Theater

Theatre of True Encounters
Teatr Współczesny is a place for exchanging emotions, ideas, and values. It is a place where stories are told and brought to life. It is a space where, every evening, a community is formed between the audience and the artists—one in which we agree that the world presented on stage has the right to exist.

Teatr Współczesny is also a place of sharing experiences, educational projects, and broadening horizons of knowledge and skills. A place of passionate discussions after performances, and of stage moments that linger in the mind for days after visiting the theatre.

We want our audiences to discover new stories in our Theatre and to engage with important contemporary issues. To encounter values they identify with, but also, at times, to confront what is difficult to accept or what calls for deeper reflection. Yet we want this to always happen with respect, openness, tolerance, and the preservation of creative and personal freedom—all the elements of relationships that allow for a true encounter.

Let us meet at Teatr Współczesny!

A Municipal Public Cultural Institution

Teatr Współczesny in Szczecin is recognized as one of Poland’s leading dramatic stages, also esteemed internationally. The Theatre was established in 1976 after the separation of the State Dramatic Theatres, which had been founded in the 1950s. Since then, it has been housed in the National Museum building on Wały Chrobrego. Teatr Współczesny is led by General Director Mirosław Gawęda and Artistic Director Michał Buszewicz. In its nearly fifty years of activity, the Theatre has become a permanent part of Szczecin’s history, being the most award-winning theatre in the region.

The theatre has three stages. These are:

- Large Stage (344 audience seats) - one of the deepest theatre stages in Poland, located in a representative building on Wały Chrobrego,
- Scena Nowe Sytuacje (formerly Malarnia) - located in the artistic studios building (approx. 60 audience seats),
- Mały Theatre (approx. 40 seats) - an intimate stage located in an inner-city building on Deptak Bogusława.