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CREDITS: Text of the performance is based on Euripides’ Alcestis, the Oresteia by Aeschylus, Hanna Krall’s Apolonia, Jonathan Littell’s Les Bienveillantes, J.M Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello, Rabidranath Tagore’s drama The Post Office, and more. Direction: Krzysztof Warlikowski Adaptation: Krzysztof Warlikowski, Piotr Gruszczyński, Jacek Poniedziałek Set design and costumes: Małgorzata Szczęśniak Lighting design: Felice Ross Dramaturgy; Piotr Gruszcznyński Music: Paweł Mykietyn, Renate Jett, Piotr Maślanka, Paweł Stankiewicz Video: Paweł Łoziński, Kacper Lisowski, Rafał Listopad Cast: Andrzej Chyra, Magdalena Cielecka, Ewa Dałkowska, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik .Wojciech Kalarus, Marek Kalita, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Adam Nawojeżyk, Magdalena Popławska, Jacek Poniedziałek, Anna Radwan-Gancarczyk, Monika Niemczyk, Maciej Stuhr, Piotr Polak Songs / lyrics and vocal: Renate Jett

Musicians: Paweł Bomert, Piotr Maślanka, Pawel Stankiewicz, Fabian Wlodarek Berceuse op. 57 by Frederic Chopin performed by Jan Krzysztof Broja General Manager: Karolina Ochab Production Manager: Adam Sienkiewicz Technical director: Paweł Kamionka Assistant director / video projections: Katarzyna Łuszczyk Set construction: Marcin Chlanda Stage manager and camera: Łukasz Jóźków Sound: Mirosław Burkot Light: Dariusz Adamski Make up and hair: Monika Kaleta Accessories: Tomasz Laskowski Stage: Kacper Maszkiewicz, Maciej Żurczak Costumes: Elżbieta Fornalska, Ewa Sokołowska Subtitles; Zofia Szymanowska Photography: Stefan Okołowicz Production: Nowy Teatr, Warsaw Co-production: Theatre National de Chaillot, Festival d'Avignon, Theatre de Liege, Theatre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Wiener Festwochen, La Comedie de Geneve Centre Dramatique, Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Fleleny Modrzejewskiej w Krakowie ■ , ■

★ KRZYSZTOF WARLIKOWSKI (Szczecin, 1962) is Polish theatre director, creator and artistic director of Nowy Teatr, in Warsaw. After graduating from history, philosophy and Romance languages in Krakow, as well as history and theatre studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, he finished the Faculty of Theatre Directing at the State Drama School (PWST) in Krakow, where one of his teachers was Krystian Lupa. While at the school, he assisted on plays by directors such as Jean-Pierre Garnier, Krystian Lupa and Peter Brook. Krzysztof Warlikowski worked as a director in various theatres both in Poland and abroad (Warsaw, Krakow, Poznań, Hamburg, Tel Aviv, Milan and Stuttgart among others). In 1999, he began working full-time with Teatr Rozmaitości (known as TR Warszawa today), where he produced seven plays which were regularly invited to esteemed international festivals. At that time, Warlikowski also directed plays in foreign theatres, in cities including Zagreb, Bonn, Nice, Amsterdam, Hannover and Paris. He has also been regularly directing operas on Europe’s most prestigious stages (including Paris, Madrid, Munich etc). In 2008 Warlikowski founded Nowy Teatr in Warsaw and took up the post of the theatre’s artistic director. He has so far directed four shows there: (A)pollonia, The End, African Tales by Shakespeare and Kabaret warszawski.

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