One of the most prominent European theater and opera directors, he was born in 1962 in Poland. In collaboration with the stage designer Malgorzata Szczęsniak Warlikowski creates outstanding theatrical images. In the course of his work, Krzysztof leads his actors to reach the deepest layers of their creativity. He has created a new way of staging Shakespeare, his work also contains subversive interpretations of Greek tragedies, but he is also well known for his productions of contemporary authors. His production of Sarah Kane's 2002 Cleansed at the Avignon Festival and America Theatre Festival in Montreal received widespread acclaim.

Warlikowski's theater productions have been presented at the most important festivals: Festival d'Avignon, Festival Otoño in Madrid, Edinburgh International Festival, Vienna Festival, Next Wave BAM Festival in New York, Athens Festival, Santiago a Mil International Theater Festival in Chile, PoNTI International Theater Festival in Porto, XXI Seoul Performing Arts Festival in South Korea, Tianjin Kanyu International Theater Festival in China, BITEF Festival in Belgrade.

Krzysztof Warlikowski

Theater and opera director, founder and artistic director of the New Theater.

Krzysztof Warlikowski's specialty is opera. Warlikowski has staged productions at major European opera houses, including La Monnaie in Brussels, the Paris National Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and the Royal Opera House in London.

Theater and film actress Małgorzata Chajewska-Krzysztofik, known as Chaya, was born in 1965 in Osnowiec. After graduating from the acting department of the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Krakow, she made her debut at the Helena Modrzejewska Theater in Krakow as Levin’s girlfriend in Jerzy Jarocki’s play «Shma Israel!» Jerzy Jarocki, directed by Jerzy S. Sito.

She has collaborated with many outstanding theater directors — Jerzy Jarocki, Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Andrzej Wajda and Grzegorz Jarzyna. Critics emphasize her strong stage charisma and exceptional ability to concentrate and achieve a strong effect with minimal means. They praise her reluctance to please the public and her emotional courage in taking controversial roles.

Malgorzata Hajewska Krzysztofik

Actress

Her first role in a production directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski was «Bacchants» in  2001 year. She joined the New Theatre Company on October 1, 2016.

Wojciech Kalarus was born on December 12, 1968 in Będzin. He is a theater and film actor, director, and a graduate of the Danuta Badushkova Studio of Singing and Acting at the Musical Theater in Gdynia. He made his debut at the Wielki Theater in Warsaw in Wojciech Bogusławski's play «Krakowskie i Gorets, or a Supposed Miracle» in 1991.

Wojciech Kalarus is a multifaceted actor known for his great dramatic and comedic talent. For many years he has worked with the most prominent Polish theater directors, such as Christian Lupa, Grzegorz Jarzyna, Jan Klata, Michał Zadara, and Piotr Cieplak.

Wojciech Kalarus

Actor

Since 2008 Wojciech Kalarus has been a member of the New Theater Company. His first role with  Krzysztof Warlikowski was in «(A)Pollonia». He also collaborated with director and dramaturg Piotr Gruszczynski on the adaptation of Koniec in 2010. In addition to theater, Wojciech works as a vocal coach and teaches at a private acting school.

Ewelina Pankowska was born September 6, 1990 year in Opoczno — in  2016 she graduated from the acting faculty of PWST in Wrocław. She received praise from audiences and critics with her performance in Ewelina Weeps under the direction of Anna Karasinska. She has worked with leading theater directors including Jan Klatu, Ivan Vyrypayev, and Michal Borczuch. Since 2020, she has participated in the international performance «European Ensemble», curated by Oliver Frlich — now Ewelina makes her debut in the zoom-theater-experimental show «Enter Full Screen», directed by Wojtek Zemilski.

Ewelina Pankowska

Actress

In 2020, she joined the New Theater acting company.

Theater and film actress Magdalena Poplawska was born in Zabrze on April 3, 1980. She is a graduate of the Ludwik Solski State Theater School in Krakow and a fellow of the Theater Institute in Barcelona.

For her performance in Ivan Vyrypayev's «Dreams», she won the prize as the best young actress at the Theater Meetings in Kalysh in 2005. In the same year she made her debut on the big screen in Przemysław Wojcieśek's play «A Perfect Afternoon».

Magdalena Poplawska

Actress

Magdalena Poplawska demonstrated her dancing skills in Krzysztof Warlikowski's «The End» and «Nancy. Interview» directed by French choreographer Claude Bardouil. Since 2008 she has been a member of the New Theater Company.

Theater and film actor Piotr Polak was born in Krakow on December 24, 1980. He graduated as an actor from the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Krakow and made his debut at the Wojciech Bogusławski Theater in Kalisz in 2004. He has worked with such recognized directors as Christian. Lupa, Mikołaj Grabowski and Pawel Miszkiewicz, as well as directors of the younger generation, such as Michał Borczuch, Agata Duda-Gracz, Maja Kleczewska and Radosław Ryczyk.

Piotr Polak

Actor

In 2016, Piotr played the lead role in the famous movie «The man with the magic box» directed by Bodo Cox, which was well received by critics and audiences alike. He also contributed to the Polish dubbing of many films, such as Han Solo in the latest version of Star Wars.

In 2011, he joined the New Theater Company. Krzysztof Warlikowski's first production in which he appeared was Shakespeare's play African Tales.

Jacek Poniedzialek is a theater and film actor, director and translator, a graduate of the acting department of the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Kraków (PWST). Jacek Poniedzialek is a theater and film actor, director and translator.

Jacek Poniedzialek

Actor

In 1992 he began working with Krzysztof Warlikowski. They staged their first productions at the Krakow State Theater School. «They were» Fyodor Dostoevsky's White Nights and Eugene Ionesco's «The Bald Singer». Since then, Jacek has played in most of this director's productions.

The characters he plays are always characterized by great intensity and expressiveness. The creators emphasize the actor's strong personality and his extraordinary precision in constructing the role, which he is also able to maintain at a certain distance.

In 2010, the book «Out of the Shadows» was published, which is a record of Renata Kim’s conversations with Jacek Poniedzialk. Tennessee Williams’s «A Streetcar Named Desire» and Other Dramas was published in 2012 in her translation, followed a year later by Tango. «Return to Childhood in High Heels» is the autobiography of Justin Vivian Bond, a famous American transgender artist, the character he played in Cabaret Warshawski.

Theater and film actress Maja Ostaszewska was born on September 3, 1972 in Krakow. She graduated from the acting department of the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Krakow in 1996. Her exceptional talent was recognized in her graduation performance in «Platonov», based on Anton Chekhov's play directed by Christian Lupa.

Maya Ostashevskaya

Actress

Maja made her big screen debut in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Maja made her big screen debut in «Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List», but received national acclaim and awards at the Polish Film Festival in Gdansk for her roles in Jan Hryniak's «The Wharf» and Łukasz Barczyk's «I'm looking at you, Marysia».

Maya Ostashevskaya is an actress of exceptional sensitivity and originality, consistently building her own unique image. Critics describe her as phenomenal, unconventional and stylish. They emphasize her ability to embody extremely diverse characters.

Maja Ostaszewska is also known for her activism in the field of animal rights. In 2002, she received an award from the World Society for the Protection of Animals.

Her collaboration with Krzysztof Warlikowski began in 2005 with Hanoch Levin's «Krum». Since 2008, Maja Ostaszewska has been a member of the New Theater Company.

Karolina Ochab graduated from the Faculty of Romance Philology at the University of Warsaw. In 2000 she was hired as an impresario at the Theatre Rozmaitości (now TR Warszawa), and soon after the theater began to participate in international festivals. In 2001, she created the first theater production department in Poland, introducing the function of producer to the Polish theater scene.

Caroline Ohab

Director

From 2005 to 2008, Karolina was the chief producer and curator of the National Audiovisual Institute, for example, producing the flagship series, The Polish School of Documentary Filmmaking and The Anthology of Polish Animation.

In 2007, she directed Piotr Zielenka's «The Brothers Karamazov». Since  2008, Karolina Ochab has been the director of the New Theater, a theater created on the initiative of Krzysztof Warlikowski and  the City of Warsaw. In addition to her managerial work, Karolina collaborates with the artistic director in the preparation of the theater program, using her professional experience in the search for new forms of theater. She is also a lecturer at the State Theater School in Warsaw.

Mariusz Bonaszewski was born on August 26, 1964 year in Koszalin. A graduate of the State Theater School in Warsaw, he received his diploma in 1988. Actor in theater, film and television.

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Actor

After his studies he worked for many years at the Warsaw Drama Theater, where he played many significant roles, including the groundbreaking role of Konstantin Treplev in Anton Chekhov's opera «The Seagull» directed by Andrzej Domalik (1991).

Critics emphasize his versatility: Bonashevsky is able to charismatically reveal the complex nature of multifaceted characters. In 2017, he was awarded the Golden Cross for Services for his contribution to the development of culture and artistic achievements. He joined the team of the New Theater in 2020.

«She succeeds in bringing out the characters of women with complex, contradictory lives, ambiguous in both negative and and in positive ways.» — Barbara Kazmerczak.

Ewa Dalkowska

Actress

Ewa Dalkowska was born on April 10, 1947 in Wroclaw. She is a theater and film actress. In 1970 she graduated from the Polish Faculty of the University of Wroclaw, and two years later she graduated from the State Theater School. Alexander Zelverowicz in Warsaw.

She has created many unforgettable roles in both theater and film. She has collaborated with the greatest Polish artists, including: Andrzej Wajda, Jan Englert, Zygmunt Hübner, Antoni Krause, Andrzej Barański, Edward Rzebrowski, Andrzej Trzosz-Rasztawiecki, Krzysztof Zaleski, Tomasz Man, Agnieszka Holland, and Krzysztof Zanussi.

The talent and charisma of the actress attracted young artists as well. During the martial law she was active underground. She co-founded the Home Theater, which was opened on November 1 November 1982 in her apartment. In 2007, she was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for her outstanding contribution to democratic change in Poland.

She began her collaboration with Krzysztof Warlikowski with the play «Purification». Since 2008 she has been a member of the «New Theater team».

«Young, bold, charismatic. And he likes to experiment.» — Martha Sareiko.

Bartosz Gellner

Actor

Bartosz Gellner was born on April 25, 1988 in Katowice. He is a theater and film actor. He is a graduate of the State Higher Theater School. Ludwik Solsky in Krakow.

An important role in his acting career was that of Alex in the award-winning film «Suicide Room» directed by Jan Komasa. In 2013, he won the Award for his role in Tomasz Wasilewski's film «Floating Skyscrapers». Piotr Lazarkiewicz for young talents at the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles.

In 2013 he received the Honorary Award of the Theatre Critics Section of the ZASP for his performance in «Cabaret Warszawski» under the direction of Krzysztof Warlikowski. Bartosz Gellner began his collaboration with the New Theater with a role in this performance.

«There is a stubbornness in Cielecki women - the stubbornness to be beautiful, different and most powerful - the stubbornness to be independent.» — Lukasz Drewniak Przekroj.

Magdalena Zelecka

Actress

She is an actress of theater and cinema. She was born on February 20, 1972 in Myshkov. In 1995 1995 year she graduated from the acting faculty of the State Higher Theater School. Ludwik Solsky in Cracow. Since his theatrical debut in the play «I Am Four» directed by Krzysztof Orzechowski, the press has been writing about the emergence of a new talent in the Polish theater.

The directors emphasize her extraordinary ability to reincarnate, great diligence, courage, expressive individuality and propensity for creative risk.

In 2008 Magdalena Zelecka received the prestigious Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh International Festival. She was honored for her roles in the plays «4.48 Psychosis» and «Dybbuk». The same year she joined the New Theater Company.

Bartosz Bielenia was born in Bialystok on May 15, 1992 year. After graduating from the Ludwik Solski State Theater School in Krakow, he made his debut in 1999 at the Alexander Wengerko Drama Theater in Bialystok in the role of the same name in Tomasz Hynek's «The Little Prince». Even before his graduation, he performed at the Old Theater in Kraków, which became his permanent workplace until 2014. His popularity as a film actor was supported by his small role as the demonic butler in Maciej Bochniak's «Disco Polo» and his performance in Wojciech Kasperski's «On the Border».

Bartosz Bielenia

Actor

In January 2018, Belenya joined the New Theater ensemble. His first performance at the New Theater was in the play «Uchta».

Zygmunt Malanowicz was born on February 4, 1938, in Korkorzyszki near Vilnius. He died on April 4, 2021 in Warsaw.

Zygmunt Malanovic

Actor

A year before graduating from acting school, he appeared in Roman Polanski's cult film «Knife in the Water». The role brought him popularity and favor of the audience, but because of the reluctance of the then authorities towards cinematographers, the actor did not get a major role in the movie for the next seven years. During this time he developed his theatrical abilities.

He mostly played psychologically complex characters entangled in moral and moral dilemmas. Directors appreciate his high level of stage expression, emotional involvement, and non-obviousness in creating the characters he played.

Since the premiere of William Shakespeare's «The Tempest» in 2003, in which he played the role of Alonzo, he has appeared in most of Krzysztof Warlikowski's plays. He joined the New Theater team in 2008. He died while working on the role of Odysseus in «The Odyssey». Hollywood History.

«His acting leaves you somewhat unsatisfied. He creates a hunger both with viewers and with directors, who get the impression that not everything is revealed in him.» — Krzysztof Krause.

Andrzej Hira

Actor

Andrzej Hira was born on August 27, 1964 in Gryfów Śląski. He is a theater and film actor and director. In 1987 he graduated from the acting faculty, and in 1994 — from the directing faculty of the State Theater School. Alexander Zelverovich lives in Warsaw.

Andrzej Hira carefully chooses roles and collaborates with the most outstanding directors, including: in the cast: Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Krause, Krzysztof Zanussi, Felix Falk, Marek Koterski, Juliusz Machulski, Łukasz Barczyk, Jacek Borkuch, Konrad Niwolski and Malgorzata Szumowska. He is always looking for new challenges and choosing unobvious projects.

He made his debut as an opera director in 2013 in a production of "The Players", to a libretto by Nikolai Gogol and music by Dmitri Shostakovich, at the Baltic Opera House in Gdańsk. He was commissioned by the Malta International Theater Festival to stage The Magic Mountain, to a libretto by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk based on Thomas Mann, music by Pavel Miketin and scenography by Mirosław Balka, for which he received an award.

Playwright, theater critic, deputy director for program activities.

Piotr Gruszczynski

Playwright

Born in 1965 in Rawicz. In 1989 he graduated in theater studies from the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University. He wrote theater reviews for magazines such as Tygodnik Powszechny, Res Publika, Nowa, Dialog. He collaborated with the Polish Radio program and the «Dialog» International Theater Festival in Wrocław.

In 2003, he published a collection of essays and interviews, «The Father Suicide». Younger and talented People in Polish Theater was nominated for the Nike Literary Award. A collection of his conversations with Krzysztof Warlikowski entitled Shakespeare and the Usurper was published in 2007. As a playwright, he collaborates with Mariusz Trelinski in the production of his operas.

Since 2008, he has been a playwright at the New Theater. Piotr has worked with Krzysztof Warlikowski on, among other things, adaptations of the texts «(A)Pollonia», «African Tales According to Shakespeare», «Warsaw Cabaret», «The French». Lecturer at the Theater Academy.

Małgorzata Szczęsniak graduated from the Kraków High School of Art in 1972 and then continued her studies at the Department of Philosophy and Psychology of the Jagiellonian University, where she also defended her doctoral thesis.

Malgorzata Szczęsniak

Scenographer and costume designer

She studied scenography at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow from 1981-1984. In 1990 Malorzata took part in the Quadrennial of Scenography in Prague and in 1994 in the Exhibition of Young Scenographers in Katowice. In 2008 an exhibition of the artist's projects entitled «Appears and disappears without a trace» was held at La Bellone in Brussels. Photographs from the exhibition were published in a book with the same title.

Małgorzata Szczesniak has been Krzysztof Warlikowski's constant collaborator since the production of his first play in 19992. She designed the scenography for all of his theater and operatic works. She has also worked with other directors including Mark Fildor, Grzegorz Jarzyna and Ewa Wycichowska.
Małgorzata has been part of the New Theater team since 2008.