Charity Evening in Support of the Teal House Foundation June, 2 19.00 A Pebble In The Road by Ingeborga Dapkunaite Performed by Ingeborga Dapkunaite Directed by Simon Stokes Q&A with special guest John Malkovich TR Warszawa, Marszałkowska 8, Warsaw Language: English This charity evening marks the second anniversary of the Teal House Foundation and coincides with International Children’s Day. Founded in Warsaw in 2022 by Karolina Gruszka and Ivan Vyrypaev, Teal House supports artists in exile and promotes cultural integration through art. All proceeds from the event will go toward the foundation’s Theater Studio for Children and Teenagers — a space where young people from different countries can rediscover safety, creativity, and belonging. The studio is led by professional artists in exile and helps children process their experiences through theatre, music, and collective play. By supporting this evening, audiences help keep the studio alive — and give displaced children a chance to find joy, voice, and community. A Pebble In The Road by Ingeborga Dapkunaite Performed by Ingeborga Dapkunaite Directed by Simon Stokes A Pebble In the Road is Ingeborga’s haunting, joyful and evocative recounting of one Eastern European family and their stories. The family have always celebrated a Lithuanian Christmas in their own singular way, through wars and occupations, through state proscriptions and essential secrecies under the Soviet Union and through the euphoria of a hard-won independence. Before each Christmas supper a formal wish or prayer or toast is offered – Let there be no fewer of us around this table next year. Telling of the shared continuity of life, death and fragmented memory, the play conjures up with wit and insight, horror and humour, the fraught and fractured history of eastern Europe - a story which is playing out once again with far-reaching consequences. Simon Stokes Simon spent twelve years as Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre, London in 1970’s and 80’s and was Artistic Director at Theatre Royal Plymouth 1998 – 2018. He was an Artistic Director and Director of Development for Howard Panter at the Turnstyle Group in the 1980s and 90s, developing new plays for theatres in London’s West End. Through a long career he has produced and directed the premieres of many distinguished writers and has directed many now distinguished actors. He has won many awards, including the Empty Space Peter Brook Award for his work as Artistic Producer at the Drum Theatre in Plymouth and Best Production in the Critics Award for Scottish Theatre with the Edinburgh International Festival. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with various co-producers, he has won ten Fringe Firsts for best new plays and three Total Theatre Awards. Elsewhere, five UK Theatre Awards and three nominations, a The Stage award, two Olivier Award nominations and one Evening Standard nomination. Ingeborga Dapkunaite Ingeborga Dapkunaite is an internationally renowned, London-based Lithuanian actress. She has played numerous leading parts in film, television, and theater. She has starred in “Burned by the Sun” by Nikita Mikhalkov (Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Grand Prix de Jury at Cannes Film Festival); “Katia Ismailova” by Valery Todorovsky (Best Actress Award at Geneva Film Festival and Russian Film Academy Award); Brian de Palma’s “Mission Impossible”; Jean-Jacque Annaud’s “Seven Years in Tibet”; Emily Young’s “Kiss of Life” which premiered at Cannes Film Festival; Stéphane Voillet’s “25 degrés en hiver” (“25 Degrees in Winter,” Audience Award at Berlin Film Festival); Christian Carion’s “L’affaire Fairwell” (“Farewell”); “Occupied” Norwegian TV series, amongst others. Ingeborga’s theater work includes productions around the world: “Slip of the Tongue” opposite John Malkovich at Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and then in London’s West End; “Libra” directed by John Malkovich at Steppenwolf Theater; “Cloaca” directed by Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic in London; world tour with “Giacomo Variations”; as well as leading roles in productions of Moscow Theater of Nations from 2013 till 2022. John Malkovich John Malkovich is an actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter. His cinema work displaying his wide range of acting, outstanding charm and technique, has brought him international fame, dozens of awards, and several Oscar nominations. He has played over 70 parts in movies including those by Steven Spielberg (“Empire of the Sun,” 1987), Bernardo Bertolucci (“The Scheltering Sky,” 1990), Stephen Frears (“Dangerous Liaisons,” 1988), the Coen brothers (“Burn After Reading,” 2008), Luc Besson (“Joan of Arc,” 1990), and others. Malkovich, apart from film acting, also works as a director, writer and producer, and appears in TV productions. At the same time, since the mid-1970s, Malkovich has continually worked theater stages of Broadway, London, Paris and other theatrical metropolises as an actor and director. His partners are the stars of world theater. For his directing work in theater, he received the French National Theater Molière Award and the British Milton Schulman Award.