Anna Rochowska is now the director of TR Warszawa. There was a serious conflict in the theater between the team and the bosses
Anna Rochowska to theater pedagogue, coordinator of the TR Warszawa Education Team, since 1996. She is a member of the Association of Theater Pedagogues, a graduate of the Department of Theater Studies at the Theater Academy in Warsaw, a course for Theater Pedagogues TiSZ/Anex by the Teatralny Institute. Zbigniew Raszewski in Warsaw and Postgraduate Studies for Cultural Managers at the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw, PhD student at IS PAN.
Information about the selection of a new director of TR Warszawa was provided in social media by the Director of the Culture Office of the Capital City of Warsaw. of Warsaw Artur Jó¼wik.
Jó¼wik announced that Rochowska will be the director of TR Warszawa for five artistic seasons from September 2023.
“The concept of the program presented by the candidate is coherent, multi-level, interesting and well planned – this is the justification for the decision to choose Anna Rochowska” – wrote the Director of the Cultural Office of the Capital City of Warsaw on Facebook. of Warsaw.
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Conflict in TR Warszawa. 30 people left the theater
In June 2022 “Gazeta Wyborcza” described the conflict between artistic groups and the management of TR Warszawa. Thirty people have left the theater in the last two years. The trade union TR employee sent several alarming letters to the town hall.
“GW” writes: “Lies, manipulations, intimidation, cover-ups, slander, moral enforcement of unjust and incomprehensible decisions.”
“They mentioned, for example, a secretary who was transferred to the administration, and finally her job at the car park supervision and the position in the porter’s lodge. They blamed the general director Natalia Dzieduszycka and the artistic director Grzegorz Jarzyna for the situation in the theater, regardless of “Wyborcza”.
Artur Jó¼wik in August, in particular from Gazeta.pl, says that he has been in contact with the crew of TR Warszawa for over a year. – The conflict in the theater lasted a very long time. We have been in contact with actors, trade unions and non-unionized people since April 2021. The conflict is very serious and it affects many many, he described.
– It started with a protest of the actors demanding the management’s resignation. There is also a very large number of statements from sister institutions, letters of support for the crew. Yesterday’s resignation of Grzegorz Jarzyna, which was an independent decision, is important. I suspect that it was very noteworthy for him, because he has been associated with TR Warszawa since 1998. It certainly wasn’t easy for him, but I think it’s a responsible step. If only for the good of the ensemble and the future of the theatre, he emphasized.
Annually budget TR Warszawa up to PLN 11 million. And for PLN 289 million, the city will build its current seat on Plac Defilad, next to the Museum of Modern Art.