IMPATIENT

November 21, 2026

Time: 19:00

Venue: Kana Theatre - tickets: 50/40zł

The eponymous impatiens are plants whose name in many languages is associated with impatience or intolerance to touch (e.g. the species Impatiens noli-tangere from Latin noli me tangere - “do not touch me”). The stories evoked in the play are characterized by a similar chronic hypersensitivity built up just under the skin — one impulse is enough to reach a critical point. The author's monodrama Bibianna Chimiak tells about our mental condition and the limits of its endurance, about facing extreme situations posed by reality. It is built on subtleties, small gestures, a dark but also full of tenderness atmosphere, with a good dose of black humor, a little thrill, almost no words, but with a lot of theatrical magic.

The performance nominated for the “Amber Ring” 2023, in the category of best performance of the season and best acting creation. In Aram Stern's Subjective Theatre Alphabet 2023 (“Theatre for All”), the performance received two distinctions: in the MONODRAM category for Bibianna Chimiak and in the SCENOGRAPHY category for Ark Piętak and Maciej Osmycki.

(...) precise and delicate, tasteful and poetic, but also funny and thrilling, it is a sad magic for universal and at the same time contemporary themes.

AD Liskowacki — Szczecin Courier

This is an in-depth study of loneliness. Bibianna Chimiak (...) takes us into the black abyss that each of us carries within us, but not everyone has the courage to look there.

Małgorzata Klimczak - Dziennik Teatralny Szczecin

I felt like in the theater in my childhood and at the same time as in an art gallery. A magical hour in Cana.

Inga Iwasiow

“Inpatient"Written, directed and performed by: Bibianna ChimiakDirector-dramaturgy collaboration: Jiri ZemanSet design: Arkadiusz Piętak in collaboration with Maciej OsmyckiMusic production: Bibianna Chimiakvideo: Radek Nagayze with special participation by Jiri Zeman and Piotr MotasProduction manager: Piotr Motasposter: Kaja Renkasphotos: Michał WojtarowiczLight, sound and multimedia: Krzysztof “Novik” NowakRealization: Kanapremiera Theatre: 10-11 December 2022Sensitive content: smoke, strobe light and profanity appear in the performanceduration: 60 min.

This project would not have been created if it were not for the support and commitment of many people, for which I am extremely grateful. I especially thank Piotr Motas, for his open head, heart, willingness to work, dedicated time and faith in the project since its inception; Jirce Zeman, for working to close the project, without his support, extraordinary energy, rich experience and wonderful sense of humor, it would not have been possible to finish on time. I thank Ark Piętak, Maćek Osmycki, Radek Nagay, who put their work and imagination into building this world with me; Novik for multifunctionality, Ula Czeleń for helping me with the worst, black job and Kana Theatre Center for creating opportunities for me to work creatively, cheering and financial and organizational help. And to my loved ones for patience and understanding. Once again, thank you all very much.

Bibianna Chimiak

Realized as part of the Creative Scholarship of the City of Szczecin.