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The author writes about underground theatrical space in Poland in the 1980s. During the martial law period space was outright oppressive: the situation prevailing in the state forced artists to seek new places where they could cultivate art free from the intervention of censorship. Such space proved to be private apartments, churches, parish halls and streets. The text contains copious documentary material but also tries to show the ways in which those “non-theatrical” spaces influenced the performance of the actors, the repertoire, stage motion and the reactions of the public.