Saturday brought one of the most memorable days of this year’s Malta Festival. Magdalena Cielecka completed her 24-hour performative marathon in The Second Woman, Ewa Dziarnowska’s This resting, patience had its Polish premiere, and an evening of concerts by Efterklang, Charlie Cunningham and Beirut revealed yet another musical face of the festival. Sunday marks the grand finale, with King No-One, Kacperczyk and Two Door Cinema Club bringing this year’s Malta Festival Music Stage to a close.

The final evening at the Poznań International Fair grounds will conclude this year’s Malta Festival Music Stage. At 19:00, British indie band King No-One will open the programme with the guitar-driven energy and infectious live performances that have earned them a devoted following. At 20:30, Polish duo Kacperczyk – the only Polish act in this year’s international line-up and one of the most distinctive voices of the country’s young alternative scene – will take the stage. The festival’s musical finale belongs to Two Door Cinema Club (22:15). The Northern Irish trio returns to Poznań with the songs that have filled festival stages around the world for the past fifteen years, bringing Malta Festival 2026’s concert programme to a close.

Another major highlight of the day is the second Polish presentation of This resting, patience by Ewa Dziarnowska. Beginning at 19:00 in the Stary Browar, Słodownia, this three-hour work exists somewhere between performance and installation, inviting audiences into an experience shaped by time, movement and sustained attention. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the piece allows meaning to emerge through the observation of bodies, relationships and shared presence.

Sunday also offers the final opportunity to experience two of this year’s key theatre productions. At 12:00 and 17:00 PM, Teatr Polski will present Very Very Hamlet by Dominika Knapik – a bold remix of Shakespeare’s classic, balancing grotesque humour, performance and theatrical excess. At 18:00, audiences can catch the final performance of Pulverkopf, directed by Katarzyna Kalwat and starring Jacek Poniedziałek. Based on Edward Pasewicz’s Angelus Prize-winning novel, the production explores memory, history and the search for identity.

At 15:00 in the UAP Atrium, Off Script: Men’s Relationships After “The Second Woman” will bring together ten of Magdalena Cielecka’s stage partners to reflect on their participation in one of the most talked-about productions of this year’s Malta Festival. Taking place the day after the 24-hour performance concluded, the conversation will explore the emotions and reflections left behind by the project, focusing on relationships, intimacy, contemporary masculinity and the personal experiences sparked by taking part in the performance. Rather than a traditional panel discussion, the event will take the form of an open conversation about emotion, human connection and different ways of experiencing closeness.

For the final time this year, Malta Festival will also spill out into the city. At the Old Market Square, at the corner of Szkolna and Paderewskiego Streets, Lyrical Minutes in the City by Dirk Opstaele and the Slovenian collective Bunker will return at 12:15, 15:15 and 20:00. Once again, unexpected bursts of operatic singing will echo between the historic townhouses, briefly transforming the rhythm of everyday city life.

Keep your ears open for BANDAKADABRA as well. If you hear brass instruments and drums, simply follow the music. The Italian brass band will make its final appearances across Poznań, once again turning passers-by into audiences and ordinary streets into joyful open-air concert venues.

Before the music takes over later in the day, the morning will begin, as always, with festival yoga. Due to the continuing heatwave, the session will once again take place indoors at the Festival Club. Sunday’s practice focuses on releasing tension and relaxing the body after an intense week of festival experiences, offering a gentle hatha yoga session centred on breath and mindful movement.

Later in the evening, Women’s Cinema returns to Stary Browar Park. At 21:30 , audiences will see Clarinet – a poetic story about memory, family secrets and finding one’s own voice. The screening will be followed by a conversation with actress Weronika Humaj and director Tola Jasionowska.

Although it is the festival’s final day, the programme shows no signs of slowing down. Music, theatre, dance, cinema and events throughout the city will keep Malta alive until the very last performance. There will be time for summaries tomorrow.

See you at Malta!

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