Teatr Montownia

Montownia Theatre -
Adam Krawczuk, Marcin Perchuć,
Rafał Rutkowski, Maciej Wierzbicki.

Montownia Theatre is an independent professional theatre company established in 1996 and founded by graduates of The Warsaw Theatre Academy - Adam Krawczuk, Marcin Perchuc, Rafal Rutkowski and Maciej Wierzbicki.

Montownia Theatre works are recognized for their original and individual form of dynamic; performances are enriched by innovative form of movement attached to the text. The ascetic set mixed with a unique sense of humour inspired by the fusion of 16th Century dell’arte, contemporary Monty Pyton and a polish auto-irony has became their trademark.

After 14 years of creative work Montownia Theatre has became one of the most important and highly commended theatre group in Poland. The audience can associate them with Moliere’s “Tricks of Scapin” or the specially written for them contemporary drama “Testosteron”. “The Party” by Mrozek adapted by Montownia Theatre,performed in english, became another theatrical event in the polish theatre history.

AWARDS
Short Theatre Forms Festival “WROSTIA ‘95” Wroclaw for “Zabawa” (“The Party” by Slawomir Mrozek)
- Wroclaw TV Prize
- “Attention to Talent” Prize

Short Theatre Forms Festival “KONTRAPUNKT ‘96” Szczecin for “Zabawa”
- Grand Prix from the audience
- Journalists Award

International Crush of Theatres “KLODZKO *96” for “Zabawa”
- Reviewers Award

Short Theatre Forms Festival “KONTRAPUNKT ‘97”, Szczecin for “Szelmostwa Skapena”
- Grand Prix from the audience
- Young Performer’s Prize
- Nyczek’s Prize

Short Theatrical Form Festival “WROSTIA ‘97”, Wroclaw for “Szelmostwa Skapena”
- Grand Prix

Garden Theatre’s Festival - Warszawa ‘97 for “Szelmostwa Skapena”
- The Winner of the “Small Garden Prize”

The Second National Competition for production of Polish Contemporary Play proclaimed by the Minister of Culture and Arts with the association of the President of ZASP (Union of Polish Artists)
- Collective Distinction for cast of “Zabawa”

Prof. Aleksander Bardini memorial prize for cast of “Zabawa”

Prof. Tadeusz Lomnicki memorial prize for creative attainments during the first two years in theatre

“ATEST” certificate of high quality and artistic level in theatre awarded by ASSITEJ - Warszawa ‘98 for the performance “Spiew nocy letniej” ("Summer night’s signing")

Theatre in Suitcase Festival - Lomza ‘99 for the performance “Szelmostwa Skapena”
- Grand Prix

Leon Schiller memorial prize awarded by ZASP for artistic attainments in the ‘97-98 season for the Montownia theatre

Garden Theatre Festival - Warszawa 2000 for the performance “Po naszemu” (Our Way)
- “Big Garden Prize”

Theatre in Suitcase Festival - Lomza ‘2000 for the performance “Zabawa”
- Main Prize

Comedy Festival Talia - Tarnów 2000 for the performance “O mój tato...” ("Oh, my daddy...")
- Main Prize
- Individual main prize to Rafal Rutkowski for the part of Mrs. Rózomilska

Comedy Festival Talia – Tarnów 2002 for the performance “Testosteron”
- Grand Prix

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
ITS International Theatre School Festival - Amsterdam - Holland 1996
Bilkent International Theatre Meeting - Ankara - Turkey 1996
International Festval of Higher Education Theatre Institutes - Seul - South Korea 1997
International Street Events Festival “Vilniaus Dienos” - Vilnius -Lithuania 1997
Days of Polish Culture in St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg - Russia 1998
“Unithea” International Theatre Meeting Frankfurt/Oder - Germany 1999, 2000
Warsaw Weekend in Sankt Petersburg - St. Petersburg - Russia 2001

INTERNATIONAL TOURS
Avignon - France 1996
Glasgow - Scotland 1996
Stockholm – Sweden 2003
Moscow – Russia 2006
Chicago - USA 1996, 1997, 2005, 2007
New York - USA, 2007