Magdalena Drozdowicz

Film director, culture animator, science populariser, for many years associated with non-governmental organisations, mainly in Olsztyn, lawyer, scholarship holder of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V.(ifa) in Stuttgart. She collaborated with director Anna Karasińska (2020). Between 2009-2011, she was involved in the activities of the Węgajty Theatre. Participant of the full cycle of IST workshops. She often played the role of the Goat in home performances. She worked with the residents and staff of Social Welfare Homes, visited refugee centres during Shrovetide, carolled in the villages of Warmia. She played in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2011) by the Haz Beszkwej Theatre and in Water 2030 (2010) and Earth B (2011) presented in Poland and Germany. Participant in rehearsals for Franz Kafka’s The Castle directed by Wacław Sobaszek. Creator and co-creator of films documenting the work of the Węgajty Theatre and associated activities (Iwona poślubiona, film for the The Prologue for a Comedy together with Zofia Bartoszewicz, Water 2030, Water from Fukushima with Wacław Sobaszek, film dedicated to travelling with Alleluias, documentation of dance parties). Author of short films: Grazymy (about a men’s Social Welfare Home), Drobiazgi, Hamlet. Majdan with Igor Aronov, The swiss watch broke with Thodoris Ikonomakis, Performing exCHANGEs with Aktionstheater ensemble from Halle, Czy gwiazdy naprawdę spadają?, Czy samochody ogrzewają miasta?, Jak z butelek powstają bluzy polarowe?, Czy misia można spotkać w mieście?, including the award-winning: Piege and Sisters. Inspired by the Węgajty musical experience, she performed in the band Albedo Ansamble (2012-2013).

fot. Diana Voxerbrant