Born in 1943, Krystian Lupa is a director and writer who also designs scenography and lighting. He studied physics, painting, graphic design, and stage directing, and made his debut as a director in 1976 with Mro?ekʼs “The Slaughterhouse”. He has enjoyed a long relationship with the Stary Theatre in Krakow since 1980, where he started to focus on adapting and directing the work of Russian, German and Austrian writers. He has had particular success with adapting the plays and novels of Thomas Bernhard, long considered difficult to stage, such as “Immanuel Kant”, “The Lime Works”, “Extinction” and “Heldenplatz”. Recent major work includes “Factory 2”, “Persona. Marilyn”, and “Waiting Room.0”. He is current working with Polski Theatre in Wrocław on a stage adaptation of Franz Kafkaʼs “The Trial”.