Everything in the head

Four Very Different People will accidentally meet on stage. They see the world differently because they come from different places, speak different languages and use different senses. Let us ask ourselves: how does a person who does not see with his eyes look at the world? What does a person who speaks a foreign language think and hear? But above all — as it is that regardless of our differences we feel the same — we have similar fears and joys.

Four Very Different People will accidentally meet on stage. They see the world differently because they come from different places, speak different languages and use different senses.

In the performance, the creators use binaural technology, thanks to which the people participating in the performance can become part of the events. There will also be a Head on stage, which will help us enter the world of imagination. A head that is silent, but makes sounds. It's called the Wordless Narrator. Or the Narrator. The head remembers all the places, even those where it has never been, and therefore can dream about them. Like a vehicle, it will take us on a strange journey.

I often do not know how to behave towards Others, although I myself feel Different and I am afraid of rejection. I'm short of words to name the feelings popping up in my head. You know that? With an autopsy? (Autopsy — an eyewitness statement of something, one's own observation).

Let us ask ourselves: how does a person who does not see with his eyes look at the world? What does a person who speaks a foreign language think and hear? But above all — as it is that regardless of our differences we feel the same — we have similar fears and joys.

Because we are all so different, we can try to look at the world from several perspectives and finally see ourselves — a tiny speck in a big ecosystem.

The show, from the beginning to the day of its premiere, is created together with people who are blind and visually impaired — as consultants, experts and contributors at the same time. The script of the show, woven from personal stories, was created based on the collected stories of the participants of the workshops and the work with actresses and actors during rehearsals. “Everything in the head” is a performance for everyone from the age of 10.

The performance, realized together with people with visual disabilities, is designed for blind and visually impaired people. Sighted people will have a chance to feel how blind people experience the world

Colors have smells and tastes. Everything has a smell and taste. Everything is something else. Everything compares to something. Blind people have really strange associations.

The sun is a soft, hot ball on a string that flies up and inside it is a female sorceress who sings high aaaaaa.

(Nicola — workshop participant)

See the educational card for the show

Performance realized as part of the Równi.Various.doc project funded by PFRON

Partnership and substantive support: Polish Association of the Blind, Róża Czacka Laska School and Educational Centre for Blind Children (class 6) run by the Society for the Care of the Darkened

Trailer of the show:

The play takes part in the 30th National Competition for the Exhibition of Polish Contemporary Art.

If you need audio tips on how to get to the Guliwer Theatre, we invite you to listen to the guide in the voice of Elżbieta Pejko.

Screenplay: Zuzanna Bojda Director: Julia Szmyt Sound direction and music: mooryc Set design: Joanna Załęska Assistant director: Anna Przygoda Cast: Wanda Konisevich (guest), Natalia Molodchenko (guest), Georgi Angielow, Marek Reiss (guest)

Inspector: Georgi Angielow

The following spoke: Andrzej Życzyński and children from the 6th grade of the Laski School and Education Centre: Arvin Arabi, Jakub Błażniak, Miłosz Chrobak, Dorian Krzyczkowski, Nikola Stolarczyk

Curator for participation: Elżbieta Pejko Consultations on: Andrzej Życzyński, Nikola Stolarczyk

Project curators: Robert Drobniuch, Anna Kierkosz Co-curators: Julianna Chrzanowska, Agnieszka Evans

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Tags: collaboration contemporary dramaturgy adventure travel imagination self-acceptance courage

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