Jan Klata is a theatre director and playwright, born in 1973. He is one of the most famous Polish theatre artists in recent years. He has produced over 30 shows in theatres in Wrocław, Gdańsk, Bydgoszcz, Kraków, Warsaw as well as Graz, Düsseldorf, Bochum and Berlin. He is the prize winner of the Passport of Polityka and the Konrad Swinarski Award.