Krzysztof Warlikowski

He studied history, philosophy and Romance languages at the Jagiellonian University and also philosophy, French language and literature at École Pratique Des Hautes Études at the Sorbonne. He graduated in directing from Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in 1993.[1] Among his teachers was director Krystian Lupa. In the early 1990s Warlikowski worked for some time as Lupa's assistant. He met and learned also from Peter Brook and Giorgio Strehler.

Warlikowski directed his first plays at Stary Teatr in Kraków, where he staged Heinrich von Kleist's The Marquis of O. in 1993. His later dramas were performed at various theatres in Poland and Europe, including Teatr Nowy (The New Theatre) in Poznań, Warsaw's Teatr Studio (Studio Theatre), Teatr im. W. Horzycy (W. Horzyca Theatre) in Toruń, Teatr Dramatyczny (The Dramatic Theatre) in Warsaw.[1]

Since 1999 he directed for TR Warszawa (Variety Theatre). Currently his plays are being performed at Nowy Teatr (New Theatre) in Warsaw, which he founded in 2008 and at which he is an artistic director.[1]

Warlikowski is gay[2] and was in a long relationship with actor Jacek Poniedziałek[3] but he is currently married to Polish set designer Małgorzata Szczęśniak who is his life partner.[4]

He was the author of the Message of World Theatre Day 2015.[5]

• 1997 – Honorary Golden Yorick (Honorowy Złoty Yorick) – award of the Theatrum Gedanense for his staging of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at the New Theatre in Poznań;
• 1998 – Award for direction of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at the Dramatic Theatre in Warsaw – 3. Ogólnopolski Konkurs na Inscenizacje Dzieł Dramatycznych Szekspira / 3rd Polish National Competition for Stagings of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare;
• 2003 – Golden Yorick (Złoty Yorick) – award of the Theatrum Gedanense Foundation for the best Shakespeare production of the 2002/2003 season – for The Tempest at the Variety Theatre in Warsaw; Award of the French Theatre Critics' Union for his production of Sarah Kane's Cleansed at the Variety Theatre in Warsaw, judged to be the best foreign language production to be presented in France during the 2002/2003 season; Witkacy Prize - Critics' Circle Award for the popularization of Polish theatrical culture abroad, bestowed by the Theatre Critics' Section of the Polish branch of the International Theatre Institute; Laur Konrada / Conrad's Laurels – 6. Festiwal Sztuki Reżyserskiej "Interpretacje" / 6th "Interpretations" Festival of the Art of Directing in Katowice – for his production of Sarah Kane's Cleansed at the Variety Theatre in Warsaw; Polityka weekly's Paszport Polityki Award for 2002 in the category of theatre, "for not only his achievements of the last season, but above all for restoring belief in the artistic and ethical mission of theatre";
• 2004 – Diploma from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for exceptional promotion of Polish culture abroad in 2003;
• 2006 – Meyerhold Award in Moscow for exceptional accomplishment in theater worldwide;
• 2007 – Konrad Swinarski Award for Best Director of the 2006/2007 season, for his play Angels;
• 2008 – Obie Award, New York, from the weekly Village Voice for directing Hanoch Levin’s Krum; Award of the French Theatre Critics' Union for best foreign spectacle for Tony Kushner’s Angels in America with TR Warszawa; International Award "New Theater Realities" awarded in Athens for innovation in theater; Honorary European Medal;
• 2009 – Festiwal Sztuk Przyjemnych i Nieprzyjemnych w Łodzi – Tytuł Najlepszego Spektaklu dla przedstawienia "Anioły w Ameryce" z TR Warszawa; Divine Comedy Festival in Kraków – Award of the Divine Comedy for a director "for his remarkable sense of drama, through which he questions the idea of truth in performance";
• 2010 – Award of the Ministry of Culture of Culture and National Heritage for (A)pollonia;
• 2011 – Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis;
• 2012 – Golden Mask for the best foreign performance shown in Russia in 2011 for (A)pollonia;
• 2013 – Commandeur des Arts et Lettres from the French Ambassador in Poland, Pierre Buhler.[6]
• 2019 – International Opera Award for Best New Production – Janáček: From the House of the Dead (Royal Opera House)[7]

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