Acropolis

Saturday, April 1, 2017, 7:15 PM

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The creators of this visually unique production viewed the famous play as if it were a disk containing data from the past, and the motifs and themes preserved on it that are the most essential for our civilization underwent a conversion, a certain cultural process of recycling: “Wyspiański’s Greek mythology and Old Testament are replaced by science, technology, form. […] On the stage, we don’t see any of the misterium which Wyspiański wanted, we only bear witness to the trance that the actors fall into, plunged into motionlessness, into self-examination. It’s a strange state in which a body dissolves in a reality composed of images, sounds and surfaces. Twarkowski puts emphasis on two of the play’s motifs: he examines the brotherly relations between Hector and Paris, and between Jacob and Esau, and contrasts them with the father figures (Priam and Isaac). Suddenly, from beneath the mythological and biblical ornamentation, characters emerge who are trying to understand who they are and why they exist,” wrote Łukasz Drewniak in Dziennik Polski.

based on the work by Stanisław Wyspiański
Dir. Łukasz Twarkowski
Cast:

Bogdan Brzyski Amor; Parys; Ezaw
Paweł Kruszelnicki Anioł I; Hektor; Laban
Marta Ojrzyńska Anioł II; Helena; Lia
Iwona Budner Anioł III; Hekuba; Rebeka
Zbigniew Ruciński Anioł III; Priam; Izaak
Zbigniew W. Kaleta Hektor; Jakub
Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik Kasandra; Ted; Anioł
Małgorzata Zawadzka Niewiasta; Andromaka; Rachel
Małgorzata Gałkowska Pani; Andromaka; Rebeka

Stary National Theatre

ul. Jagiellońska 1

Stary National Theatre is one of the oldest theatres in Poland. Its contemporary repertoire consists of both contemporary works and reinterpretations of classics.

The theatre, which found its home in a historical building on a corner of Szczepański Square, is one of Poland’s national stages, directly managed by the Minister of Culture. In the 19th century, its stage was graced by the theatre’s current patron, a consummate actress, Helena Modrzejewska, known to the English-speaking world as Modjeska. A great many eminent artists trod the legendary boards of the Stary after the war, notably Tadeusz Kantor, Jerzy Grotowski, Zygmunt Hübner, and Krystian Lupa. The stagings of Adam Mickiewicz’s The Forefathers’ Eve directed by Konrad Swinarski and of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed directed by Andrzej Wajda made history. The contemporary repertoire of the theatre consists both of current works and reinterpretations of classics.

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