Luk Perceval, director of 3SIÓSTR i One Long Day, returned to the stage of the National Old Theatre in Kraków, preparing an adaptation of the monumental series of novels Les Rougon‑Macquart by Emile Zola, one of France's most famous writers. The author described in 20 volumes the fate of one fictional family of Rougon‑Macquarts, making the protagonists businessmen, freight forwarders, revolutionaries, prostitutes, miners and doctors. Each member of the family faces what the previous generation passed on to him/her in inheritance: poverty, alcoholism, madness, ambition, artistic talent. At the same time, it remains influenced by the reality in which it functions. Zola presented in a cycle the profound social and economic changes of the late 19th century, creating moving stories of greed, lust, the search for happiness, love and a better life.In his adaptation of the famous saga, Luk Perceval asks the questions posed anew by Zola: what determines the development of humanity? Where do we come from? How did we become the people we are today? Can humanity become “better”?
The mad cry of Małgorzata Zawadzka and the whisper of Anna Dymna, the unbridled energy of Aleksandra Nowosadko, the passionate Ewa Kaim and the ethereality of Magda Grąziowska, Krzysztof Zawadzki filling the space of the stage with himself and the withdrawn Roman Gancarczyk playing somewhere on the proscenium. The actors complement each other by playing roles, they are one character, just another, once a woman, then a man. And the jointly sung song “Formidable” has a power much greater than the sung solo songs (some could boldly compete with the original).
Anna Piątkowska, “Dziennik Polski”
The performance is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Sex Hajs and Hunger — Program
Awards and Festivals:
○ Sibiu International Theatre Festival — Romania, 2026
○ DIALOG International Theatre Festival — Wrocław, 2025
○ Best screenplay for Luka Percevala | in the BEST 2024/2025 list according to TEATR Monthly
○ Best supporting female roles for Eva Kaim and Alexandra Novosadko | in the summary of the 2024/2025 season of THEATER for ALL
The license to use the musical illustration was granted by the Association of Authors ZAiKS.
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SEX, HAJS and HUNGER, a family chronicle according to Emil Zola
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Luk Perceval, director of 3SIÓSTR i One Long Day, returned to the stage of the National Old Theatre in Kraków, preparing an adaptation of the monumental series of novels Les Rougon‑Macquart by Emile Zola, one of France's most famous writers. The author described in 20 volumes the fate of one fictional family of Rougon‑Macquarts, making the protagonists businessmen, freight forwarders, revolutionaries, prostitutes, miners and doctors. Each member of the family faces what the previous generation passed on to him/her in inheritance: poverty, alcoholism, madness, ambition, artistic talent. At the same time, it remains influenced by the reality in which it functions. Zola presented in a cycle the profound social and economic changes of the late 19th century, creating moving stories of greed, lust, the search for happiness, love and a better life.In his adaptation of the famous saga, Luk Perceval asks the questions posed anew by Zola: what determines the development of humanity? Where do we come from? Like st
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