From October 31 until November 6, 2023, PLAVO Theatre was invited by the Grotowski Institute to travel to Wroclaw, Poland, to participate at Teatr ZAR XX anniversary as special guests within the premises of the Institute.

The Grotowski Institute is a municipal arts institution committed to documenting and disseminating knowledge about Jerzy Grotowski and his Laboratory Theatre as well as hosting events corresponding to the ideas laid down by Grotowski’s creative practice. The Grotowski Institute has four venues and the primary one is the historical home of the Laboratory Theatre in Przejście Żelaźnicze in Wrocław’s Market Square (Rynek), where PLAVO Theatre was honored to perform.

Teatr ZAR is a multinational group that was formed during annual research expeditions to Georgia between 1999 and 2003. During these expeditions, they collected a wealth of musical material, including a core of centuries-old polyphonic songs that have their roots in the beginning of the human era and are probably the oldest forms of polyphony in the world.

The cooperation between PLAVO Theatre and the Grotowski Institute and Teatr ZAR dates from 2001, and it has been realized through participation at different festivals, meetings and conferences, and recently through a mutual international cooperation project.

PLAVO Theatre was honored to perform its latest theatrical production, I PSYCHI TIS ANTIGONIS, on the occasion of Teatr ZAR’s XX anniversary in the historical Laboratory Space and to share it with numerous colleagues and friends. The performance is based on “Three Guineas” by Virginia Woolf and Sophocles “Antigone”. It is an antiwar performance inspired by the ideas of Equality, Justice and Freedom, a performance with an inclusive approach, equally accessible for deaf and hearing audience.

Apart from performing on November 4, during its visit to Wroclaw, PLAVO Theatre realized different meetings and presentations with colleagues from Poland and Germany between November 2 and 5.

The travel mobility was supported by