Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The in:vzbl Festival, organized by the Basca Theatre, brought six shows from Serbia, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria to Timișoara, Romania in October 2025 and November 2025 specifically to draw attention to life and struggles in rural communities.
The six shows featured interactive performances, forum theatre, stories with ecological themes, and social documentaries with the intention that invisible voices can be expressed in a safe space, hidden problems become visible, individual trauma is transformed into collective healing, and where social isolation is diminished.
"Burza Nad Popradem/Storm Over Poprad" by Teatr Tej Ziemi, Poland
The show is inspired by Shakespeare's play The Tempest and Carpathian mythology. It tells the story of Mira, the owner of a guesthouse on the Poprad River, and her son, Arek, who faces family trauma in the shadow of local legends and beliefs. The performance combines shadow theatre, ritual, choreography, and Augusto Boal's "spect-actor" method, drawing the audience into an interactive process of co-creating the performance.
Storm Over Poprad
Authors: Karolina Fortuna, Andrzej Skowron, Szymon Budzyk
Artistic direction: Szymon Budzyk
Cast: Karolina Fortuna, Andrzej Skowron
Set design: Alicja Gołyźniak
Costumes: Alicja Gołyźniak
Music: Kat Poręba
The in:vzbl Festival, organized by the Basca Theatre, brought six shows from Serbia, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria to Timișoara, Romania in October 2025 and November 2025 specifically to draw attention to life and struggles in rural communities.
The six shows featured interactive performances, forum theatre, stories with ecological themes, and social documentaries with the intention that invisible voices can be expressed in a safe space, hidden problems become visible, individual trauma is transformed into collective healing, and where social isolation is diminished.
"Burza Nad Popradem/Storm Over Poprad" by Teatr Tej Ziemi, Poland
The show is inspired by Shakespeare's play The Tempest and Carpathian mythology. It tells the story of Mira, the owner of a guesthouse on the Poprad River, and her son, Arek, who faces family trauma in the shadow of local legends and beliefs. The performance combines shadow theatre, ritual, choreography, and Augusto Boal's "spect-actor" method, drawing the audience into an interactive process of co-creating the performance.
Storm Over Poprad
Authors: Karolina Fortuna, Andrzej Skowron, Szymon Budzyk
Artistic direction: Szymon Budzyk
Cast: Karolina Fortuna, Andrzej Skowron
Set design: Alicja Gołyźniak
Costumes: Alicja Gołyźniak
Music: Kat Poręba
