THE KERWOOD FAMILY

Ray & Michael Cooney KERWOOD FAMILY farce in two acts

A show for viewers over 14 years old.

Spring morning (and soon after), two-story house (rented), sympathetic Tom (in his thirties), quick-witted Linda (also). An important day ahead of them, a slight stress is in the air, but they are in this together and they love each other very much - what could go wrong? With the Cooneys, of course, everything, especially when one of the Kerwood brothers happens to drop off the keys to the van and the other to do a favor to loved ones.

Where a normal person says, “No, no exaggeration, until it's not so bad,” the master of farce will throw, “Watch and learn,” and pour a handful of nonsense right in the face. The viewer barely breaks free, and here he is covered by an avalanche of abstract gags, and it is not quite clear whether to laugh or cry.

Nobody writes dialogues like this today, does not turn up the pace, does not turn the cat with its tail like Messrs. Ray and Michael Cooney. “The Kerwood Family” is one big creative frenzy — bathed in vapors of absurdity, with action that scares the eye in the blink of an eye, with a superintelligent text and a wide field for acting shows.

And the moral of the story? Well, one rabbi will say: “What will the shell soak in when young...”, another rabbi will say: “With the family, it is best in the picture.”

Authors of the play: Ray and Michael Cooney translation: Julita Grodek, Archibald Woodham Stowe

director: Zbigniew Stryj music: Patryk Ołdziewski set and costumes: Natalia Kołodzić light direction: Marek Mroczkowski

assistant director: Sławomir Banś inspector: Beata Jabłońska-Rakoczy

poster author: Aleksandra Sacha

CAST Tom Kerwood: Jarosław Czarnecki Linda Kerwood: Aleksandra Dyjas Dick Kerwood: Marek Chudziński Harry Kerwood: Sławomir Banàs Katerina: Małgorzata Mazurkiewicz Andreas: Dominik Koralewski Downs: Paweł Stefan Mrs Potter: Maria Meyer on 17; 18 October/Ewa Grysko on 15; 16 October Boris: Tomasz Jedz

premiere: April 25, 2025 Large Stage of the Entertainment Theater duration: approx. 140 minutes with a break

PARTNER

The rights of the authors of the play The Kerwood Family are represented in Poland by Elżbieta Manthey, the ADiT Drama and Theatre Agency in Warsaw.

REVIEWS From the front row/Małgorzata Jęczmyk-Głodkowska E-theater/Przemek Gulda Informed/Natalia Zoń Western Diary/Magdalena Nowacka-Goik Theatre Journal/Andrzej Kownacki Theatre Journal/Aleksandra Szablewska

photo: Artur Wacławek