IMPACT FEST 2026 WEEKEND PASS

IMPACT FEST 2026

International Comedy & Performing Arts Festival

25–27 September 2026 | Warsaw, Poland

WARSAW MEETS THE WORLD.

For one weekend, Warsaw becomes a meeting point for comedians, actors, improvisers, musicians, physical performers and artists from different countries.

Impact Fest 2026 is three days of international comedy, theatre, improv, music, physical performance, workshops and unexpected live encounters.

Come for a headliner you already know. Stay for an artist you have never heard of.

Try a workshop. Watch something completely outside your usual taste. Meet the performers afterwards.

Build your own festival.

HEADLINERS

RADU ISAC

One of Romania’s most distinctive comedy exports, now based in London.

Radu has appeared on Comedy Central, BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service, combining dark ideas, sharp writing and the innocent expression of someone who definitely knows what he has done.

Saturday 26 September | 19:35–20:20

VALERIA VULPE

Winner of the 2025 Spirit of Comedy Award, Valeria Vulpe joins Impact Fest following her Edinburgh Fringe run, bringing her distinctive international comedy to Warsaw.

Sunday 27 September | 21:00–21:45

MORE THAN A COMEDY FESTIVAL

Across the weekend, discover work from artists including:

Radu Isac · Valeria Vulpe · Thao Cao · Stefan Radovici · Anastasia Ivanova · Piotr Szczęsny Sikora · Christian Winther · Masha Nikitina · Omnibus · Kristin Milward · Luka Kuzmanovic · URARA · Ozan Pekmezci · Gabriela Chojecka · Jerry the Psycho · Ben McWilliams · Stefano Pagliarani · Mariooshh · SK and more.

The programme moves constantly between genres:

Stand-up comedy
Solo performance
Alternative comedy
Improv
Theatre and monodrama
Music and musical improvisation
Physical performance
Fire performance
Interactive theatre
Experimental work
Workshops with international and Warsaw-based artists

Some performances will make you laugh.

Some will surprise you.

Some may leave you asking:

“What did I just watch?”

That is part of Impact Fest.

FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER — OPENING NIGHT

18:00–18:30 — Doors & Festival Welcome

Impact Warsaw

Arrive, get oriented and meet the first faces of the weekend.

18:30–18:55 — Warsaw Meets the World

Kinga Malewska & ensemble

An original festival opening combining theatre, movement, music and international voices.

A celebration of Warsaw as a place where people, cultures and artistic languages meet.

18:55–19:10 — Spark and Connections

Ola Chodasz

A warm, playful session designed to break the ice, help people connect and turn a room of strangers into a festival community.

Ola brings more than 20 years of experience facilitating networking and collaboration across culture, education, public institutions and organisations, combining Applied Drama, group processes, communication and Playback Theatre.

19:10–20:00 — International Welcome Showcase

Christian Winther · Masha Nikitina · Jerry the Psycho

Three international performers open the festival with three very different perspectives.

Christian Winther presents Confrontation, Masha Nikitina brings Mountain Guilt, and Jerry the Psycho joins them with stand-up comedy.

Performance, storytelling, character and comedy from artists arriving in Warsaw from different backgrounds.

Language: English

20:20–21:35 — Alternative Comedy Night

Ricky K · Ozan Pekmezci · Filip Ratkovic

Three performers stretching comedy in very different directions.

Stand-up, alternative comedy and personal performance meet in one deliberately unpredictable evening.

21:45–22:35 — Comrade Radovici

Stefan Radovici

A full solo comedy show combining personal observation, political absurdity and the unmistakable perspective of a Romanian comedian performing across Europe.

22:35 onwards — Impact Fest Opening Night After Party

DJ MiRa

The performances finish.

The festival doesn’t.

DJ MiRa takes over the opening night with Amapiano, 3 Step, deep grooves and South African-inspired sounds.

Stay. Meet the artists. Dance. Start the weekend properly.

SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER — DAY PROGRAMME

10:00–12:00 — One vs the Group

Workshop with Christian Winther

A practical improv workshop exploring presence, commitment and ensemble dynamics.

12:15–12:35 — Metamorphoses

URARA

A compact interdisciplinary performance centred on transformation, movement and the expressive possibilities of the body.

12:50–13:50 — Omnibus

Alexander H. Heindl & Omnibus

An ensemble performance created live in front of the audience.

Characters, relationships and worlds emerge through improvisation, collective listening and the pleasure of not knowing what comes next.

14:05–14:50 — The Most Amazing Open Mic

International Comedians

A microphone. International comedians. Zero guarantees.

A fast, unpredictable open mic bringing together performers from different countries, backgrounds and comedy styles.

Expect new material, strange ideas, experienced comedians trying something fresh and perhaps a few jokes discovering whether they work at exactly the same moment as the audience does.

Different countries. Different perspectives. Different accents. One microphone.

Language: English

15:05–15:20 — Featured Stand-Up

Ozan Pekmezci

A compact featured comedy set bringing another international voice into Saturday afternoon.

15:25–15:50 — 2.0 IMPROV

Miguel Ferreira · Monika · Tetiana

Warsaw’s international improv community takes the stage.

No script. No second take. Nowhere to hide.

16:00–17:30 — re: act | Forum Theatre

re: act ensemble

A participatory performance inspired by Forum Theatre and Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed.

The audience is invited to move beyond watching, respond to the conflict on stage and explore how different choices can change what happens.

Here, the audience becomes part of the theatrical process.

18:00–18:15 — Fire Performance

Marcin Ex Styczyński

Fire, movement and physical spectacle take the festival outside.

SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER — EVENING

18:30–19:15 — Survival Kit

Anastasia Ivanova

A 45-minute solo performance combining live storytelling, theatre and projected material.

19:35–20:20 — Radu Isac

Radu Isac

Dark, intelligent and quietly devastating stand-up from one of Romania’s most distinctive international comedians.

20:40–21:40 — FURIOZO

Piotr Szczęsny Sikora

Award-winning Polish clown and actor Piotr Szczęsny Sikora becomes Furiozo: an aggressive yet strangely tender football hooligan in an interactive punk-rock comedy about violence, masculinity, longing and trouble.

The show won an Adelaide Fringe Best Show Award, sold out Soho Theatre and was selected among The Guardian’s Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2024.

21:40 onwards — Saturday After Party

After workshops, improv, stand-up, theatre, fire and one extremely committed hooligan, artists and audiences come together for Saturday night.

SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER — THEATRE + WORKSHOPS

10:00–12:00 — Monologue Workshop

Luka Kuzmanovic

How do you hold a stage when nobody else is there to rescue you?

A practical workshop exploring presence, point of view, rhythm and compelling solo performance.

12:15–13:45 — Music Improv Workshop

Omnibus

Explore spontaneous musical creation through rhythm, listening and ensemble response.

14:00–14:25 — Ej, patrz

Gabriela Chojecka

A compact Polish-language solo theatre performance bringing a distinctly local voice into the international festival programme.

14:40–15:20 — I Want to Go Home

Kristin Milward

Live performance, projected images and music come together in a theatrical exploration of the emotional pull and complicated idea of home.

15:35–16:25 — Naught E Ness

Luka Kuzmanovic

A 50-minute theatrical solo demonstrating the presence, rhythm and stagecraft behind a performance carried by one person.

SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER — FINAL NIGHT

18:30–19:40 — Final International Showcase

Mariooshh · Stefano Pagliarani · Ben McWilliams · SK

Four artists bring music, performance and stand-up together for the final international showcase of the weekend.

Four performers. Four different artistic languages. One last festival showcase.

19:50–20:40 — What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Funnier

Thao Cao

Thao Cao turns difficult experiences into comedy in a solo show about surviving what life throws at you and discovering that sometimes the aftermath becomes the material.

21:00–21:45 — Valeria Vulpe

Valeria Vulpe

The final headline comedy performance of Impact Fest 2026.

21:45–22:00 — Festival Closing

Impact Warsaw

Three days. Many countries. Many artistic languages.

And a lot of things that did not exist until somebody stepped onto a stage.

Artists, team and audience come together one last time to close Impact Fest 2026.

22:00 onwards — Closing After Party

The official programme ends.

The festival gets one final night together.

YOUR PASS IS YOUR FESTIVAL

You do not have to choose only one show.

A festival pass gives you the freedom to move through the programme and build your own experience.

Watch a comedian.

See an improv show.

Join a workshop.

Discover a theatre performance.

Meet somebody from another country.

Then walk into something you had absolutely no intention of seeing.

That is exactly how Impact Fest is meant to work.

TICKETS

DAY PASS — 100 PLN

Access to the paid festival programme for your selected festival day.

WEEKEND PASS — 180 PLN

Access to the paid festival programme across Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

If you are planning to join us for more than one day, the Weekend Pass gives you the freedom to explore the festival without having to choose everything in advance.

Individual tickets for selected performances are also available.

IMPORTANT

Festival passes provide access subject to the capacity of each venue.

Some workshops, intimate performances and limited-capacity events may require an advance reservation, including for pass holders.

Selected events throughout the festival are free to attend, although registration may still be required.

Impact Fest takes place across multiple locations in Warsaw, so please check the location listed for the specific performance or workshop you are attending.

COME FOR THE SHOWS. STAY FOR THE PEOPLE.

Impact Fest is not only about watching performances.

It is about artists and audiences from different places meeting each other.

About trying something new.

About discovering people you did not know before you walked through the door.

For three days:

WARSAW MEETS THE WORLD.

IMPACT FEST 2026
Perform · Create · Connect

25–27 September 2026 | Warsaw

Instagram: @impactwarsaw
Website: impactwarsaw.com