Mirosława Płońska-Bartsch - Teatr Lalka
Mirosława
Płońska-Bartsch
Actress
Mirosława
Płońska-Bartsch
Actress
At Teatr Lalka since 1977. She received her puppeteer’s diploma in 1990. A graduate of the Theatre Studies Department at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw (1998) and postgraduate studies for artists and cultural animators at the Faculty of Management at the University of Warsaw (2009).
She has longstanding experience in show business. She emcees and organizes big outdoor events, including international events. She collaborates with Polish television and radio. She takes an active part in theatre education, running theatre workshops for children, adults and teachers.
She has performed in many productions at festivals in Poland and abroad.
Honoured for her acting achievement and work with puppets in Jan Tajemnik (John the Mysterious), directed by Ewa Sokół-Malesza, at the National Puppet Theatre Festival in Opole in 1991.
Decorated with the Badge for Merit to the City of Warsaw and the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture—Gloria Artis.
It was an interesting experience to play two different roles in two productions of Cinderella: first the Stepmother in the production by Zdzisław Rej and then Sister Dora in the production by Josef Krofta. They represent two artistic visions, both equally interesting, of two different stage directors.
Roles in some of Teatr Lalka’s productions:
DWORZANIN (Courtier)
in Słowik (The Nightingale),
1978, directed by Julianna Całkowa
ŚMIERĆ, GÓRALKA, KARCZMARKA, CHŁOPKA, CZAROWNICA (Death, Highland woman, Innkeeper, Peasant woman, Witch)
in Szopka Krakowska (Kraków Nativity Play),
1979, directed by Bohdan Radkowski
OCHMISTRZYNI (Housekeeper)
in O straszliwym smoku i dzielnym szewczyku, prześlicznej królewnie i królu Gwoździku (The Terrible Dragon, the Brave Shoemaker, the Beautiful Princess and King Nail),
1986, directed by Edward Dobraczyński
ANIMATION
in Jan Tajemnik (John the Mysterious),
1991, directed by Ewa Sokół-Malesza
MACOCHA (Stepmother)
in Kopciuszek (Cinderella),
1992, directed by Zdzisław Rej
RADOCHA, PYZULA
in Przypowieść o smutku i radości (A Parable of Sadness and Joy),
1992, directed by Krzysztof Rau
KUPCOWA (Merchant’s wife)
in Medyk (The Surgeon),
1993, directed by Piotr Tomaszuk
SZEWCOWA (Shoemaker’s wife)
in Miecz (The Sword),
1993, directed by Wojciech Szelachowski
SYRENA, STWÓR NA DWORZE BESTII (Mermaid, Creature at the Beast’s court)
in Bestia i Piękna (Beast and the Beauty),
1994, directed by Jarosław Kilian
MATKA BOSKA (St Mary)
in Spowiedź w drewnie (A Confession in Wood),
1995, directed by Jan Wilkowski
MATKA (Mother)
in Odkrycie (The Discovery),
1995, directed by Wojciech Szelachowski
SŁUŻĄCA (Servant)
in Makbet (Macbeth),
1996, directed by Artur Tyszkiewicz
HERA
in Odyseja (Odyssey),
1999, directed by Ondrej Spišák
PYCHA, WIEDŹMA (Hubris, Witch)
in Faust i inni (Faust and Others),
2000, directed by Maciej Wojtyszko
ARVENA
in Merlin Czarodziej (Merlin the Magician),
2002, directed by Wojciech Szelachowski
SIOSTRA DORA (Sister Dora)
in Kopciuszek (Cinderella),
2004, directed by Josef Krofta
BABCIA CZERWONEGO KAPTURKA (Red Riding Hood’s grandmother)
in Cuda w budzie czyli Demo teatru Lalka (The Miracles in the Shed, or the Demo of Teatr Lalka),
2006, directed by Wojciech Szelachowski
BABCIA, MRÓWKA (Grandmother, Ant)
in Złotowłosa (Goldilocks),
2006, directed by Jakub Krofta
KSIĘŻNICZKA (Princess)
in Księżniczka i ziarnko grochu (The Princess and the Pea),
2007, directed by Paweł Aigner
WIEDŹMA (Witch)
in Wiedźmy (The Witches),
2008, directed by Agnieszka Glińska
MATKA NILSA HOLGERSSONA, KROWA (Nils Holgersson’s mother, Cow)
in Cudowna podróż (The Wonderful Journey),
2017, directed by Alexei Leliavsky
ALDONZA Z LORENZO, TŁUM (Aldonza Lorenzo, Crowd)
in Don Kichot (Don Quixote),
2017, directed by Adam Walny
ROLES in Alicja w Krainie Czarów (Alice in Wonderland),
2018, directed by Alexei Leliavsky
WRÓŻKA VIII, OCHMISTRZYNI (Fairy VIII, Housekeeper) in Śpiąca królewna (Sleeping Beauty),
2019, directed by Piotr Kurzawa