Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival

The event was first organized in 1993, on the initiative of Theatrum Gedanense Foundation, which had been created by Professor Jerzy Limon and Władysław Zawistowski, with Charles, Prince of Wales as its patron.

Some are shown in spaces such as st. John's Church, the former Royal Gun Factory, or Gdańsk Shipyard and in the open air.[2]).

[4] Summer Shakespeare Academy consists of theatrical and creative workshops conducted by Polish artists and famous foreign personalities.

It is also called "Shakespeare mania" and consists of free workshops for children and teenagers conducted by young artists from Gdańsk.

Actors, human-shaped puppets and various artists, together with the residents of Dolne Miasto, march along Długi Targ, which is the centre of the Old Town of Gdańsk.

Among the guests of the conference were such theatre studies stars as Marvin Carlson, Patrice Pavis, Bryan Reynolds, Erika Fischer-Lichte czy Eli Rozik.

A lecture was given by Elizabeth LeCompte, the founding member and the director of an experimental theater collective – The Wooster Group.

Ińaki Arana (Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Spain) gave an artistic swordplay workshop, and Bare Feet (Zambia) and the Other Side of the Mirror Theatre (Gdańsk) gave African dance and drumming workshops.