Meridians

A show inspired by Slavic demonology and the wildness of the Warmia forests.

The eponymous southerners, female spirits and guardians of the natural order, return as guides through the world of memory, nature and untold stories. The performance is enriched by Kurpia songs, present in the sound layer. The creators are looking for the meaning of returning to nature in a world where various therapies and mindfulness techniques have become another promising commodity for healing. Suspended between a fairy tale and the present, the ghosts of the past and the living meet in the forest: a journalist from a big city chasing the truth about the mysterious murders of women, and her father, obsessed with conspiracy theories. The show does not propose purification or final reconciliation, but invites us to be attentive, listen and slowly recover the agency.

Anna Mazurek, a graduate of the Drama Directing Department of the Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, is responsible for the script of the play. She has experience as a playwright, playwright, writer, as well as a director. Together with Olga Ciężkowska, she received the prize for dramaturgy and direction of the play “We are all strange” in the National Competition for the Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art.

“Południc” was directed by Jan Jeliński, a graduate of the Directing Department at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw, twice awarded at the Young Directing Forum (2018 — ZAIKS Award, 2021 — Chief Award of the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport). His performances have been presented, among others, at the Divine Comedy Festival in Krakow, the Festival of Living Classics in Opole, the Malta Festival in Poznań.

The audience of Olsztyn may remember “Hotel Chelsea” prepared by him - a graduation performance of the students of the Studium Actorski (2024 year).