexual hell, violence, and erotic flowers of evil, so nihilistic and yet so alluring? And then draw pleasure from this force so unreasonable, unromantic, carnal, destructive, redeeming, and liberating?

A strange thing it is, to desire something that straddles boundaries, but remains ceaselessly elusive. 

Love is all you need? But what does that even mean?
 

Taking a stand against the increasingly ephemeral and festival-centric character of cultural life, we chose an ongoing formula for our event, which will run from September to December. We want to avoid framing our shows as fleeting, transient events, but want to turn them into a consistent practice of meeting with important theater artists from Europe and all over the globe.

Join us as we experience, discover, and confront a rich variety of perspectives, as well as engage in debate and conversation.

The curators of the 
4th New Europe International Festival: Love include: Olga Drygas, Piotr Gruszczyński, and Karolina Ochab.

Festival program:

September 14–15, 2023 Fuck me Marina Otero
September 16–17, 2023 Love me Marina Otero
October 13–14, 2023 Seek Bromance Samira Elagoz
November 17–18, 2023 2020:Obscene Alexandra Bachzetsis
December 15–16, 2023 A Plot/A Scandal Ligia Lewis

Tickets: 60/40 PLN
Two-show passes for Marina Otero: 100/60 PLN (available only in the theater ticket office)

Funding for the festival has been provided by the City of Warsaw.

Partners: Instituto Cervantes, Goethe Institut

Upcoming events

  • SEEK BROMANCE

    Theater

    13–14.10

    SEEK BROMANCE

    Samira Elagoz | 4th New Europe International Festival: Love

  • 2020: OBSCENE

    Theater

    17–18.11

    2020: OBSCENE

    Aleksandra Bachzetsis | 4th New Europe International Festival: Love

  • A PLOT / A SCANDAL

    Theater

    15–16.12

    A PLOT / A SCANDAL

    Ligia Lewis | 4th New Europe International Festival: Love

Past events

Other cycles

Calendar

October 06

An Apartment on Uranus

Michał Borczuch
Theater

October 07

An Apartment on Uranus

Michał Borczuch
Theater
English subtitles

October 08

An Apartment on Uranus

Michał Borczuch
Theater

October 11

The Talking Car

Agnieszka Polska
Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto – Teatro Municipal do Porto, Porto (Portugalia)

October 13

SEEK BROMANCE

Theater / For adults

October 14

SEEK BROMANCE

Theater / For adults

October 27

Sold out

Winter Light

Ingmar Bergman | Tomasz Fryzeł
Theater

October 28

Sold out

Winter Light

Ingmar Bergman | Tomasz Fryzeł
Theater
English subtitles

October 29

Sold out

Winter Light

Ingmar Bergman | Tomasz Fryzeł
Theater
Ukrainian subtitles

November 07

PREMIERE Phobia

Theater / Age 16+

November 08

Phobia

Theater / Age 16+

November 09

Phobia

Theater / Age 16+

November 14

Publika

Maria Stokłosa, Aleks Borys
Dance / Age 16+

November 15

Publika

Maria Stokłosa, Aleks Borys
Dance / Age 16+

November 17

2020: OBSCENE

Aleksandra Bachzetsis | 4th New Europe International Festival: Love
Theater / Age 16+

November 18

2020: OBSCENE

Aleksandra Bachzetsis | 4th New Europe International Festival: Love
Theater / Age 16+

November 25

Odyssey. A Story for Hollywood

Krzysztof Warlikowski
Theater
English subtitles
Ukrainian subtitles

November 26

Odyssey. A Story for Hollywood

Krzysztof Warlikowski
Theater
English subtitles
Ukrainian subtitles
Audio Description

November 27

Odyssey. A Story for Hollywood

Krzysztof Warlikowski
Theater
English subtitles
Ukrainian subtitles

November 28

Odyssey. A Story for Hollywood

Krzysztof Warlikowski
Theater
Polish subtitles

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