Theaterformen: Deeper

In the organizer's words:

DEEPER - Gosia Wdowik, Warsaw

In DEEPER, Polish theater maker Gosia Wdowik deals with gender-specific violence in the digital space. Based on interviews with teenage girls, she critically examines the ongoing production and reproduction of images depicting female bodies in the context of sexuality and violence. What impact do these images have on the lives of young people and what tactics do they develop to navigate the world under these impressions? In her new performance DEEPER, which will be premiered at the Theaterformen festival, she brings these testimonies to the stage with the help of professional actresses, thus opening up a dialog between different generations of women. The result is a space for solidarity in which girls and women defend their right to sexual self-determination.

Gosia Wdowik works as a theater maker both in the independent scene and in state theaters. In her more recent works, she has examined, among other things, the social shame that can be associated with coming from a working-class background and has dealt with the topic of physical emancipation. She also explored the space between exhaustion and agency by integrating methods from activism into her artistic practice. Her main question was: How can one create both theater and change from a place of exhaustion?

Concept, text, direction Gosia WdowikDramaturgy Maria RösslerScenography, lighting design Aleksander Prowaliński Performance Jaśmina Polak, Karin Tanghe, Laura Vanborm Music Teoniki Rożynek Video Wim Piqueur Technology Piet Depoortere, Babette Poncelet Production CAMPO Translation Karen Witthuhn Photos Karolina Wojtas

A co-production of Festival Theaterformen, Actoral - festival des arts et des écritures contemporaines, Frascati Producties, supported by Ammodo and Perpodium.

With the kind support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural program of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025 and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government via BNPPFFF.