On the threshold or the secret of abandoned pants

It is the secret of abandoned trousers.An exciting presentation of beautiful factual evidence.

One day an elderly gentleman, a librarian from
of the small Dutch town of Hoofddorp, found among the returned
books old tourist guide. There would be nothing strange in this,
if not for the fact that this guide was borrowed by someone... 113 years earlier! Who
and why did he return it today? On the library card of the book
only a strange address was saved - in China... Intrigued
The librarian decides to find out what's behind it all. Selects
to wander along the tracks left by people entangled in
history unfolding in the most unforeseen directions.
Visits London, Beijing, Rome, Bonn, goes to Australia, Greece and
France. The tracks also lead to different times, in the 19th century and earlier. Along with
as a librarian, we come across the trail of the mythical Flying Dutchman and equally
The mythical Jew of the Eternal Wanderer. There is a suspicion that this
He, the librarian from Hoofddorp, is the Flying Dutchman...
Everything in this crazy monology-monodrama becomes possible...

The play by Glen Berger, written with extraordinary virtuosity, was included in the top ten plays of 2001 in the USA and to this day is played on many stages of the world. It had its Polish premiere at the Atheneum.

The show was directed by Bartek Konopka. Yes, that Bartek Konopka! Film director. He is responsible, among others, for The Art of Disappearing and the documentary Rabbit in Berlin, which has been awarded at many festivals, and of course the Oscar-nominated documentary Rabbit in Berlin. The play W progu is his theatrical debut.

Late viewers, due to the specificity of the scenography used in the performance, will not be allowed into the audience.