On the blade of a knife

“On the Knife Blade” is a story about people working in a restaurant kitchen — a place where daily chores turn into a brutal system of dependencies, hierarchies and tensions. The screenplay by Joanna Kowalska, inspired by Arnold Wesker's drama The Kitchen, sets the action in a contemporary reality in which the kitchen becomes the lens of social relations.

We will see a world of sharp divisions: between those who give orders and those who carry them out. In constant tension, romances and betrayals, alliances and conflicts, dreams of another life and a feeling of being stuck with no way out are born.

Directed by Piotr Ratajczak, the play is about love and hunger — not only food, but also closeness, meaning and agency. A real, professional kitchen will appear on the stage, where the protagonists will not only prepare dishes, but also face pressure, hierarchy and the limits of their own endurance.

A show for viewers from the age of 16.

Joanna Kowalska “On the Blade of a Knife” script inspired by Arnold Wesker's drama “The Kitchen”

stage foreman — Piotr Drost, editor — Mikołaj Rysmanowski, light — Rafał Drost, sound — Jakub Krikel, Michał Jakubowski, wardrobe — Izabela Baranowska, Anna Krajewska, Jolanta Rysmanowska, Agata Zalewska, make-up — Anna Czapnik-Nogaj, Joanna Kozłowska, props — Barbara Poczwardowska, Jacek OlkowskiTailoring workshop — Lidia Krzywdzińska, Renata Szczepańska, Grażyna Studzińska

Technical manager: Tomasz BaranowskiProduction specialist: Aneta Belcik

Photos from the performance: Wojtek Szabelski

Photos from the session and on the poster: Marek Zimakiewicz