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BLUEMENTAL was created during the difficult time of lockdown, which the artist spent in the mountains, close to nature, coming to terms with the loss of two people close to her. It made SABINA think a lot, allowed her to lean into her roots, to focus on the higher values that we forget to nurture. This return to spirituality, which in everyday life is drowned out by omnipresent materialism and consumerism, were the direct inspiration for her work on the new material. The moment of stopping, contemplation and awakening is reflected in the music. SABINA and her music are aimed at people who appreciate the value of words, the depth of metaphors and, above all, original sounds.

Radek is well known for his bands Pustki or Bisz/Radex, but also for writing for other artists such as Brodka, Artur Rojek and Piotr Zioła. Matylda is well known from Instagram where she makes the Poles open their eyes and confront with an uncomfortable subject. The duo effectively drew attention of the public with their first song "Matka": an expressive and bold song, accompanied by a very cinematic music video. It has been very well received and is climbing up the charts (1st place on the chart of Radio 3/5/7), constantly gaining new audience.

Piotr Madej, performing as Patrick The Pan, is an alternative artist from Kraków representing the young generation. Americans use to call people like him with admiration “self-made man”. He’s not only a lyricist and composer, but is also active as a producer. He has worked with Daria Zawiałow, Andrzej Smolik, Ralph Kamiński, Dawid Tyszkowski, Paulina Przybysz, Kaśka Sochacka, Meek Oh Why and Misia Furtak, among others. Patrick has had the opportunity to perform at some of the most important music festivals in Poland, such as Open’er, OFF Festival and Męskie Granie.

Pianist Aaron Parks released his Blue Note debut "Invisible Cinema" at the age of 25 following three Blue Note releases with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The BBC declared it “one of the great albums of 2008.” JazzTimes hailed him as "a new visionary.” The San Jose Mercury News named his “Alive in Japan” release as their 2013 Top Jazz Album of the year. He has released two albums on ECM including a solo piano album and a trio record featuring Billy Hart and Ben Street.

Washed up on the shores of West Africa, an infant boy is taken in and raised by gorillas who name him Tarzan. Apart from striving for acceptance from his ape father, Kerchak, Tarzan's life is mostly monkey business until a human expedition treks into his tribe's territory, and he encounters creatures like himself for the first time. Tarzan – now a man – struggles to navigate a jungle, thick with emotion, as he discovers his animal upbringing clashing with his human instincts.

DAGNY/OSIECKA is the largest artistic project in the career of the actress Dagny Mikoś: it consists of the recording and release of an album with nine lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka and music by various composers with arrangements created by Mikołaj Babula. Mikoś also conducted a number of activities on the Internet aimed at popularising the work of the great Polish lyricist (including the LIVEs “Porozmawiajmy o Osieckiej” or “Poczytam Wam Osiecką”). Her début album was produced as a result of a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign.

The band was formed in 2016 by the Polish guitarist and vocalist Adam ‘Nergal’ Darski, known as the frontman of the Behemoth band, and British singer and guitarist John Porter. Their debut album Songs of Love and Death was launched on 24 March 2017 by the Cooking Vinyl label. The album is a unique blend of folk, blues and country, creating a work that is reminiscent of Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash or David Allan Coe and is strongly marked by a devilish element close to the band leader. In addition to songs known from previous releases and concerts, the band is preparing some surprises, which you will hear during the group’s five performances scheduled for this spring.

In a tour-de-force, solo performance, Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck; Nomadland) portrays World War II hero and Holocaust witness Jan Karski, a messenger of truth who risked his life to carry his harrowing report from war-torn Poland to the Allied Nations and, ultimately, the Oval Office only to be ignored and disbelieved.

The Rendez-Vous on Broadway programme will feature 16 songs arranged by Ignacy Matuszewski and performed by well-known artists, singing solo and in duets. You will have the opportunity to see Maciej Pawlak – the charming concierge from VARIETE's Great Revue, Barbara Garstka – Frances Hunter embroiled in a morality scandal in the farcical Bez seksu proszę, Sabina Karwala and Magda Szczepanek – Velma and Hunyak from Chicago, as well as Dominik Bobryk – Happy Man from Pretty Woman - The Musical.

Meet Wera, who tries to find her way in life with a little help from her friends. Will she find it? Volunteers from UBS will tell us all about it. For the eight time they will dance and sing for a good cause on the stage of the VARIETE Theater. We invite you to join us and experience the optimistic and humorous charity musical “Highway to…Hel”.

Voo Voo returns to the stage of the Krakow VARIETE Theatre on 17 November 2022 with material from their new album Premiera, which will be officially launched on October 28. The disc will feature 11 original songs, including “Ochota” and “Bezruch” with guest featuring of Hania Rani, and “Łajba” created in collaboration with Masha Natanson.

The music of Meek, Oh Why? offers the listener two seemingly opposing elements: a vibrant city, youth in a contemporary perspective, a commentary on current phenomena and events, but also elements of romanticism, lyricism and utopian ideas.

Adam Nowak and the Akustyk Amigos is a musical journey inspired by the combined experiences and achievements of three well-experienced musicians: Adam Nowak (Raz Dwa Trzy), Karim Martusewicz (Voo Voo) and Jarek Treliński (Raz Dwa Trzy).

This show of theatrical and entertainment nature is dedicated to celebration of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of independence by Poland. Based on outstanding poetic works, it aims to tell the history of Poles fighting for freedom and democracy.

Revue is mainly dance in the glamorous costumes, excellent singing and breath-taking acrobatics. Olga Szomańska as the Diva of the Evening together with the artists of Rising Stars Revue will shift the audience into the climate of varieté and the vaudeville.

It’s 1857. Will Nichols, owner of a mill, is a compulsive gambler. When his debts got extremely high, he decides in desperation to play for the highest stake. His further fate and also the future of his marriage will depend on the game.

The Evening of Improvised Comedy is a play by the AD HOC Group, which consists of a dozen or so sketches created live in front of the audience. There is no predefined scenario here – it is the audience who decides on the key issues.

Timeless hits of THE QUEEN performed by the stars of the musical Rhapsody with a Demon from the Warsaw Rampa Theatre once again on the stage of VARIETE! We invite you to QUEEN TRIBUTE on 8, 9, 10 May 2020. The concert will feature: Kuba Molęda, Jerzy Gmurzyński and Aleksandra Gotowicka, accompanied by an ensemble under the direction of Jan Stokłosa.

BROADWAY EXCLUSIVE is composed of the classic pieces of the American musical theatre. The songs of Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tom Kitt from such legendary musicals as Porgy & Bess, West Side Story, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera in new arrangements.

Varieté Film Show is a spectacular musical-dance show, during which you will hear the most beautiful melodies from the history of cinema. Exceptional performances are accompanied by impressive dance and multimedia effects.

This inauguration show of the Krakow VARIETE Theatre was also the first occasion to see in Poland the musical Legally Blonde – created on the basis of the film Legally Blonde directed by Robert Luketic and the novel by Amanda Brown with the same title.

After a quiet, atmospheric disc 7 Voo Voo returns with the new album Za niebawem. The new material emphasises the vigour, rhythm and intensive guitar accents.  This time, the band’s music includes more references to social issues and questions about the condition of man in these complicated times.

This amazing Czech musician has been filling concert halls around the world for almost 30 years. He is appreciated for his unusual vocal talent and original lyrics that are at the same time bitter and cheerful.

Voo Voo is one of the most original bands on the Polish rock scene, which combines in its music – with great results – rock, jazz and folk form various regions of the world. Each of the successive Voo Voo discs became an unusual musical journey to different corners of the rock world, although it often exceeded the limits of rock.

Muniek and Friends is the acoustic version of concerts performed by Zygmunt “Muniek” Staszczyk, leader of the band T.Love. Muniek is accompanied at the concerts by: Cezariusz Kosman – acoustic guitar and Janek “Jahlove” Pęczak – acoustic guitar.

A few years after the platinum album Męska Muzyka, the Waglewski Fisz Emade project returns with the new disc Matka, Syn, Bóg. The album was released on 25 October 2013 and very quickly to hit the top of sales lists. A few days after the première, the promotion single “Ojciec” was ranked at the first place of the chart of Polish Radio Programme 3.

The new album, entitled Tralala, is closest to what Mateusz presented on the empe3 album, i.e. to the free approach to the subject of the track, its folk-jazz interpretation.

It is written and composed by Robert Kasprzycki. The combination of his poetry and music with the distinctive charisma and gravel voice of Dyjak give an extraordinary effect. The theme of the song is – typically for Dyjak – accordion and trumpet, playing a march melody, reminding the “Złota Ryba” song from the Moje Fado album.

Two individualities that share an incredible passion to overcome musical boundaries and discover new artistic spaces. The decision to record a joint album was a natural development of the cooperation of Andrzej Smolik – an excellent Polish producer and Kev Fox – British songwriter

Together with Kayah, we invite you to an exotic journey. Transoriental Orchestra is an extraordinary project. It all began with Kayah’s great love for the world music. The artist has long planned to record an album in this style.

Julia Pietrucha published in April 2016 her debut album Parsley, inspired by a several month trip to Asia. The disc contains 15 songs in the ballad-like, pop mood, with folk elements and the soothing sound of ukulele.

The band has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, but in their case, there is no question of cashing of past successes. Each album is the opening of a new phase as the musicians always look to the future.

The long-standing cooperation of Nergal, leader of the world-renowned band Behemoth and the veteran of the Polish rock scene, John Porter, is finally released. Available from 24 March 2017, Songs of Love And Death is the debut album of Me And That Man.

We present another concert in the VARIETE Series. On 15 December 2016, our stage will be taken over by one of the most recognisable and appreciated artists of the Polish music scene, KAYAH. She will give a special Christmas concert When it snows

Tribute to Nat King Cole is a musical project by Maciej Miecznikowski & Krzysia Górniak on the 50th anniversary of the death of a great American vocalist and jazz pianist.

The musical army of Czesław Mozil or the group Czesław Śpiewa. The juror of the popular talent show is supported by graduates of the Royal Danish Music Academy and the Rhythmic Music Conservatory.

Julia Marcell speaks about her most recent work: “Dear All, the new disc is coming in March! I’m working hard on it with the band. We holed up in the studio and we're working as hell, the ideas blow our minds, the work is going really well…

A unique concert celebrating the Women’s Day by an extraordinary vocal duo – Olga Szomańska & Maciej Miecznikowski. 11 years after the joint participation in the Tu Es Petrus oratorio, they are once again on stage!