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{{Short description|Literary cabaret in Kraków, Poland}}
[[File:Piwnica5.JPG|thumb|260px|The stage of the Piwnica pod baranami]]
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The '''Piwnica pod Baranami''' ({{lang-en|The Basement, or the Cellar under the Rams}}) is a [[Poland|Polish]] literary [[cabaret]] located in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]]. For over thirty years, in the [[People's Republic of Poland]], Piwnica pod Baranami served as the most renowned political cabaret in the country, until the end of (and beyond) [[History of Poland (1945-1989)|the communist era]]. Created by [[Piotr Skrzynecki]] in 1956, the cabaret continues its activities, contrary to rumours that it has been closed after the death of its founder in 1997. It resides at its original location in the [[medieval]] [[Kraków Old Town|Old Town district]], at [[Main Market Square, Kraków|the Main Market Square]] (next to Vis-á-vis café).<ref>{{in lang|pl}} [http://www.piwnicapodbaranami.krakow.pl/archiwum/index.html Official website of ''Piwnica pod Baranami'' with links to related articles on its history, performers, and the location] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226131242/http://www.piwnicapodbaranami.krakow.pl/archiwum/index.html |date=2009-02-26 }}</ref>
The '''Piwnica pod Baranami''' ({{langx|en|The Basement, or the Cellar under the Rams}}) is a Polish literary [[cabaret]] located in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]]. For over thirty years, in the [[People's Republic of Poland]], Piwnica pod Baranami served as the most renowned political cabaret in the country, until the end of (and beyond) [[History of Poland (1945-1989)|the communist era]]. Created by [[Piotr Skrzynecki]] in 1956, the cabaret continues its activities, contrary to rumours that it has been closed after the death of its founder in 1997. It resides at its original location in the [[medieval]] [[Kraków Old Town|Old Town district]], at [[Main Market Square, Kraków|the Main Market Square]] (next to Vis-á-vis café).<ref>{{in lang|pl}} [http://www.piwnicapodbaranami.krakow.pl/archiwum/index.html Official website of ''Piwnica pod Baranami'' with links to related articles on its history, performers, and the location] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226131242/http://www.piwnicapodbaranami.krakow.pl/archiwum/index.html |date=2009-02-26 }}</ref>


[[File:Piotr Skrzynecki.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Piotr Skrzynecki]]]]
[[File:Piotr Skrzynecki.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Piotr Skrzynecki]]]]
At first, the facility was a meeting place for Kraków students. It was a club for creative youth (Klub Młodzieży Twórczej), part of the Old Town Community Centre in the Palace under the Rams (Pałac Pod Baranami). The stage was formed by young artists of many different [[genre]]s: writers, musicians, visual artists and actors, as well as their friends and faithful audiences. After nearly fifty years Piwnica became a legend of local eccentricity, and the style of the Piwnica cabaret entered the colloquial language as the "underground (piwnica) style" of performance.<ref>Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora, [http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/in_te_piwnica_pod_baranami_krakow "Piwnica pod Baranami"], [[Instytut Adama Mickiewicza]], 2004</ref> An account of the cabaret performance at Piwnica is given in a 2010 book ''A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True'' by Brigid Pasulka.<ref name="Pasulka">Pasulka, B. ''A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True.'' (London:Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2010), 150-152.</ref>
At first, the facility was a meeting place for Kraków students. It was a club for creative youth (Klub Młodzieży Twórczej), part of the Old Town Community Centre in the Palace under the Rams (Pałac Pod Baranami). The stage was formed by young artists of many different [[genre]]s: writers, musicians, visual artists and actors, as well as their friends and faithful audiences. After nearly fifty years Piwnica became a legend of local eccentricity, and the style of the Piwnica cabaret entered the colloquial language as the "underground (piwnica) style" of performance.<ref>Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora, [http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/in_te_piwnica_pod_baranami_krakow "Piwnica pod Baranami"], [[Instytut Adama Mickiewicza]], 2004</ref> An account of the cabaret performance at Piwnica is given in a 2010 book ''A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True'' by Brigid Pasulka.<ref name="Pasulka">Pasulka, B. ''A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True.'' (London:Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2010), 150-152.</ref>


Piwnica's influence has reached beyond the art; it has been described thus: "It was much more than a cabaret. It was a breath of freedom and of ironic distance to the reality which surrounded us."<ref name=indept>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-piotr-skrzynecki-1255652.html</ref>
Piwnica's influence has reached beyond the art; it has been described thus: "It was much more than a cabaret. It was a breath of freedom and of ironic distance to the reality which surrounded us."<ref name=indept>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-piotr-skrzynecki-1255652.html|title = Obituary: Piotr Skrzynecki|date = 23 October 2011}}</ref>


== Artists of Piwnica pod Baranami ==
== Artists of Piwnica pod Baranami ==
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* [[Ewa Demarczyk]]
* [[Ewa Demarczyk]]
* [[Leszek Długosz]]
* [[Leszek Długosz]]
* [[Stefan Dymiter]]
* [[Anna Dymna]]
* [[Anna Dymna]]
* [[Wiesław Dymny]]
* [[Wiesław Dymny]]
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==References==
==Notes and references==
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==External links==
* [https://piwnicapodbaranami.pl/ piwnicapodbaranami.pl]
* {{in lang|pl}} Tomasz Handzlik, [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,73736,3801834.html Cenne pamiątki piwniczne nie zginą] Gazeta Kraków
* {{in lang|pl}} Tomasz Handzlik, [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,73736,3801834.html Cenne pamiątki piwniczne nie zginą] Gazeta Kraków
* {{discogs artist|Piwnica Pod Baranami}}
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== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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[[Category:1956 establishments in Poland]]
[[Category:Polish cabarets]]
[[Category:Polish cabarets]]
[[Category:Culture in Kraków]]

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The stage of the Piwnica pod baranami

The Piwnica pod Baranami (English: The Basement, or the Cellar under the Rams) is a Polish literary cabaret located in Kraków, Poland. For over thirty years, in the People's Republic of Poland, Piwnica pod Baranami served as the most renowned political cabaret in the country, until the end of (and beyond) the communist era. Created by Piotr Skrzynecki in 1956, the cabaret continues its activities, contrary to rumours that it has been closed after the death of its founder in 1997. It resides at its original location in the medieval Old Town district, at the Main Market Square (next to Vis-á-vis café).[1]

Piotr Skrzynecki

At first, the facility was a meeting place for Kraków students. It was a club for creative youth (Klub Młodzieży Twórczej), part of the Old Town Community Centre in the Palace under the Rams (Pałac Pod Baranami). The stage was formed by young artists of many different genres: writers, musicians, visual artists and actors, as well as their friends and faithful audiences. After nearly fifty years Piwnica became a legend of local eccentricity, and the style of the Piwnica cabaret entered the colloquial language as the "underground (piwnica) style" of performance.[2] An account of the cabaret performance at Piwnica is given in a 2010 book A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka.[3]

Piwnica's influence has reached beyond the art; it has been described thus: "It was much more than a cabaret. It was a breath of freedom and of ironic distance to the reality which surrounded us."[4]

Artists of Piwnica pod Baranami

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References

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  1. ^ (in Polish) Official website of Piwnica pod Baranami with links to related articles on its history, performers, and the location Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora, "Piwnica pod Baranami", Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, 2004
  3. ^ Pasulka, B. A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True. (London:Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2010), 150-152.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Piotr Skrzynecki". 23 October 2011.
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