INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE Region IN TORUŃ

Actors, members of artistic ensembles, as well as valued professionals from other fields working for Kujawsko-Pomorskie stages, received awards from the voivodship’s marshal for Theatre Day today (7 April). The gala at the Horzycy Theatre was attended by the President of the Regional Parliament, Elżbieta Piniewska, and Vice-Marshal Zbigniew Ostrowski. Anna Wołek, director of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Music Theatre, was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.

 

– On the occasion of International Theatre Day, we are rewarding outstanding personalities of the stages in our region, as well as those thanks to whom theatre creators can realise their own artistic creations. It is thanks to them that theatre is alive, comments and explains the world, speaking out on the most important issues,’ emphasises Marshal Piotr Całbecki.

 

Prizes were awarded to:

Dominika Budzyńska – Kujawsko-Pomorski Musical Theatre in Toruń

Katarzyna Jasińska – Kujawsko-Pomorski Musical Theatre in Toruń

Anna Chudek-Niczewska – Baj Pomorski Theatre in Toruń

Marta Kaźmierska – Baj Pomorski Theatre in Toruń

Anna Granica – Theatre Cultural Centre in Grudziądz

Monika Hnatowicz – Włodzimierz Gniazdowski Impresaryjny Theatre in Włocławek

Barbara Kamińska – Wilam Horzyca Theatre in Toruń

Robert Nowak – Wilam Horzyca Theatre in Toruń

Maciej Raniszewski – Wilam Horzyca Theatre in Toruń

Julia Sobiesiak-Borucka – Wilam Horzyca Theatre in Toruń

Bożena Lange – Hieronim Konieczka Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz

Marta Pierzchalska – Hieronim Konieczka Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz

Dariusz Łukowski – Wanda Rucińska Chamber Theatre in Bydgoszcz.

 

The culmination of the meeting, also attended by Deputy Governor Michał Koniuch, was a presentation of the play ‘Breath’ directed by Patryk Warchoł from the repertoire of the Wilam Horzyca Theatre.

 

Theatre Day was established in June 1961 during the 9th World Congress of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) in Helsinki. The day of celebration was set for 27 March, the anniversary of the opening of the Theatre of Nations in Paris. Every year, the ITI honours outstanding artists, creators of the most significant theatrical phenomena of the globe, by allowing them to publish a personal message for International Theatre Day. This year’s author is Theodoros Terzopoulos, Greek director and playwright, founder of the Attis Theatre.

 

The message for the Polish Centre of the International Theatre Institute was written by Irena Jun, an actress and theatre director associated with the Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Studio Theatre in Warsaw.

 

Press Office of the Marshal’s Office

 

7 April 2025.