Adapted and directed by
Tadeusz Bradecki
Set design
Paweł Dobrzycki
Music
Andrzej Marko
Choreography
Anna Majer
Assistant director
Marcin Szaforz
Assistant to set designer
Małgorzata Ptok

Cast:

Jorg
Wiesław Sławik
Berta
Alina Chechelska
Gryjtka
Ewa Leśniak
Tekla
Krystyna Wiśniewska
A
Marcin Szaforz
B
Marek Rachoń
C
Maciej Wizner
Uroczyński
Antoni Gryzik

Stage manager
Dagmara Habryka
Prompter
Maria Krupa


Premiere: 5.01.2008
Large Stage
time: 150 mins

Patronat medialny:

Stanisław Mutz - Polterabend

Polterabend by Stanisław Mutz is a poetic "fresco" written in the Silesian dialect, depicting the complicated history of the region of Silesia and its inhabitants in the past century. In his first theatrical play, the author portrays a model Silesian family, (Father - Jorg, W. Sławik, Mother – Berta, A. Chechelska, Grandma – E. Leśniak) that can be considered timeless, in a way "eternal" with their ups and downs and dramatic choices that need to be made by new generations, born and raised in the family. The plot begins at the end of the WWI and finishes after the WWII, encompassing the Silesian uprisings, plebiscite and giving an in-depth account of 1930s and 1940s. In Polterabend the history of Silesia, even if turbulent and dramatic, is only a background for individual dramas, for an arduous process of developing the complex Silesian cultural identity. The question about identity and limits of cultural autonomy is the key driving force behind the play’s plot and conflicts.

Polterabend is an attempt at a metaphoric description of the 20th century drama of indigenous Silesians: they are under pressure of alternating waves of German and Polish nationalism, suppressed by eruptions of totalitarian ideologies; their ability to survive is put into cruel test. Being Silesian is like a cursed treasure – priceless, but you need to pay the highest price in order to keep it.

Stanisław Mutz - (1965) of Silesian origin, linguist and artist, published three volumes of poetry until 1989. Translations of his poems appeared in an Austrian quarterly "Perspektive". He was granted a scholarship in dramatic works by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2007.