Filip Pawlak is a theatre creator, performer, producer, and social debater. A queer individual with a hand disability. He has completed his studies at the Production Department of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. Author and director of the play "Do what you want" at Teatr21/Centrum Sztuki Włączającej (Warsaw, 2023). In 2024, they are undertaking artistic residencies at Hellerau European Centre for the Arts in Dresden, Komuna/Warszawa, Warehouse9 in Copenhagen, and Skånes Dansteater in Malmö. In the past, they collaborated with director and choreographer Rafał Urbacki, with whom they created the following performances: "Protected Species" (Dance and Movement Theatre Rozbark, Bytom), "May the Sun Never Shine on This Day" (Fredro Theatre, Gniezno), and "The Heart of the Worker is Driven by Work" (Dance and Movement Theatre Rozbark, Bytom). In 2023, they served as a curatorial advisor and producer for the 10Treffen program during the 60th Theatertreffen Festival at Haus Der Berlinerfestspiele. As a disabled filmmaker, he has production experience as well as experience as a director in theater. "Freak Show" is his directorial debut.
