This Polish theatre ensemble creates and performs large-scale, outdoor theatre on social and political themes, using gestures, physical actions, visual spectacles, music, and minimal texts.
Projects: The group’s most famous piece, Carmen Funebre (Funeral Song), is based on interviews with victims of the Balkan wars.
Developed in 1993-1994, Carmen Funebre continues to tour internationally, including performances in the U.S in 2003 and in the UK in 2007.
The ensemble's most recent production, HofD (Heart of Darkness) premiered in London in the summer of 2007 at the National Theatre's outdoor festival, Watch This Space.
Born in 1965, Szkotak was educated at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan, Poland).