Performance “Comedians” | Poland
Creators: Autism Team Foundation, Club of Conscious Youth, CHOREA Theatre
Direction: Maja Caban, Małgorzata Lipczyńska, Ewa Otomańska
Text: Stanisław Wyspiański, Platon, the Creators
Lighting and sound design: Tomasz Krukowski
Visuals, live camera: Kamil Wallace Walesiak
Cast: Borys Chmielewski, Antonina Jakubowska, Aleksandra Szałek, Paula Oset, Miłosz Kowal, Michał Kochaniak, Adam Wołoszyn, Roland Męczyński, Michał Ludwiczak
Premiere: December 19, 2025
Date: August 30, 2026 | Sunday
Time: 3 pm
Place: Room B_101, Art Factory in Łódź, 3 Tymienieckiego Street
Tickets: Prior booking of free tickets is required | The number of viewers is limited
Free tickets: booking from July 8, 2026 until they are sold out | via biletomat.pl portal
Duration: 40 minutes
Age restrictions: 10+
Language: Polish
After the performance, around 4 pm, we invite the viewers to a meeting and discussion with the artists.
The discussion will take place in the Room B_101 of the Art Factory in Łódź.
The discussion will be led by Tomasz Domagała.
The discussion will be held in Polish.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE
This performance is an encounter with a dream. A dream of being a superhero, of traveling through time and space, of confronting one’s own limitations and an oppressive reality.
The titular “Comedians”, inspired by an excerpt from Stanisław Wyspiański’s “A Study of Hamlet”, embody authenticity, irony, and courage. They demonstrate how art can reveal the truth, lay bare reality, and serve as a mirror to human mechanisms of exclusion and division.
Young artists, who are individuals on the autism spectrum, immerse themselves in theatre as a safe space that provides room for both the necessary - and often socially unacceptable - elements of “madness”, as well as the opportunity to ask uncomfortable questions about the extent to which society allows one to be oneself and break away from existing norms and expectations. Using both their own texts and classics (an excerpt from “The Defense of Socrates”) on stage, they demonstrate that they have the courage to exist, create, and act outside the box. With all the consequences that entails.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Autism Team Foundation - was established in 2016. Since then, a team of volunteers and friends has been working tirelessly to improve the quality of life for people on the autism spectrum and their families. They carry out activities aimed at breaking down barriers and stereotypes, and they promote and implement social inclusion in its broadest sense. They fulfill their mission by supporting and reinforcing the importance of self-determination for people with pervasive developmental disorders on the autism spectrum and/or with disabilities - in the roles of self-advocates. They educate, raise public awareness, and work to improve the quality of life for people on the autism spectrum, those with other disabilities, and their parents and caregivers. Since 2020, under the watchful guidance of the Autism Team Foundation, Poland’s first Club of Conscious Youth on the autism spectrum (Klub Świadopmej Młodzieży - KŚM) has been in operation.
Project financed in terms of "Re_action 2026" Programme, realised by the Łódź Special Economic Zone S.A.
