Impact Fest 2026 | Saturday · 26 September

IMPACT FEST 2026 — SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

International Comedy & Performing Arts Festival
25–27 September 2026 | Warsaw

Saturday moves from workshops, improv and interactive theatre during the day into an international evening of solo performance, stand-up, physical comedy and a late comedy show featuring visiting US comedians.

Come for one performance or spend the whole day discovering something different.

DAY PROGRAMME | POŁUDNIK 2.0

10:00–12:00 — ONE VS THE GROUP

Workshop with Christian Winther

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

Duration: 2 hours
Language: English
Advance reservation required

12:15–12:35 — METAMORPHOSES

URARA

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

Duration: 20 minutes
FREE EVENT

12:50–13:50 — OMNIBUS

Alexander H. Heindl · João Matos · Bartosz Rakoczy · Maksym Urbanowicz

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.

Duration: 60 minutes
Language: English

14:00–16:00 — URARA WORKSHOP

URARA

A practical movement workshop exploring physical expression, awareness, rhythm, space and presence.

This workshop takes place in parallel with the afternoon performance programme.

Duration: 2 hours
Advance reservation required

14:05–14:50 — THE MOST AMAZING OPEN MIC

Yuyu · Joseph Flintstone · Joe Sierra
Hosted by Joe Sierra

A microphone. International comedians. Zero guarantees.

New material, different comedy styles and ideas being tested live in front of an audience.

Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English

15:05–15:50 — 2.0 IMPROV

Warsaw's international improv community takes the stage.

No script. No second take. Nowhere to hide.

Everything is created live.

Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English

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 can move beyond simply watching, respond to what happens on stage and explore how different choices can change the situation.

Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English
FREE EVENT

18:00–18:15 — FIRE PERFORMANCE

Fire, movement and physical spectacle take Impact Fest outside.

A short outdoor performance connecting the daytime programme with Saturday evening.

FREE EVENT

SATURDAY EVENING PROGRAMME

a&o HOSTEL WARSZAWA WOLA

18:00 — DOORS

Doors open for the Saturday evening programme.

18:30–19:15 — SURVIVAL KIT

Anastasia Ivanova

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

Duration: 45 minutes

19:35–20:20 — 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, bringing his dark ideas, sharp writing and unmistakably understated delivery to Warsaw.

Duration: 45 minutes
Language: English

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.

Duration: 60 minutes

21:40 ONWARDS — THE LATEST COMEDY SHOW IN POLAND?

Abby Roberge · Ari Mannis · Draw From The Hat

Saturday doesn't stop after the headline shows.

International comedians Abby Roberge and Ari Mannis take over the late-night programme, joined by Draw From The Hat, for a looser and more unpredictable final show of the night.

Stand-up, crowd interaction and the kind of comedy that becomes more dangerous when everyone should probably already be asleep.

A late-night ending to the biggest day of Impact Fest.

Language: English

TICKETS & PASSES

Weekend Pass — 180 PLN

The Weekend Pass gives you access to the paid festival programme across Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Selected workshops and limited-capacity events require advance reservation, including for pass holders.

Individual tickets are also available for selected performances.

Several Saturday events are free, although registration may still be required.

Impact Fest takes place across multiple venues. Please check the venue of each event before arriving.

IMPACT FEST 2026
25–27 September 2026 | Warsaw

WARSAW MEETS THE WORLD.

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