THE FOREFATHERS’
fot. Bartek Barczyk
THE FOREFATHERS’
Director:
Maja Kleczewska
Text author:
Adam Mickiewicz
Duration:
170 minutes

Probably the most important Polish production in the last months, as far as the response in the community goes. The artistic fulfilment of Maja Kleczewska and the actors of the Słowackiego Theatre in Kraków. One of the most uncompromising directors set Dominika Bednarczyk as Konrad / Konrada, having concluded that one who is capable of assuming responsibility for the community, stand on the first line of the front, and be the true sacrifice in contemporary Poland and world riven with dramatic apprehensions must be a woman. Kleczewska reads Adam Mickiewicz’s masterpiece as a prophetic text and discovers in it a valid commentary on the current events. She portrays the divided Poland, haunted by oppression from the powers that be and the church, yet steps as far from the current political cabaret as she only can. With time, a new horror entered the play. After 24 February and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it gained a sharp anti-Russian undertone which is portrayed in the role of Jan Peszek – Novosiltsov: drawn in broad swipes of the brush yet thoroughly piercing. A truly horrifying creation.

Section Biała strzałka w prawo
Inferno
Łukasz Chotkowski
Dramatist
Łukasz Chotkowski, Maja Kleczewska
Playwright
Katarzyna Borkowska
Scenographer, lights director
Konrad Parol
Costumes
Cezary Duchnowski
Music
Kaya Kołodziejczyk
Choreography
Romana Agnel
Choreography for Cracovia Danza’s minuet
Cast:
Tomasz Augustynowicz
Dominika Bednarczyk
Hanna Bieluszko
Lidia Bogaczówna
Rafał Dziwisz
Dorota Godzic
Marcin Kalisz
Karolina Kazoń
Agnieszka Kościelniak
Kaya Kołodziejczyk (gościnnie)
Karol Kubasiewicz
Maciej Jackowski
Maciej Jackowski
Jan Peszek (gościnnie)
Agnieszka Przepiórska / Natalia Strzelecka
Sławomir Rokita
Marcin Sianko
Feliks Szajnert
Katarzyna Zawiślak-Dolny
Tadeusz Zięba
Ewelina Keller, Zuzanna Ruta, Anna Szklener, Simon Bacik, Michał Kępka / Filip Świeczkowski, Łukasz Szkiłądź
Cracovia Danza