THE COMING SPRING

This new adaptation of The Coming Spring (Przedwiośnie) by Stefan Żeromski offers no easy truths or obvious answers. It is Coming Spring seen through the eyes of a veteran—dark, unsettling, and painfully relevant. It is a journey into the wounded psyche of young Cezary Baryka, a man whose coming of age took place during revolution and war—a time marked by great hope, but also by death and moral collapse.

Haunted by the trauma of war, Cezary never truly leaves the trenches.

Are the people he meets along the way real, or are they just projections of a fractured mind? His view of the world, of others, of the future—everything is filtered through the lens of PTSD and his inability to find his place in a new, “rebuilding” Poland.

Fragmenty powieści „Instytut” Jakuba Żulczyka/ (c) Jakub Żulczyk/Syndykat Autorów
– Agencja Literacka i Scenariuszowa oraz wydawnictwo Świat Książki, Warszawa 2016

[...] Minkowska z wyczuciem komponuje emocjonalną amplitudę spektaklu, w której jest miejsce na gorycz, śmiech, ale też wzruszenie, które pojawia się w najmniej oczywistych sytuacjach [...].

Magdalena Piekarska, festiwalszekspirowski.pl

Premiere

13th June 2025

Stage

The Large Stage

suggested age

16+

Duration

110 mins (no interval)

Spektakl grany jest w języku polskim, słowackim i niemieckim, z napisami.

Please note! The performance contains smoke, flashing lights, loud sounds, cigarette smoking, nudity, scenes of violence, strong language, depictions of alcohol and weapons, as well as intimate scenes.

Upcoming events

16.01 / friday

7.00 pm

17.01 / saturday

7.00 pm

„(…) potrafi rozśmieszyć, a nieraz też skłonić do refleksji. Działa jak dobrze skrojone kino gatunkowe, z rozwiązaniami z którymi teatr, moim zdaniem, mógłby częściej eksperymentować”.

Henryk Mazurkiewicz, teatralny.pl

“The performance presents a distinctly ideological stance: radically anti-war and critical of class inequality. Its grand form and the actors’ dynamic, energetic performances make a powerful impact.”

Przemysław Gulda, guldapoleca

Both the visual and sonic dimensions of the performance are truly striking. The set up is employed with remarkable ingenuity – what at first appears relatively modest transforms with great effect, evoking both the atmosphere of a battlefield and the elegance of an aristocratic ballroom.

Donat Przybylski, Dziennik Teatralny