Direction: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Set design and costumes: Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Text based on J.M. Coetzee’s “Elizabeth Costello”, “Slow Man”, “Moral Tales”: Krzysztof Warlikowski, Piotr Gruszczyński
Collaboration: Łukasz Chotkowski, Mateusz Górniak, Anna Lewandowska
Dramaturgy: Piotr Gruszczyński
Artistic collaboration: Claude Bardouil
Music: Paweł Mykietyn
Lighting design: Felice Ross
Video and animations: Kamil Polak
Make up: Monika Kaleta

Cast: Mariusz Bonaszewski, Magdalena Cielecka, Andrzej Chyra, Ewa Dałkowska, Bartosz Gelner, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Maja Komorowska, Hiroaki Murakami, Maja Ostaszewska, Ewelina Pankowska, Jacek Poniedziałek, Magdalena Popławska

premiere: April 11, 2024

estimated duration: 4 hours, one intermission

The show is in Polish, subtitled in English and French
Translation into French: Margot Carlier
Translation into English: Artur Zapałowski

Production: Nowy Teatr, Warsaw
Co-production: Schauspiel Stuttgart, Festival d’Avignon, Théâtre de Liège, La Colline – théâtre national, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Malta Festival Poznań 2024
Partners: Kinoteka, IAM, Culture.pl, Institut Français de Pologne, Arctic Paper

Adam Mickiewicz Institute is the main partner of the European 2024/2025 tour

The performance uses excerpts from the following literary works:
J.M. Coetzee "Elizabeth Costello" translated into Polish by Zbigniew Batko
J.M. Coetzee "Slow Man" translated into Polish by Magdalena Konikowska
J.M. Coetzee "As a Woman Grows Older", "Vanity", "The Glass Abattoir" translated into Polish by Jacek Poniedziałek

Copyright for "Elizabeth Costello" © 2003 by J.M. Coetzee
Copyright for "Slow Man" © 2005 by J.M. Coetzee
Copyright for "Moral Tales" © 2017 by J.M. Coetzee
Copyright for "Interview" © 2018 by J.M. Coetzee; Soledad Costantini
Arranged by the Peter Lampack Agency, Inc.  

Philippe Parreno "Anywhere Out of the World" (2000)

Sophie Calle "La dernière image", Istanbul 2010 translated into Polish by Agata Kozak
Sophie Calle "Des histoires vraies" © Actes Sud, Arles 2018 translated into Polish by Agnieszka Grudzińska
Sophie Calle "North Pole", 2009
Franz Kafka "Report to the Academy" translated into Polish by Juliusz Kydryński
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Faust" translated into Polish by Jacek St. Buras
Frances Farmer "God is Dying", 1931

Excerpts from the following musical works were used in the performance:
Paweł Mykietyn "Symphony Nº2" performed by the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Michelle Gurevich "First Six Months of Love"

The following photographs were used in the performance:
Gustaf Gründgens, photo by ÖNB / Vienna
Veit Harlan, 1942, photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images
Joseph Goebbels presents professorial appointments to Veit Harlan and Wolfgang Liebneiner, 1943, photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images
Ferdinand Marian in the role of Prince Konstantin in the film "Die Stimme des Herzens", 1937, photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images
Heinz Rühmann, postcard with an image from the film "Bachelor's Paradise", 1939

The visual identity of the performace uses photographs from the series:
Sophie Calle "North Pole", 2009

Trigger warnings: strobe light, loud sound, animal imitation objects