DEKAFKA - Discussion-Experimental Film-and-Cabaret Club

Dekafka is a blend of cabaret, a film showcase and a discussion club. A group of comedians will present texts with a literary bent and play with absurdity in front of the audience. The purpose of Dekafka is to attempt to revive the old satirical tradition — the one that began with the Skamandrites and the Green Balloon.

The name Dekafka refers to the DKW car, whose parts came from different factories and parishes. During our evening there will also appear elements that don’t fully fit together:

• Sketches, monologues, songs — abstract, often poetic, absurd, different.
• Short film pieces — created by the performers.
• Short film pieces — submitted by the audience (one of them will receive a prize — based on the decision of a jury selected from the audience).
• Discussion club — the evening’s main motif, where the audience speaks live and in real time about the sketches, monologues, songs and films.

PERMANENT LINE-UP:

• Ścibor Szpak — a Czechophile, Hungarophile, Francophile. Doctor of the absurd and marketing director with the soul of François Villon. Winner of the first prize at PaCe (2011), the audience award at PaCe (2011) and the Grand Prix at PaCe (2013). He has won awards at other festivals too, but there are far too many to list in one place.
• Marek Grabie — writer, director, Dr. Dreyfus. Creator of the most absurd Polish cabarets of the first decade of the twenty-first century. He has collaborated with Grzegorz Halama and edited Nowy Pompon. Director of “Film with English Subtitles,” which is cult in certain circles.
• Adam Grzanka — well-known master of ceremonies, stand-up comedian and Hutas. He co-created the Formacja Chatelet cabaret during its heyday and literariness. He listens to metal, dazzles the audience, and every year leads the Nowa Huta Tracksuit Parade.
• Tomasz Biskup — stand-up comedian and master of ceremonies. He co-created the AD HOC group. With the PUK cabaret he performed for five seasons at the KTO Theatre. For a decade he has hosted the Poetry Slam at the Magazyn Kultury, which can boldly be called the largest recurring literary event in Kraków.

GUESTS:

• Robert Kasprzycki — Polish poet, singer-songwriter, vocalist, musician and composer, as well as translator, columnist, reviewer (literary and musical), and author of cabaret texts.
• Adrianna Napiórkowska – Babich — connected to the stage since childhood, for 10 years a member of the A JAK! cabaret, with which she toured Poland from theatres and cultural centers to television studios. By training a jazz vocalist and psychologist. She loves competitive ballroom dance and travel — already 37 countries (and still growing). She has been romancing theatrical improvisation for two years… and it seems to be getting more serious. Currently a member of the improv group Jakkolwiek.
• Magda Caputa — sings, plays, and entertains people. She is a member of the Róbmy Swoje cabaret and privately a mathematician.
• Karol Wolski — actor, comedian, master of ceremonies, vocalist and lyricist; since 2019 a member of the Formacja Chatelet cabaret; graduate of the Kraków Theatre Study L'art. studiO. He initially collaborated with Kraków’s Teatr Łaźnia Nowa and the Ad Hoc Improvisation Group.

SHORT FILM CONTEST:

During the event there is a contest for short film pieces submitted by the audience. Materials must be humorous in form, shot vertically and have a length of up to 180 seconds. They should be sent to klub.dekafka@gmail.com by 16.03.2026. From all submitted films we will choose five that will be screened during Dekafka and participate in the contest.

The contest rules, application form and guardian consent are available from the organizers — please contact: klub.dekafka@gmail.com.

AUDIENCE AWARD:

The audience awards a prize to one of the sketches performed during the evening. The prize consists of swag brought by the audience (we encourage bringing these items).

Tickets:

• 30 zł in presale
• 35 zł on the day of the performance

Link to tickets soon!