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Flights

  • When

    14.12.2023 , 19:00

  • Where

    Teatr Powszechny im. Zygmunta Hübnera
    ul. Zamoyskiego 20 03-801 Warszawa

  • Language

    surtitled in english

  • Style / Genre

    drama theatre

  • Duration

    2 hours, 40 min

  • Intermission

    yes

Tokarczuk’s book “Bieguni” won the Nike Literary Award and the International Booker Prize. It is a rich collection of stories that seemingly are not connected with one another, stories that are both contemporary and historical. Tokarczuk observes people on the move and people striving to immobilize life through the eternal practice of body mummification. 

Michał Zadara, a laureate of “Polityka’s” Passport Award and a winner of the Konrad Swinarski award, finds in “Bieguni” an innovative way of storytelling that allows to describe human experiences in an authentic way. 

-Olga Tokarczuk portrayed a life that gives a chance of capturing sense but that chance disappears and once again we are in chaos. However, that chance existed and it keeps on leading us through chaos, with hope to find the answers somewhere at the end of this pilgrimage – says the director.

Olga Tokarczuk joins a group of classic authors whose works were interpreted by Michał Zadara in last years: Mickiewicz, Sophocles, Euripides, Słowacki, Brecht, the authors of the Bible… - Tokarczuk’s books are the classics of the new era being born right in front of our eyes – classics of a world that has definitely refused us any cohesion. And this cohesion is not even something that we miss, we are taming the decay – adds the director.

Production

The Zygmunt Huebner Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw/Łaźnia Nowa Theatre in Cracow

Creative

Directed by Michał Zadara
Adaptation: Michał Zadara, Barbara Wysocka
Stage design: Robert Rumas
Video – Artur Sienicki, Michał Zadara, Barbara Wysocka
Costumes – Julia Kornacka and Kornelia Dzikowska
Lighting directors: Piotr Pieczyński, Michał Zadara
Choreographic consultations: Tomasz Wygoda
Director's assistants: Karolina Pawłoś and Maksymilian Nowak (Directing Department, National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw)
Script: Iza Stolarska