Beauty and the Beast

“Beauty and the Beast” is another performance in the repertoire of the Grotesque Theater based on a classic fairy tale and part of the current family performances. The play is a theatrical translation of the 18th century novel by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. The problems and considerations about beauty described by the author, and its importance in our daily lives, have lost none of their relevance. In times of the ubiquitous race for the Best, Biggest and Most Beautiful inner beauty that the writer exposes can be the perfect signpost for the young viewer. “The most important thing is invisible to the eye” — we can confidently repeat after the author of “The Little Prince” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

The performance has a musical form — works stylized as 18th century classical music were composed by Łukasz Damrych (well known to the audience of the Groteska Theatre from the soundtrack to “The Adventures of Tomek Sawyer”). We will also see beautiful dolls — a captivating set design for the performance was created by Mariusz Napierała — renowned set designer of opera and musical theatres. The choreography was composed by the reliable Jarosław Staniek (“Doctor Dolittle”, “The Adventures of Tomek Sawyer”), and the whole was directed by Jerzy Jan Połoński, who has been associated with Groteska for many years.

“On stage, in beautiful scenery, great actors played scenes familiar to us from this eighteenth-century French classic. The graceful Bella, Dominika Guzek, danced and sang beautifully, the repulsive monster Beast moved hard, frightened with red blinds an exquisitely staged pack of wolves. And in the audience... open mouths in admiration, little ones cuddling with mom or squeezing dad's hand, making faces at Bella's evil sisters, bursting with laughter at the bizarre figure of one of the suitors. There were also eyes gleaming with delight staring at the rose garden or a dancing bird in flight, there was a burp to the rhythm of the songs.”

Zofia Gołubiew, Dziennik Polski