Michał Kotański

Director of the Stefan Żeromski Theatre in Kielce since 16 November 2015.

Theatre director, graduate of the Faculty of Drama Directing of the PWST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, he also studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw. Born in 1976.

He was an assistant to Andrzej Wajda, Krystian Lupa, Jerzy Jarocki, Mikołaj Grabowski, Jerzy Goliński, Achim Freyer and Dan Jemmett. He has directed more than twenty productions – from small plays to large staging in big theatres.

Some of his work:

  • „Don Juan” by Molier, Wiliam Horzyca Theatre, Toruń, 2023
  • „My quail has escaped” by Stefan Żeromski, Zeromski Theatre, Kielce, 2022
  • „Loretta” George F. Walker, Zeromski Theatre, Kielce, 2020
  • „The Horizon”, Stefan Żeromski Theatre, Kielce, 2019
  • “The Knights of the Cross” by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Wiliam Horzyca Theatre, Toruń, 2016
  • “Tartuffe” by Moliere, Stefan Jaracz Theatre, Olsztyn, 2015
  • “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, Bagatela Theatre, Kraków, 2015
  • “The Wages of Sin”by Stefan Żeromski, Zeromski Theatre, Kielce, 2014
  • “Mephisto” by Klaus Mann, Bagatela Theatre, Kraków, 2014
  • „Instant opera. Adult crying inventory” Expedithalle in Ankerbrotfabrik in Vienna, 2014
  • “Don Juan” by Moliere, Cyprian K. Norwid Theatre, Jelenia Góra, 2013
  • “The Arrangement” by Elia Kazan, Bagatela Theatre, Kraków, 2013
  • “The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma” by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Stefan Jaracz Theatre, Olsztyn, 2013
  • “Be like Kazimierz Deyna” by Radosław Paczocha, Jerzy Szaniawski Theatre, Płock, 2012
  • “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy, Leon Kruczkowski Theatre, Zielona Góra, 2012
  • “Before retirement” by Thomas Bernhard, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Studio Theatre in Warsaw, 2010
  • “Product” by Marek Ravenhill, S. Jaracz Theatre, Olsztyn, 2009
  • “Featuring Loretta” by George F. Walker, Wybrzeże Theatre, Gdańsk, 2008
  • “The burning of mother” by Paul Hall, Wybrzeże Theatre, Gdańsk, 2007
  • “Tales of Ordinary Madness” by Peter Zelenka, W. Bogusławski Theatre, Kalisz, 2007
  • “Speaking in tongues” by Andrew Bovell, Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre, Kraków, 2006
  • “Comedian” by Thomas Bernhard, Wiliam Horzyca Theatre, Toruń, 2005
  • “The secret rapture” by David Hare, Z. Hübner Common Theatre, Warsaw, 2005
  • “Some explicit polaroids” by Marek Ravenhill, Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theatre in Kraków, 2003