Carla Pollastrelli, Co-Director of Fondazione Pontedera Teatro from 1993 to 2012, will introduce and present video documentation of Akropolis. An outstanding realisation of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre, Akropolis had its premiere in Opole (Poland) in 1962 and was also performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1964, having a profound impact worldwide. Pollastrelli will also take the audience on a journey through Jerzy Grotowski’s life and creative process, with a specific focus on the work he carried out between 1959 and 1969 with the Laboratory Theatre Company.

Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards