True story

On the treadmill of life

“True Story” by Olga Tokarczuk, directed by Michał Zadara

This is a funny show about a professor who is late for a banquet. Tokarchuk shows that a small case is enough for tamed things to move from place and show their other side.

Director Michał Zadara brings the text to the stage exactly as it was written. It allows actors to play with a story that unfolds faster and faster until it pulls everyone into an increasingly lively rhythm. The suit turns into the suit of the pursued, and a business trip - into a nightmarish adventure.

The journey, so important for Tokarczuk, becomes an emotional journey here: from calm to panic, from distance to the full experience of life. A treadmill appears on the scene - a machine that pulls the hero into a rush.

The second part of the show is “Passenger”. After the rush and bustle of the first part, we hear the voice of an alien on a night plane. Tokarczuk says that this story “turns us towards ourselves” — we open ourselves to someone else's story and we can find something familiar in it.

Spectacle. “True Story” shows how easy it is to find yourself on the other side of the glass and how amazing every moment of life can be.

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632nd premiere of the Polish Theatre in Wrocław

Performances with subtitles in English

Performances with English subtitles

Special thanks

for Wrocław Airport S.A. and the carrier Ryanair for providing space for the realization of the trailer of the Youth Sports Centre Wrocław for co-organizing the event “Run with Marian” for Karolina Miśkowicz for acting during rehearsals

The play takes part in the 32nd National Competition for the Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art

The National Competition for the Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art aims to reward the most interesting repertory research in Polish theatre, to support domestic dramaturgy in its stage productions, to popularize Polish contemporary drama and to broaden the field of theatre criticism thanks to the presence of members of the Artistic Commission at performances in theatre centres throughout the country and their review activities.

The competition is organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw.

The substantive coordinator of the Competition is Dominik Gac, while the organizational and financial coordinator is Maria Stępkowska.