New Theatre, Łódź

[1] The theatre presents a varied programme, including international classic drama, and new plays by contemporary playwrights.

[2] In 1949, the Young Actors' Group (Polish: Grupa Młodych Aktorów), with Kazimierz Dejmek as one of their leaders, organized a series of workshops during which those assembled worked on learning the Stanislavski's system.

[4] At this time, beginning with the January 1949 convention of the Polish Writers' Union held in the city of Szczecin, Socialist Realism became the governing aesthetic doctrine.

[3] In 1950 Kazimierz Dejmek assumed the position of intendat and artistic director of the institution and abandoned acting as a profession.

In February 1950, communist President Bolesław Bierut awarded the theatre with the Order of the Banner of Work.