Organized by the Nowy Teatr for the ninth time Generation After. Showcase is an intense presentation of new trends in the Polish theatre. It presents the newest developments taking place on Polish theatre stages to representatives and programmers of the most important festivals and theatre institutions from Europe, Asia and the Americas. This year's edition will be held on September 4-6, 2025.
Generation After 9. Showcase. Borderline Call
Walls, barricades, fences… all taking up more and more space with tacit consent and even social acceptance. Everyone shows an interest in them – some are terrorized, others afraid, some try to fight them or take them down.
The world falls apart in an instant. We live on the borderline, near the frontline, and this is plunging us into life's chaos and uncertainty, i.e. a milder or more severe borderline condition.
Clinical symptoms:
- Unstable image of people and the world
- Emotional instability (falling from euphoria to depression, significant mood swings over a seemingly trivial thing)
- Lack of goals and preferences
- Frequent and chronic feeling of emptiness
The result? Borderline theatre is seeping out of us. But who should we fear more: “them” or “us”? Where does one draw the line between them? Can we afford to wander around in the wrong direction all the time? Will we find a fern flower in the forest somewhere in these winding paths? And what shape will it take, since it doesn't exist anyway?