William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s birthday celebrations will commence at The Baltic Sea Culture Center (Gdańsk, Korzenna Str. 33/35) on 23 April, 2007, at 6 PM. The festivities will start with a presentation of a film based on Shakespeare’s writings. Jazz musicians, Olo Walicki, Piotr Pawlak, and Kuba Staruszkiewicz will provide live background music for this silent film. Later on, fragments of the Taming of the Shrew will be performed in Kashubian, featuring Damroka Kwidzińska and Zbigniew Jankowski. The evening will close out with Olo Walicki’s concert. Accompanied by his band, Walicki will premier his newest album called “Kaszëbë.” Following the performance, Kashubian-style feast will take place.