New Year's Eve at the Theatre - 'Please, Wyspiański dies'

This is not a story of dying, but of life. About buffoonery, selfishness, jealousy, cruelty and pride. But also about dreams, art and about love. Our show is not a laudatory for the Fourth Witch.

The last night of Wyspiański's life. Or maybe the last moment? The place of action is his cephalothorax. The space — the stage and the audience of the Slovak Theatre. The same where he first staged his Wedding and Liberation, of which he wanted to become director. But it didn't work out, because “they” chose “that bloated Solsky.” There will be a lot of “them” too. About “those” who criticized, refused, took, did not pay, envied and even at the end quarreled over the cost of his funeral. All the characters that appear on the stage have their prototype in the past or present. Unlike events that certainly did not happen.

At this last moment of life, when imagination replaces reality, Wyspiański is followed by his mother, who had died many years earlier. And he leads him, like Virgil, through the space between life and death, where, as on stage, everything is possible.

Cast: Agnieszka Przepiórska (guest) - Daughter Helenka/Wife Teosia/Wanda Siemaszkowa Wanda Skorny - Aunt Janina Stankiewiczowa/Student III Lida Bogaczówna - Aunt Janina Stankiewiczowa/Student III (double) Anna Syrbu - Helena Modrzejewska/Mehoffer Marta Walder's wife - Mother Aleksander Fiałek (guest)) - Lucjan Rydel/Doctor Tulp/ Critic from Gliwice Grzegorz Łukawski - Lucjan Rydel/Doctor Tulp/ Critic from Gliwice (double) Maciej Półtorak (guest) - Son of Mieciu/Józef Mehoffer/Bartek Szydłowski/Student I Sławomir Rokita - Uncle Kazimierz Rogowski/Jan Matejko/Tadeusz Kantor/Student IV Adam Wietrzyński - Son of Teś/Critic from Warsaw/Piotr Augustyniak/Blogger/Student II/Przykry Neighbor Vitalik Havryla - Son of Teoś/Critic from Warsaw/Piotr Augustyniak/Blogger/Student II/Przykry Neighbor (double) Krzysztof Wrona (guest) - Stanisław Wyspiański Tomasz Wysocki - Son Staś/Krystian Lupa/Ludwik Solski/ Father Eustachi/ Jerzy Grzegorzewski Maja Krzeszcz (guest) - Muse/Student V Wojtek Krzak (guest) - Wernyhora/Student VI

The inspiration for creators and actors in the process of collecting materials and creating characters in the play was Monika Śliwińska's book “Wyspiański. As long as there is enough life.”

The license to use the work, illustrative music and musical illustration was granted by the Association of Authors ZAiKS.