Workshops “Spoken word within acting interpretation” | Poland
Leader: Irena Jun
Date: August 29, 2025 | Friday
Time: 2 pm - 5 pm
Place: Workshop Room, Art Factory in Łódź, 3 Tymienieckiego Street
Duration: 3 hours
Age Restrictions: 18+
Workshops designed for: people passionate about theatre
Please bring: comfortable clothes and shoes
Language: workshops will be led in Polish
Tickets: 200 PLN
Tickets sales: kicket.com portal / online payment
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOPS
We would like to invite you to Irena Jun's workshop on the culture of the living word and the search for a form for the word in theatre. The starting point for the exploration will be the work of Józef Czechowicz and the development of skills of stage interpretation of a poem.
On the basis of classic texts of Polish poetry, the eminent educator will work with theatre enthusiasts on how to use texts within acting interpretation, depending on the intention, context and narrative.
The workshop programme involves improving speech technique, working on the clarity of expression and handling the means of acting expression.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEADER
Irena Jun - actress and theatre director associated with the Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Studio Theatre in Warsaw, since its inception. She played in the legendary productions of Józef Szajna, Jerzy Grzegorzewski and Antoni Libera. She is the creator of the Irena Jun One-Person Poetry Theatre, with which she has performed in most European capitals and in Australia, and has continuously performed throughout Poland for several decades. Recognised as one of the most outstanding Beckett role-players in the world (“Women in Beckett: Performance and Critical Perspectives”, published by University of Illinois Press, 1992). She has performed in the French theatre La Comédie de Saint-Étienne (“Sigmaringen”, directed by Daniel Benoin). In Polish theatres - Katowice, Opole, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Zabrze, Zielona Góra - she has directed plays based on the works of A. Fredro, A. Mickiewicz and J. Słowacki. For many years she has been a lecturer at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. She has been associated with amateur theatre and recitation movement as a mentor and juror of festivals and competitions.
Irena Jun has won acting awards at festivals in Bydgoszcz, Kalisz, Opole, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Tarnów, Toruń and Wrocław for her roles in productions directed by Anna Augustynowicz and Marcin Liber, as well as for plays and monodramas she has directed herself (“Filozofia po góralsku”, “Matka Makryna”). Awarded the Silver Cross of Merit (1969) and the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture “Gloria Artis” (2008). Winner of the Warsaw Felix Award for her role in the monodrama “Biesiada u Hrabiny Kotłubaj” in her own direction (2005), the Krzysztof Zaleski Splendour Award (2012), the title “Ambassador of the Polish language in speech” (2017) and the Irena Solska Award (2022). In 2024, she was honoured with the Special Award of the “Teatr” magazine for consistently translating poetry into the language of theatre, for finding a frugal yet complete form for Różewicz's work and uncovering its current, penetrating resound (for the performance “Stara kobieta wysiaduje” currently in the repertoire of the Studio Theatre) and the Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for lifetime achievements. Her monodrama “Moonlight Sonata” (directed by Józef Szajna), based on the work of Greek poets Yannis Ritsos and Gorgos Seferis, is the longest-played performance in Poland in the one actress theatre convention (since 1967).
