Shakspeare Festival in Gdansk (Competition Entry)

February 2026

Competition Entry

I decided to focus on — as the organizers of the Shakespeare Festival themselves claimed in the media — this year's theme (In Praise of Madness) refers to the madness that was the founding of the Shakespeare Theatre in Gdańsk, PL several years ago. Maybe the jury thought the theatre is on fire? :|

In the center, we have the creator of the theatre with an open roof. On stage, they're performing a play about a king, because this was a common theme in Shakespeare's work. I decided not to say what this king was like — the author portrayed various kings. However, we all know that we currently have a power crisis in the world. The typeface in the word "madness" is, of course, my own design.

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