Centre for Contemporary Performing Arts

Tadeusz Słobodzianek (born in 1955) is a Polish playwright, director, theatre critic, and the head of the Warsaw Drama Theatre (Teatr Dramatyczny). His plays have won two Edinburgh International Theatre Festival prizes Fringe First and three awards by the Polish Ministry of Culture for modern dramaturgy. In 2010 his play Our Class won the prestigious Nike Literary award and was ranked by European Theatre Convention among the best contemporary European plays written during 2009 and 2010.