In this episode you will hear:
- How a Canadian Polish vocalist has become a star in Poland, the country she left as a child
- About a theatre in a suitcase
- More about Polish food and language – how a kind of restaurant that all Poles know and like would make no sense in English
Interviews:
• Agata Pilitowska, the star of the 25-year-old Polish theatre in Toronto, daughter of its founder, talks about its history, work, and performances around the world
• Anna Cyzon, born in Poland and raised in Canada, a successful singer in Canada, is now performing and recording in her native country
Also in this episode:
• Why adults study Polish in Toronto? A student’s story
• Bary mleczne (literally “milk bars”) – the phenomenon from the communist era which is making a comeback in Poland
• Outdoor concerts of Chopin’s music in the beautiful Royal Lazienki Park in Warsaw