{"podcast":{"title":"De Balie","slug":"de-balie-841437","podcast_index_feed_id":841437,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/de-balie-podcast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/de-balie-podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/3a/6e/a2/fd/3a6ea2fd-8a28-46f5-b384-33697a574c3f/28902d9e5d3feb0aaea4c2bd96faaf79419aab8920502938b9005c6b43426791e7d550425445de2357aac6e7214b4f748a338bb1d3a15349be78c6eb2c161af0.jpeg","author":"De Balie","episode_count":565,"summary":"Een podcast over politiek, maatschappij en cultuur.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T14:17:33.698441+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/de-balie-841437"},"episode":{"title":"Theatre of Democracy: in conversation with Łukasz Twarkowski","slug":"theatre-of-democracy-in-conversation-with-ukasz-twarkowski","published_at":"2026-04-19T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/de-balie-841437/theatre-of-democracy-in-conversation-with-ukasz-twarkowski","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/de-balie-841437","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/624331a2-8a18-43d8-9db1-13f19b5323ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/624331a2-8a18-43d8-9db1-13f19b5323ac.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"‘ Theatre is an experience. A performance is never just an image. ’ Łukasz Twarkowski is one of the most compelling theatre makers today, always trying to push the boundaries of the art form. In conversation with Łukasz Twarkowski. At the latest Holland Festival, Łukasz Twarkowski made a strong impression with his overwhelming multidisciplinary production  Rohtko , exploring the concept of originality and forgery in the art world, inspired by a fake Mark Rothko sales scandal. In an earlier edition of the festival in 2023, Twarkowski organised with  Respublika  a six-hour utopian rave  Het Parool  called ‘an experience like no other’. Twarkowski’s work can rightfully be called groundbreaking. The originally Polish theatre maker creates interdisciplinary performances at the intersection of theatre, video art, and performance art. His work explores major philosophical questions of our time, including human consciousness, the rise of AI, and the place of the human being in the late capitalist world. With his work, Twarkowski tries to find new ways of storytelling that do justice to how the contemporary individual thinks and experiences the world. Because in a world flooded with images, traditional theatre is no longer up to that task, according to Twarkowski. This event is the first episode in a new series at De Balie, featuring conversations with leading European theatre makers about their work and vision. At the heart of the series lies theatre as a democratic space: a place where audiences are invited to reflect on what remains unspoken in society, and where art confronts the most urgent questions of our time. Łukasz Twarkowski is a creator of multimedia performances combining theatre and visual arts. He places his projects in the cont…","meta_description":"‘ Theatre is an experience. A performance is never just an image. ’ Łukasz Twarkowski is one of the most compelling theatre makers today, always tryi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/de-balie-841437/episodes/theatre-of-democracy-in-conversation-with-ukasz-twarkowski/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/de-balie-841437/theatre-of-democracy-in-conversation-with-ukasz-twarkowski.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}