Piwnica Pod Baranami
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The cabaret has been active incessantly since 1956, with some fifty, perhaps sixty premieres
during this time. It was founded by a group of artists. It remained as the synonymous of artistic Krakow. For young artists it had been a pass to glorious careers. For most of its time Piwnica had had a charismatic leader – Piotr Skrzynecki. He made it famous and put it on the map of polish culture. 1997 was a year of mourning for the Lambs Cellar. Piotr Skrzynecki passed away. Along with this loss Piwnica and it’s potential started to deteriorate.
Now it’s a place which lives in a shadow of it’s former glory. The artists got older and for young people it sassed to be the only choice to have good laugh and express their political attitude. Te programme of the the Saturday’s night cabarets focuses on the personae of Piotr Skrzynecki.
Piwnica is a place of a great value for Poles and for the tradition of independency in thinking during communistic times in Poland. That is why, despite of what guide books might say, it would not be an interesting place for foreign visitors for the facts that it is necessary to know the context of polish culture and the language to understand the performance.
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(3.5 rating, 2 votes)
August 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
hi – I used to go to Piwnica in the 80s and that was the best experience of political humor, now it has lost its impact on the public and also it’s not so fresh and subtle any more – still a good cabaret; but I recon people go there for sentimental reasons rather than to experience something excellent.
January 16th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
I agree- Piwnica is not as creative as it used to be in the 80’s – but it’s still rather important as a place of culture