The purpose of this article is to explore different ways of countering the COVID-19 pandemic in Polish theatre that were not only attempts to provide protection against the potentially lethal coronavirus, but also attempts to actively combat other ‘viruses’: the capitalist compulsion for productivity and the exclusion of Others (the disabled, the elderly, women or LGBT+ people). Several Polish artists of the lockdown era (participants in the Quarantine Project, Beyond #quarantine and DIY 2020 Masterclasses, members of Theatre 21, Joanna Szczepkowska and Wojtek Ziemilski) have managed to draw the attention of a wider audience to these problems. During the pandemic, they practised the art of resistance in various ways, including the ‘art of failure’ as a resistance against neo-liberal systems. Therefore their projects can be seen as a dress rehearsal before the emergence of a post-pandemic, post-capitalist, post-growth, more ethically conscious theatre of the future.

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“近而远，人性但方正，正常但令人筋疲力尽”：波兰的流行病剧院

本文的目的是探索在波兰剧院对抗 COVID-19 大流行的不同方法，这些方法不仅试图提供针对潜在致命冠状病毒的保护，而且还试图积极对抗其他“病毒”：资本主义对生产力的强迫以及排除其他人（残疾人、老人、妇女或 LGBT+ 人群）。锁定时代的几位波兰艺术家（参加检疫项目,超越#quarantine和DIY 2020 大师班, Theater 21 的成员 Joanna Szczepkowska 和 Wojtek Ziemilski) 成功地引起了更多观众对这些问题的关注。在大流行期间，他们以各种方式练习抵抗艺术，包括“失败的艺术”作为对新自由主义制度的抵抗。因此，他们的项目可以被视为在后大流行、后资本主义、后增长、更具道德意识的未来剧院出现之前的彩排。