Yesterday You Were Angry in Green

Motherhood, autism and the gap between the two run through the play Wczoraj byłaś zła na zielono (Yesterday You Were Angry in Green). A new mother and her neurodivergent daughter battle social prejudice whilst creating a space for social debate on the role of educational and healthcare institutions.

The director and playwright Anna Augustynowicz, one of the leading voices in contemporary Polish theatre, makes her debut at the Autumn Festival with this stage adaptation of journalist Eliza Kącka’s breakthrough book: a moving autobiographical account of the experience of raising an autistic child.

Anna Augustynowicz is the director of the Teatr Współczesny in Szczecin and has received the Polityka Passport Award, presented by the weekly magazine Polityka to the country’s most active cultural figures, and the Zygmunt Hübner Award, which recognises not only artistic achievement but also an understanding of theatre as a cultural service.

The Dramatyczny Theatre, a leading institution in Warsaw’s theatre scene since its foundation in 1949, has developed an identity characterised by both repertoire theatre and contemporary plays. This company also organises the Warsaw Theatre Meetings, one of the country’s leading festivals.