From 12 to 20 September 2026, the Polish Social and Cultural Association in London will host the ‘1st Festival of Polish Culture in the British Isles: Polish, Very Polish’.

This is the perfect opportunity for Polish poets and artists living in the UK to showcase their work to a wider audience.

The Polish Social and Cultural Association in London, together with the Pomysłodalnia Foundation, invites you to a series of unique cultural events, which will be organised thanks to funding secured from the Senate Chancellery as part of the ‘Senate-Polonia 2026’ competition. We will be presenting an interdisciplinary festival showcasing the uniqueness and multifaceted nature of Polish culture in the UK. The festival’s main themes relate to the patrons of 2026 – Andrzej Wajda and the 100th anniversary of Gdynia.
The project will include: a retrospective of Andrzej Wajda’s films at the POSK Cinema, a theatre showcase of small-scale stage productions, choreography and vocal workshops, an exhibition and catalogue entitled ‘Polish Art in the British Isles’, a poetry anthology and a poetry slam competition. Radio POSK will present a radio play based on Joseph Conrad’s ‘Lord Jim’.

Festival programme:
12 September (Saturday)
14:00–18:00 Choreography and vocal workshops [registration]*
18:00 Opening of the exhibition ‘Polish Art in the British Isles’ ** (Atrium) [free admission]
13 September (Sunday)
12:00–16:00 Choreography and vocal workshops
14:00 Screening of A. Wajda’s film *The Promised Land* followed by a talk (Malinowa Hall) [tickets]
17:00 Post-workshop performance (POSK Theatre) [free admission]
18:30 Poetry slam and presentation of the poetry collection *Polish Poetry in the British Isles* (Orłów Hall) [free admission]
15 September (Tuesday)
19:00 Screening of Andrzej Wajda’s film *Man of Marble* followed by a talk (Malinowa Hall) [tickets]
16 September (Wednesday)
19:00 Screening of A. Wajda’s film *Man of Iron* followed by a talk (Malinowa Hall) [tickets]

17 September (Thursday)
19:00 Screening of Andrzej Wajda’s film *Katyń*, followed by a talk (POSK Theatre) [tickets]
18 September (Friday)
19:00 The Polish People’s Theatre in Lviv, performance of *Hypnosis* followed by a post-performance discussion (POSK Theatre)
[tickets: bilety: https://shorturl.at/lXaTq]

19 September (Saturday)
10.00 Special screening of Andrzej Wajda’s film “Katyń” followed by a talk (POSK Theatre)
16.00 Premiere of Radio POSK’s radio play “The Trial of Lord Jim” and a meet-the-makers session (Studio) [free admission]
19:00 Polish Theatre in Toronto, performance of “Kisses” followed by a post-performance discussion (POSK Theatre)
[tickets:bilety: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pocaunki-tickets-1997245887213?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*ivynwn*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTk3MzY2NTM0My4xNzg2MTcxNDk5*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODYxNzE0OTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODYxNzE0OTgkajYwJGwwJGgw]20 September (Sunday)
14:00 Joanna Stanecka & Zibby Krebs, the performance ‘Arna’ followed by a post-performance discussion (Studio)
[tickets:bilety: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spektakl-arna-tickets-1997246348593?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*xecx5z*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTE5ODcwMjg5LjE3ODYxNzI3OTg.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODYxNzI3OTckbzEkZzAkdDE3ODYxNzI3OTckajYwJGwwJGgw]
17:00 POSK Theatre, performance of ‘Let Memory Ring Out’ (POSK Theatre) [tickets]
19:00 Official closing of the Festival

The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme. For further information, please visit: https://posk.org/, https://www.pomyslodalnia.pl/

This project is co-funded by the Senate Chancellery as part of the ‘Senate – Polonia 2026’ competition
Festival organiser: Polish Social and Cultural Association in London Partner: Pomysłodalnia Foundation Media partners: Radio POSK, ‘Sami Swoi’ magazine, MyPolska.UK, BritishPoles.UK, Londynek.net, Gazeta Świętojańska