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Teatr Klucz: INTRO

Date: October 18, 2026 - October 18, 2026
Location: Poland

Six performers stand across a theatre stage wearing matching black sleeveless outfits and black socks. Clothing is scattered across the floor around them in a variety of colours. The performers are spaced apart and face different directions against a blue-lit backdrop, creating a strong visual contrast between the dark costumes, the colourful garments on the floor, and the illuminated stage background.
INTRO, Teatr Klucz, ph. M. Zakrzewski

About the show

You are entering a world where reality intertwines with imagination, and logic gives way to absurdity. Klucz Theatre invite you to participate in a creative process in which both the performance and the artists are made. In a space where they can express themselves on their own terms, create art in accordance with their own experiences and sensibilities.

Every movement, breath, sound, word and element of costume is part of a larger puzzle whose meaning may elude you. Not everything will be obvious, not everything will have its immediate explanation. Still, but you will eventually see that curious, absurd theatrical puzzle solved.

The artists of Klucz Theatre are fully fledged creators of Intro; they do not play roles  “scripted” by someone else, but construct their own stage presence, affirming their own existence and experiences. These are their stories, their visions, their courage to overcome boundaries, both physical and those that exist only in our heads.

Intro is not just a performance—it is a manifesto of courage, creativity and the need for expression. Music, body, chaos and order—all this makes up an experience that may surprise, amuse, confuse and perhaps even change you.

Let yourself be carried away. Let yourself get lost. Only to find yourself afterwards.

Accessibility

  • Short spoken text translated into Polish Sign Language
  • Polish audio description
  • Some scenes in the performance feature louder music
  • Some scenes in the performance take place in semi-darkness
  • Some scenes in the performance feature more intense, changing lighting
  • Suggested age: 16+

Credits

direction, set design, musical arrangement: Janusz Orlik 
choreography: Janusz Orlik with the Klucz Theatre company 
assistant director, therapeutic supervision: Antek Kurjata 
featuring: Mariusz Józefiak, Jarosław Kubiak, Antek Kurjata, Bartosz Pawłowski, Lidia Piskorska, Piotr Roszak, Karol Solski, Magdalena Szalbierz, Arkadiusz Żmijewski 
costumes: Agnieszka Ostrowska 
lighting design: Arkadiusz Kuczyński, Janusz Orlik 
Polish Sign Language interpreter: Karina Akseńczuk 
audio description: Marcin Głowiński 
production: ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań 

duration: 60′

The performance produced by ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań as part of the Europe Beyond Access project, thanks to a grant under the Creative Europe Programme. 

Info & tickets

Date: 18 October 2026
Time: h 19
Place: Sala Wielka, ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznan (Poland)
Tickets here