The Art of Protest

What do they want? What did Van Gogh's Sunflowers do to them? If it snowed in winter, is there really anything to be afraid of? In a world where those with power and wealth are trusted more, voices of dissent are easily dismissed as exaggerated. Sometimes even as a threat.

All it takes is one article or photo for online commentators to send environmental activists to the metaphorical Mars, forgetting that there is no planet B.

The Art of Protest is a play about climate activism – a topic that provokes extreme reactions. Few people support the actions of activists without any reservations. We may agree on the need to stop climate catastrophe, but when it comes to the methods... that's a completely different matter.

Should protest be ‘civilised’? 
‘Non-invasive’? 
‘Acceptable to everyone’? 
Or perhaps it would be better if there were no protests at all?

THE PERFORMANCE CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE. LOUD MUSIC, STROBE LIGHTS AND SMOKE MACHINES ARE USED. IT CONTAINS A SCENE OF NUDITY.

The performance is being created in collaboration with an expert group of climate activists, consisting of Cecyl, Jula, Lucy, Mar, Miśka, Rado and Tymek
 

written and directed by: Michał Buszewicz
choreography: Katarzyna Sikora
music: Aleksandra Gryka
set design: Michał Dobrucki
costumes: Lila Dziedzic
multimedia: Radomir Majewski
lighting: Jędrzej Jęcikowski
costume assistant: Marko Saidov
assistant director: Wojciech Sandach
stage manager: Magdalena Kaźmierska

cast: 
Paweł Adamski
Konrad Beta
Barbara Biel
Maria Dąbrowska
Robert Gondek
Iwona Kowalska
Kacper Kujawa
Paweł Niczewski
Konrad Pawicki
Jacek Piątkowski
Wojciech Sandach
Przemysław Walich
Maria Wójtowicz

premiere: 28th of February 2026