Festival & Award · 2026-06-29
Polish radio drama: eco-magical realism with witches
At the 25th edition of the Sopot festival "Dwa Teatry" (Two Theatres), the radio Grand Prix went to the play "Potop" (The Flood); Trójka's "Na Południe" (Southward) won best original screenplay and an acting award.
"Dwa Teatry" is Poland's leading festival of radio and television theatre; in 2026 it was held in Sopot for the jubilee 25th time. The radio Grand Prix went to "Potop" (The Flood), based on Salcia Hałas's novel and directed by Magdalena Małecka-Wippich. The novel is a magical-realist ballad about two ends of the world: three neighbouring "witch" women (Lońka, Halina and Zośka), and how human greed — paving nature over with concrete — leads to ecological catastrophe.
Contemporary playwright Krzysztof Bizio's "Na Południe" (Southward), directed by Romuald Wicza-Pokojski — a production of Polish Radio's Channel 3 (Trójka) that premiered in 2025 on Trójka's Theatre Stage (Scena Teatralna Trójki) — won best original screenplay, and Mariusz Bonaszewski won an acting award for a male role. In Poland, radio drama remains a living, award-winning form that still draws audiences. (Sources: portalmedialny.pl; polskieradio24.pl)
Sources: portalmedialny.pl · Polskie Radio 24
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