MonoFest Day 2

DAY 2

18.00 Lidia wiśniewska — daughter This mother

19.00 Inez Wilczewska — Who or not what

20.00 Julia Jakubowska — Life in transit. So if I can do it, you can do it too.

daughter This mother

I am the flesh of her body. Created in her likeness. Is My Body Really Mine? The daughter is an extension of the mother. Where does the mother end, where does the daughter begin? A play about the complicated relationship between mother and daughter and the search for a daughter's relationship with herself.

The idea for the show was born from a fascination with the character of Aglaja Veterynya and her work, as well as personal observations, a desire to deconstruct and analyze the mother-daughter relationship in a deeper way, as well as artistic explorations around the theme of the corporeality.

Director, scenography: Paweł Sroka

Performance, screenplay: Lidia Wiśniewska

Music arrangement: Wiktor Marut

Lidia Wiśniewska - Actress, monodramist, dancer. She completed her bachelor's degree in Intercultural Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He is currently studying the Laboratories of Contemporary Culture at the Jagiellonian University. He plays at the Kąt Theater in Jarosław (“Afternoon Games”, “Dances in Bellybag”, “Mice and People”) and Trajektoria Theater in Katowice. For 10 years the actress of the youth theater Plaster. She is a co-creator of the multidisciplinary art project Soundpainting Polska. Her monodramas directed by Paweł Sroka (“Do you like it here?” and “Daughter This Mother”) have been repeatedly appreciated by the audience and the jury at numerous festivals, winning, among others: Grand Prix at the 18th Small Theatre Festival in Lublin, Second Prize at the 18th German Festival of Monodrama Motyf, the Award of the Director of the Eighth Day Theatre — Renata Stolarska at the National Young Theatre Meetings Wuchta, Special Award for the 3rd Robinson festival of non-professional theatre makers of one actor Nitra Slovakia.

In October, the premiere of the third monodrama (“Where do I go now?”) will take place.

In his artistic work, he draws from physical theater. Recently, he has been intensively practicing contact improvisation. It explores the combination of the techniques of word theatre, movement and socially engaged art.

Paweł Sroka — actor of the Creature Theater from Gorzów Wielkopolski and the Flying Theater of Kantor from Rzeszów and a long-time actor of the Przedmieście Theater from Rzeszów, director, theater instructor, cultural animator, visual artist, scenographer. Founder of theaters: Plaster, Plaster, Theater of One Actor, Theater Kąt, Jarosław Theater of Fine Arts Kącik and Teatr Cienie (theater for people with Intellectual Disabilities) Co-creator of the Izabella Melińska Chamber Youth Stage — a space for theatrical education of children, youth and adults in the Jarosław Center for Culture and Art. Originator and organizer of the Jarosław Theatre Review “In the Courtyard”, the National Festival of Theatres DrobNY and Summer Theatrics “under the cloud” for children and more. Two-time laureate of the Union of Artists of Polish Scenes, the Award of the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship for special achievements in the field of culture and the “Jarosław” Award of the Mayor of the City of Jarosław in the field of culture.

Who or not what

“Who or not what” invites you to a world where nothing is obvious. The clues lead nowhere, the answers raise further questions, and each scene reveals only fragments of the whole puzzle. Together with the heroes, the audience becomes a participant in the investigation. He analyzes clues, questions his own assumptions and tries to create a course of events. This is a criminal riddle of ambiguity and conjecture. The line between truth and appearances is blurring all the time. In the end, only one question remains: who... and maybe not even what?

Producers of the monodrama:

Written by: Wojciech Krolek

Music: Jakub Jugo

Set design: Emilia Burtan

Directed by: Inez Wilczewska

Cast: Inez Wilczewska

Sound and light director: Alicja Koziarczyk

Inez Wilczewska graduated from the 4th year at the Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow, a branch in Wrocław at the puppet department. She has already had the opportunity to present her acting creations on the boards of the Contemporary Theater in Wrocław, the Polish Theater in Warsaw, the Animation Theater in Poznań and the Baj Pomorski Theater in Toruń as part of the Open Theater and festivals. Outside the stage, she is a lover of the literature of Agatha Christie, Andrzej Sapkowski and Łukasz Barys, and she treats music as a source of inspiration that awakens the imagination and accompanies her in the creative process.

Emilia Burtan is a stage design student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (2nd year). He takes his first steps in the world of theater and film. He believes that the best thing he can do, at this stage of his artistic development, is to gather experience and acquire knowledge. He creates in a versatile way, from painting, through performance, to sculpture. He feels the most inspiration when visiting medieval monuments.

Jakub Jugo is a drummer by education, a composer by choice (also by education). A graduate of the Wrocław AmKla. He moves in different varieties of musical matter, depending on his current interests. His artistic tastes and tastes range from classic beauty to artful virtuosity as well as a gentle touch of humour. Specialty: string music, music, stone, anti-jazz.

Wojciech Krolek is a graduate of Theatrology at the Jagiellonian University, currently a student at the Faculty of Directing and Dramaturgy AST in Krakow (year: III). A reader of Werner Schwab's dramas and Jerzy Pilch's novels, fond of Wojciech Stefańec's pictorial stories. Enthusiast of shorter and longer cinematic experimental forms. Specialization:Dramaturgy.

Clementyna Lamort de Gail is 24 years old and has just graduated from the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. She made her debut in the film “Green Border” by Agnieszka Holland, and then starred in Olga Chajdas's “Dziadku we wiejem”, “Black Death” by Kuba Czekaj, “Chopin, Chopin!” Michał Kwieciński, or “The Good House” by Wojciech Smarzowski. I perform at the Rampa Theatre in Warsaw. She loves theater, her big family, and friends.

Life in transit. So if I can do it, you can do it too.

The performance is the result of my work on the director's examination under the supervision of Michał Walczak, which I conducted from the classes “Rapid City Theater” at the A. Zelwerowicz Theater Academy in Warsaw. I wrote the script myself, inspired by the daily struggles of combining independent motherhood with artistic work and full-time study at a university that is located in another city.

Despite the seemingly difficult subject matter, it is a hilarious monodrama, in a form close to stand-up, that aims to bring hope to all people, perhaps burdened with responsibilities, but who end up doing what they love and spending time with those they love. This event in the form is very simple, one actress, uses few props, we change the light minimally, a few simple inscriptions appear from the projector, we use a video recording made at home, in a private situation using a mobile phone. All the magic happens thanks to the meeting of Clementine with the audience and the story, which allows the common imagination to act. While working with actress Clementina Lamort de Gail, we adapted the script together. It's a frequent practice for me and an important part of rehearsals, as a director and actor inspire each other. Video created for us by Ignacy Ciunelis

Julia Jakubowska (1986), studied directing at the 4th year of the Theater Academy in Warsaw. Before that, she graduated from Theatrology at the University of Applied Sciences.

Film and theater actress. When she directs, she usually writes texts herself or adapts the literature. For 18 years she has been associated with CHOREA Theatre in Łódź, for 8 years (2012-2020) she co-created the collective “Stereo Akt” in Budapest, Hungary. In recent years, she has assisted Jan Englert with the performance of the Television Theatre “The Nameless Work” by S. I. Witkiewicz, Mikołaj Grabowski with the play “Chamowo” by M. Białoszewski at the Ateneum Theatre. She has held directorial seminars (so far) with: Wojciech Adamczyk, Jarosław Kilian, Mateusz Bednarkiewicz, Marta Miłoszewska, Jarosław Gajewski, Jan Klata, Łukasz Chotkowski, Michał Znaniecki, Anna Augustynowicz, Michał Walczak, Maja Kleczewski Ska. She is just starting her assistantship with Katarzyna Minkowska at the Jaracz Theatre in Łódź.

Ignacy Ciunelis:

born in 1994. graduate of directing PWStVit in Łódź, editor, film and theater creator. Since 2023 he has been associated with the S. Jaracz Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw.

The National Festival of the Theater of One Actor MonoFest is one of the most important events that the Sewing House has been creating for years.

It is an event that has its own brand and rich history, presenting to the Łódź audience artistically diverse performances of the theater of one actor selected in the selection process.

MonoFest has the form of a review, promoting and investigating the phenomenon of monodrama, which is also a space for conversations in a warm and friendly atmosphere, during which we also learn to talk about theater without running away from any issues.