Polnisches (E)Migrantentheater in Deutschland als interkulturelles Theater am Beispiel von Andrej Worons Teatr Kreatur

Dealing with Polish (e)migration theatre in Germany as an intercultural theatre is the ques tion which does pose some problems. In the context of the by some theatrologists diagnosed existence of two different cultures and theatre traditions, the notion of interculturalism seems to be a handy tool for a research on Polish and German theatre relationships. Polish people of theatre who have decided to leave Poland and continue their career in Germany can be called »those who are crossing the border between theatre cultures « (» Grenzgänger zwischen den Theater-Kulturen «) . Each of them had to take an attempt of finding their place within the existing theatre culture. This took place only after answering the question of the role of Polish and German traditions in this work. This article presents one of possible con cepts of leading theatre as well as its existence and the work of »Teatr Kreatur « [The Theatre of Creatures] (1991-2003) led by Andrzej Woron in Berlin will serve as an example. The fol lowing notions have been used to describe this intercultural phenomenon: dichotomy one of us or a stranger, otherness, exotism and folklorization of culture. A particular attention has been paid to answering the question why this concept proved to be successful.