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The Cheerful Hamlets

Supervisor: dr hab. Anna Wojtyś

President: Amelia Janusik

“The Cheerful Hamlets” is an English-speaking student theatre operating since 1997. It brings together students who wish to develop their acting, directing, scriptwriting and other theatre-related skills.

The theatre prepares various plays in English every year, from classics, such as Shakespeare, to contemporary plays - we want to stage it all.

Collaborations

On top of the performances, for six years, “The Cheerful Hamlets” have taken part in the Pyrkon festival in Poznań. They’ve also cooperated with the Irish embassy, performing on their poetry nights.

Our members have taken part in various international initiatives, such as “The Rebel Ball”, an Erasmus+ project created collectively with the Cork College of FET.

How can I join?

In search of new members, Hamlets hold auditions each autumn. All interested are cordially invited!

Social media

Find “The Cheerful Hamlets” on social media where we post information about the plays, pictures and recordings of our work behind-the-scenes, trailers, and play recordings!

In the course of last years, The Cheerful Hamlets performed (2017- present):

 

winter term 2017/18

  • Virginia Woolf’s Freshwater, directed by Helena Teleżyńska; staged in the Institute of the English Studies, as a part of the conference From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria
  • Michael Mckeever’s Suite Surrender, directed by Helena Teleżyńska and Jakub Kądzielski; staged twice in CK ŁOWICKA and during Theatre Days NZS UW in Wolskie Centrum Kultury

spring term 2017/18

  • Madhuri Shekar’s In Love and Warcraft, directed by Anastazja Puhach and Jakub Kądzielski; staged during the 18th edition of Pyrkon festival
  • Noël Coward’s Still Life, directed by Patrycja Wysokińska; staged in Centrum Kultury ŁOWICKA

winter term 2018/2019

  • Jerome Bixby’s The Man from Earth, directed by Katarzyna Szyszka and Jan Ziętara; staged twice in Centrum Kultury ŁOWICKA and staged during 19th edition of Pyrkon festival
  • Bill Robens’s Kill Me, Deadly, directed by Paulina Piórkowska and Ewa Zook; staged four times – twice in CK Łowicka and twice in Za Daleki Theatre

spring term 2018/19

  • William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Richard III, directed by Helena Teleżyńska and Jakub Kądzielski; staged thrice in SOHO theatre

winter term 2019/2020

  • Bard Fiction written and directed by Maciej Wiszniewski; staged thrice in CK ŁOWICKA

spring term 2019/2020

  • Hamlets’ minilogues, published on Instagram, which became a part of the between.pomiędzy festival

winter term 2020/2021

  • in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland, the Hamlets prepared recitations of poems by Irish poets and poetesses in December, which were published on Facebook
  • William Shakespeare’s Midspring Night’s Dream, directed by Maria Binkiewicz and Dominika Front, Zoom staging (recording available here)
  • the first episode of The Hamlet Podcast has been aired

spring term 2020/2021

  • William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Sara Górna and Helena Żegnałek; staged thrice on the patio of the Institute of the English Studies building at Hoża 69 - a truly Shakespearian stage

winter term 2021/2022

  • Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias, directed by Sara Górna; staged thrice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library
  • Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, directed by Paulina Piórkowska; staged thrice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library

spring term 2021/2022

  • Marshall Pailet’s Everyone Gets Abducted by Aliens, directed by Katarzyna Szyszka and Jakub Kądzielski; staged thrice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library

winter term 2022/2023

  • William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, directed by Maria Sawicka and Jan Ziętara; staged thrice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library

spring term 2022/2023

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby adapted by Sara Górna as our first-ever musical entitled Gatsby.The Musical; directed by Sara Górna and Helena Żegnałek; libretto by Sara Górna, Helena Żegnałek, Zuza Przyborek and Jay Al-Naddaf; staged thrice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library

winter term 2023/2024

  • revival of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby adapted by Sara Górna as our first-ever musical entitled Gatsby.The Musical; directed by Sara Górna and Helena Żegnałek; libretto by Sara Górna, Helena Żegnałek, Zuza Przyborek and Jay Al-Naddaf; staged twice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library

spring term 2023/2024

  • William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, directed by Maria Sawicka and A. Jagoda Busz; staged thrice in the auditorium of the University of Warsaw Library
  • “The Rebel Ball”, an Erasmus+ project created collectively with the Cork College of FET

spring term 2024/2025

  • Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves, directed by Maria Sawicka and Amelia Janusik; staged twice in Klub Hybrydy
  • adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s Art, directed by Yousif Al-Naddaf and Jan Ziętara; staged thrice in University of Warsaw Library’s venues
  • Acting workshops organised in collaboration with the Narcyza Żmichowska High School in Warsaw
  • Acting workshops “Through the Looking Glass” organised as a part of the Popular Science Convention “Lustro”