Margot Przymierska - artist

I am a Polish-born, London-based artist, performer, creative producer and facilitator. Part of The People Speak.

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PolBud Cabaret is a programme inspired by the Polish entertainment scene of the 70s and 80s. Enjoy a dollop of comedy, performance and music served alongside your ‘cutlet’ with exotic sprinkling. The show has been created by Margot Przymierska and the Ensemble: Tomasz Brajter, Krystian Godlewski, Adam Hypki, Zuza Tehanu, Mikey Weinkove, Barbara Kaczmarczyk, Emilia Emiliyah Witkiewicz aka Emz.

Photos by Joanna Zeman vel Haratyk

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Back in 2017 Przymierska Morgan duo produced "Crossing the Line" for Voila Europe Festival.

Crossing The Line by Przymierska Morgan is a collage of fifty moments of border crossings from film & TV, re-enacted & reconfigured across fifty minutes. Side-stepping any claims of ‘objective’ truth, Crossing the Line presents a kaleidoscopic & de-centred reflection of the way we literally see - through film & TV from a number of different countries - border crossings and the people that make them, or try to. Specific moments of narrative are cut from their moorings and re-shaped into a semi-abstract performance of a set of social, political and human relationships, crystallised at ‘the border’. Through translating moving image to live performance, the cropping and sequencing of scenes to create new arcs & patterns, a critical deployment of music and the inhabiting of the multiple roles by a diverse cast, a ‘simple’ re-presentation of commercial discourse on the subject of the border becomes at the same time a vehicle for the expression of a small collaborative group.With pop songs, shoot-outs, balloons, seas, interplanetary travel and an elephant in the room, the process has generated enormous variety, from moments of quiet & reflection to ones of violence & confrontation, humour and romance. Performed by an amazingly diverse ensemble with backgrounds in stage, film, tv, mime & clowning and featuring lounge club legend Count Indigo, Crossing the Line has fun with its seriousness.

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Pigmalion: Poem

A silver mist settles on London city 

The golden dawn shines through the buildings’ glass 

Signal waves are circling the tower of BT 

The workers awake - they’re ready to take a stance!

Hark Poles, Czechs, Ukainians and Latvians!

Let’s take the best Fate can offer us. 

While bankers count bitcoin profit 

Builders are in the gut of the underground 

Sacrificing health, crippling spirit - what of it? 

They’re building offices and tower blocks - but for what?

Is it for common good or for a meagre pound? 

Or to give hope to the future people of this land?

Hark Poles, Czechs, Ukainians and Latvians!

Let’s take the best Fate can offer us.

It’s time for reflection - let’s make the connection! 

The signal is getting stronger, WhatsApp and 

Facebook ring off the hook

The workers from Poland and Czech get restless, they give the Ukranians a look,

And when the clock strikes the hour they will leave their scaffolded cell,

Each will leave his hard hat behind like a single pistachio shell.

Hark Poles, Czechs, Ukainians and Latvians!

Let’s take the best Fate can offer us

Sink or swim - we ought to take a stand! -

workers scream from the top of their lungs. 

But the city turns screaming to silence 

Silver mist calms all temper and violence

How should we take a stand?

A pregnant pause ensues

IPhone whispers “You’ve nothing left to lose” 

Hark, the new 5G Broadband is out.

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Pigmalion - Currently in developement

Camden People’s Theatre, Voila! Europe Festival - 1 Oct 2022

Rich Mix - 27 - 28 Nov 2021

“Pigmalion” is a deconstructed performance built around the archetype of an East European construction worker and the society’s obsession with status and statues. The piece is provoked by the themes from the G.B. Shaw’s play and the mythical sculptor Pygmalion, set against the spectacle of our mediatised reality. Written and performed by Margot Przymierska, in collaboration with a Latvian composer Gon7o, “Pigmalion” uses comedy, poetry and storytelling immersed in infectious trap anthems.

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Destination Bradford R&D is a project by Margot Przymierska and Adam Hughes celebrating the City’s Eastern European community funded by Bradford Producing Hub. It is an opportunity for Polish and Ukrainian immigrants living in the city to come together and share stories about their experience of life in West Yorkshire.funded by Bradford Producing Hub. Read more.

12 April, 2021 Live Podcast Talkaoke. The show featured a range of invited guests, ranging from first, second and third generation immigrants, and will look at what it means to be Eastern European living in the UK and how this has changed over the past hundred years. We utilised the popular Talkaoke format by The People Speak. Talkaoke is an interactive talk-show, combining live in-person and online conversations. The aim of the podcast is to give a voice to one of the city’s most prominent immigrant groups and celebrate their stories and history. Watch here.

15 May, 2021 Talkaoke in Bradford. We brought the Talkaoke table to Bradford’s Oastler Square and invited people to join the conversation about the city’s past, present and future through the eyes of the communities who live there. The event was supported by the Polish Consulate in Manchester as part of The Polish Heritage Days and City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Department of Place, Stronger Communities funding. Photos here.

25 July 2021 Online Sharing. After a period of research we shared 5 original monologues followed by a Q&A facilitated by The People Speak. The monologues were:

"Who do I support" written by Adam Hughes, performed by Reece Raymond 

"Her name was Anna" written by Adam Hughes, performed by Sarah Oldknow 

"The last dance?" written by Adam Hughes performed by Amy Balmforth

"Aunt Wiesia" written and performed by Margot Przymierska 

"Kamil" written by  Margot Przymierska, performed by Greg Przybyszewski and Margot Przymierska. Watch the sharing here.

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Character Remix

Remix: Precarious Wedding MC [aka Kobieta Pracująca], Dirty Bride, Wannabe British-Citizen.

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The People Speak project The Inverse Apprentice is a creative entrepreneurship programme provoked by the TV show ‘The Apprentice’. Our format, in contrast to the TV programme, is led entirely by the participants – Tower Hamlets residents. The programme delivered in partnership with the local talent, business owners and entrepreneurs uses personal creativity, cooperation and diversity of thought as a framework to develop participants’ self worth and employability skills. The apprenticeship aims to raise aspirations of the participants by helping them to gain agency and practical tools to become local instigators of change responding to their community’s needs.

Read more https://future.london/project/the-inverse-apprentice/

Funded by Westfields East Bank Creative Futures and Foundation For Future London

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There Are a Million Poles in the UK – But None On British TV

Poles are the largest group of foreign nationals, and Polish is England's second language, but you wouldn't know that from our programming.

Vice was so nice to interview me about the lack of representation of Poles in the British mainstream. Jul 2019

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It’s been a great pleasure taking with Rober Elms and Eddie Nestor on BBC Radio London. It’s not often you hear foreign voices on popular radio shows and I’ll certainly take the title of ‘de facto European corespondent’ given to me by Eddie Nestor. Tune in to the latest European updates in the post-Brexit reality 

https://soundcloud.com/margot-p/bbc-radio-london-robert-elms-nov-2019

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is an immersive one-woman comedy show created and performed by Margot Przymierska, in collabortion...

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WESELE / WEDDING SHOW 

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Make Margot British

After 16 years of living the UK I decided to apply for the British Citizenship but it's expensive!

MY CROWDFUNDER CAMPAIGN TO BECOME A BRITISH CITIZEN 😳🇬🇧 

It’s not that I don't want to be Polish but the Brexit referendum and the recent general election meant that I was excluded from having my say in two events that will impact my future in the UK, so it's time to get my right to vote! 

FULL STORY & HOW TO DONATE IN THE LINK

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Showreel - Margot Przymierska

Margot Przymierska is a Polish born, London-based actor and performer represented by Jackie Nicholson Associates.Spotlight: spotlight.com/interactive/cv/3579...

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Wedding MC - Addressing The Proletariat

Sometimes being a wedding MC isn't as glamorous as you may expect. Very often it consists of schlepping from one location to another, between jobs, eating bland…

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One of the most known songs from 1989 - ‘Wehikuł Czasu’ / ‘Time Machine’ by the legendary band Dżem got everyone dancing & swaying on the dance floor. I think we all sometimes hark back to the times of our youth and dreams and take stock of where we are now, how many of our dreams came true and how it makes us feel.... A truly moving moment captured on video.

🇵🇱’Wehikuł Czasu’

Pamiętam dobrze ideał swój Marzeniami żyłem jak król Siódma rano to dla mnie noc Pracować nie chciałem, włóczyłem się Za to do "puszki" zamykano mnie Za to zwykle zamykano mnie Po knajpach grywałem za piwko i chleb Na szyciu blues'a tak mijał mi dzień Tylko nocą do klubu "Puls" Jam Session do rana - tam królował blues To już minęło, ten klimat, ten luz Ci wspaniali ludzie nie powrócą Nie powrócą już

🇬🇧’Time Machine’ 

I remember well my ideal

With my dreams I used to live like a king

Seven o'clock in the morning - for me that was night

I didn't want to work, so I roamed around

For this they locked me up (in a "tin")

For this they usually locked me up

I played in the pubs for some beer and bread

While I performed blues, such the day was passing  

Only at night the pulse (was) in the club

Jam session 'till the morning - there the blues ruled

That's already over, this atmosphere, this coolness

These wonderful people, they won't come back

They won't come back anymore

lyrics by https://lyricstranslate.com/en/wehikul-czasu-time-machine.html

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Welcome to the video diary of a wedding emcee branching out to hosting Andrzejki aka St Andrew’s party, which traditionally in Poland is on 29-30 Nov. It is a magical night of fortunetelling mainly with regards to ones future husband or wife. Naturally, I was thrilled to be involved and spread a bit of love and glitter at Whitley Farm at the end of season party for the Hall Hunter Partnership employees. As it happens it turned out to be one of my favourite parties in 2018 because of the warm and welcoming atmosphere created by the most lovely people who made me feel like part of family. It was also the first night I tried out my raspberry bob. Thought? 

#weseleshow

#weddingemcee

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When the unofficial Polish anthem comes on you can't really prioritise anything else. Emcee in action.