43rd National Youth Theatre Confrontations 2026: FULL CONTACT

43. National Confrontations of Youth Theatres — FULL KONTAKT

We invite you to Łódź for one of the most important reviews of young theatre in Poland.

The National Youth Theatre Confrontations will take place on 23-24 October 2026 under the slogan FULL KONTAKT — an invitation to a real meeting: creators, sensibilities and theatre languages from all over Poland.

For more than forty years, Confrontations has been a place where young theater shows what it is and where it is going. We understand the word confrontation not as a competition, but as a space of dialogue — between the stage and the audience, between creators, between different ways of telling about the world.

What awaits participants and viewers?

✦ Presentations of performances by youth theater groups from schools, cultural centers and artistic collectives from all over Poland

✦ Interviews with the jury and artists

✦ Acting and movement workshops conducted by recognized theater educators

✦ Integration activities

✦ Special guest concert

📅 October 23-24, 2026

📍 Lodz

The program of the event includes not only competition presentations and interviews with the jury, but also joint acting and movement workshops conducted by recognized artists and educators of the theater, integration activities and a special guest concert. We want participants to leave the festival not only with new stage experiences, but above all with inspirations, relationships and a sense of belonging to the young theatre community.

See you in Łódź. Let's keep in touch!