Jadwiga Klata

What does community mean today – in 2025, in the face of deep political and social tensions, rising populism and in a crisis of responsibility? What do we understand by the concepts of power, revolution and loyalty? Our Coriolanus – a figure elevated and then rejected by the same people – symbolises contemporary tensions between the individual and society, rationality and emotions, authoritarian rule and accountability for the whole.

The structure of the drama has been reduced to the dialogue between a chorus of women, representing citizens troubled by anxiety, and the lonely Coriolanus – a figure of a contemporary leader. Drawing on the wisdom and power of a text written four hundred years ago, we will try to find a theatre response to contemporary fears and raise questions about what kind of political community we need today.