Performance(s)
Venue and date:
National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest - Gobbi Hilda Stage
2023. 10. 03., 19:00
Company:
Těšínské Theatre, Český Těšín, Czech Republic
Festival:
10th MITEM
Görbe templom
Theatre

Leaning church

Performance(s)
Venue and date:
National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest - Gobbi Hilda Stage
2023. 10. 03., 19:00
Company:
Těšínské Theatre, Český Těšín, Czech Republic
Festival:
10th MITEM
Author:
Karin Lednická
Director:
Radovan Lipus

Translation and adaptation: 
Renata Putzlacher
Stage and costume designer: 
Marta Roszkopfová
Music and musical arrangement: 
Dorota Barová
Stage movement: 
Gabriela Klusáková
Assistant director: 
Marcin Kaleta
Videoprojections: 
Roman Mrázek
Synopsis

The main story of the show begins with a huge mining accident in 1894, which severely affected the lives of the inhabitants of the entire region. Among them are the heroes of this story, whose turbulent destinies we can follow for the next quarter of a century. Barbora, Julka and Ludwik are representatives of three completely different storylines, which, however, intertwine in many places and create a plastic picture of half-forgotten times, the harshness of which is in many ways almost unimaginable for today's spectator.

Each hero faces life's challenges in their own way: some patiently submit to them, others grasp at the opportunities offered by the volatile times. However, History intervenes repeatedly and mercilessly in all destinies and can easily turn the efforts of an ordinary person into dust. Or not. 

The story is based on real events, many of which have not yet been covered. The narration takes place at a dramatic pace and so authentically that the events before the viewer's eyes often turn into a living drama recording even what, until recently, remained hidden in the thirteenth chamber of Czech history.

Cast
Jan Monczka (v.m.)
Malgorzata Pikus
Barbara Szotek-Stonawski
Tomasz Kłaptocz
Krystian Stonawski (v.m.)
Katarzyna Kluz
Mira Kłaptocz (v.m.)
Joanna Gruszka
Zbyšek Radek
Grzegorz Widera
Kamil Mularz
Marcin Kaleta
Dariusz Waraksa
Lidia Khrzanovna
Jadwiga Grygierczyk (v.m.).
Infos
Runtime: 150 min
Language: Performed in Polish with Hungarian and English subtitles
Acts: 2
The Director

He was born in 1966. Lipus is theatre, television and radio director and teacher at The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague / Theatre Faculty (Damu). He worked as a drama director at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava. Then he was the director of Švandovo Theatre in Prague until 2010. From 2010 he has been a freelancer. In the theatre world, he has been a director from Pilsen to Košice, from puppets to opera, from independent site-specific performances to the golden portals of large drama theatres (National Theatre Prague, National Theatre Brno, Theatre at Vinohrady). He has almost a hundred productions and projects to his credit, which have participated in numerous festivals and won many awards.

The Company

The theatre, performing in Czech and Polish, has operated in Český Těšín, Czech Republic, since 1945; its Polish company was founded in 1951 and is the only Polish professional theatre company outside Poland. The town, which is still bilingual, has been on the border between Poland and Czechoslovakia since the territorial division of 1920. The key mission of the theatre is to serve the bilingual community. Since its foundation, it has staged some 470 productions, presenting world classics for all ages, Polish and Czech playwrights, and works by regional authors. The institution has a Czech and a Polish ensemble, as well as a "Bajka" or "fairy tale" company performing in both languages.

Inviting Theater
National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest