Inspired by the screenplay and the film „The Devil” by Andrzej Żuławski
Text: pilgirm/majewski
Stage direction: Maciej Podstawny
Dramaturgy: Seb Majewski
Stage design: Martyna Chojnacka
Costumes and props: Karolina Mazur
Music: Kondensator Przepływu (Qba Janicki + Bartłomiej Chmara)

Stage Movement: Dorota Furmaniuk
Starring: Elżbieta Golińska [The Modern Theatre of Wrocław], Irena Sierakowska, Jolanta Solarz-Szwed [MTW], Mariusz Bąkowski [MTW], Rafał Kosowski, Tadeusz Ratuszniak [MTW], Dariusz Skowroński, Wojciech Świeściak

 

The performance was created in co-production with The Modern Theatre of Wrocław [MTW].

 

1793 is not an easy year. Only in January the annexation of Polish territories starts, which, in fact, is the second partition of Poland. People living and witnessing the atmosphere of those historical turbulences and growing anarchy are not aware of those events’ consequences. There are actors of wandering Wiktor Ryks theatre among them, with their weird performance shown every evening. The members of this troupe wander and observe the collapsing country. After a while decay and mayhem start to affect them. What will happen with actors in the collapsing country? What kind of a world is dilapidating around them? Who is a king slayer among them? And finally, who really is THE REPUBLIC?

The creators try to answer all those questions.

 

Cast:

Wiktor Ryks – the theatre’s owner – DARIUSZ SKOWROŃSKI

Queen – in a way Ryks’es wife and a star – ELŻBIETA GOLIŃSKA [WTW]

Elephant Woman – a girl with the elephant leg – JOLANTA SOLARZ- SZWED [WTW]

Siamese Brother – a man with two heads – RAFAŁ KOSOWSKI

Weirdo – a hermaphrodite – MARIUSZ BĄKOWSKI  [WTW]

Nun – a sort of a friend  – IRENA SIERAKOWSKA

Jakub – the unrealized king slayer – WOJCIECH ŚWIEŚCIAK

Preacher – neither a devil nor an angel – TADEUSZ RATUSZNIAK [WTW]