ANGRY. Warsaw jazz opera

Based on the novels “Bad” and “Diary of 1954” by Leopold Tyrmand.

Tickets: 100-150 zł
Premiere: October 3, 2025
Duration: 175 min with a break

Directed by: Jerzy Jan Połoński
Written by: Michał Walczak
Music: Marcin Partyka
Choreography: Jarosław Staniek

Beskrivelse:

Post-war Warsaw is captivated by the enthusiasm of reconstruction and new, wild music — jazz. In the first jazz club on Konopnicka 6, followers of the new sound of the capital gather: bikiniers, gangsters and dance floor stars. The undisputed king of this place is the writer, boxer and playboy: Leopold Tyrmand. When the club is shut down by the anti-obscenity regime, Tyrmand becomes depressed and wanders around the city overrun by hooligans.

During one of the expeditions, he gets into a fight in defense of a high school student who becomes his mistress and falls on the trail of a masked avenger fighting crime alone. Soon after, the girl disappears, and the writer-detective goes in search. He discovers a dark, gangster Warsaw — a city of sin, where mafia tricks and fist power count. Will the writer manage to regain his love and solve the riddle of Warsaw's most famous superhero — the Evil One?

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Rampa Theatre in Targówek, we invite you to a crazy expedition to Warsaw in 1954 — rebuilt, resounding with jazz, controlled from above by the regime censoring every manifestation of freedom and from below by bandits lurking in the streets. The latter can only be opposed by a superhero.

Based on “Dziennik 1954” and the novel “The Bad” by Leopold Tyrmand, the jazz opera is a musical rollercoaster in which boxing mixes eroticism and violence with the romanticism of Warsaw's corners, suburbs and gates.

Poster design — Aleksandra Jasionowska
Author of photo shoot j — Marek Zimakiewicz

The show is recommended for people over 15 years of age.

Directing
Jerzy Jan Polonski

Scenario
Michal Walczak

Música
Marcin Partyka

Costumes and scenography
Marika Wojciechowska

Choreography
Jarosław Staniek

Projections
Karolina Jacewicz and Mateusz Kokot

Lighting Design
Maciej Iwanczyk

Assistant Light Director
Michael J. Dabrowski

Assistant Director
Catherine Bosan

Vocal Preparation
Zuzanna Falkowska and Jagoda Stach

Production management
Anna Makowska

Drums — Kuba Szydło
Guitar — Piotr Aleksandrovich
Bass Guitar — Andrzej Zielak

Thursday 21.05
Camila Boruta — Meto/Roma Leopard/Aniela
Maciej Gąsiorek — Stefan “Kisiel” Kisielewski/Juliusz Kalodon/Franciszek Jenclivy/ Kitwaszewski
Krzysztof Godlewski — Jakub Virus/ Jan Wrzesniak
Marcin Januszkiewicz — Leopold Tyrmand/Bad
Agata Labno — Krystyna/Marta Majewska
Dominika Łakomska — Michalina Dziarska/Milena De Vers
Agnieszka Makowska — Ymka/Eugenia Smiglo/ Wieslaw Mechcinski
Konrad Marshal — Zenon/George Meteor/Edwin Kolanko
Anna Mierzwa — Olimpia Szuwar/Sister Leokadia/Albert Wilga
Paul Monsiel — Robert Kruszyna
Karol Osentowski — Witold Halski/Józef Siupka/Lowa Zylbersztajn
Jarosław Staniek — Bad
Robert Tondera — Filip Merynos/Shaggy Citizen

Friday 22.05
Camila Boruta — Meto/Roma Leopard/Aniela
Maciej Gąsiorek — Stefan “Kisiel” Kisielewski/Juliusz Kalodon/Franciszek Jenclivy/ Kitwaszewski
Krzysztof Godlewski — Jakub Virus/ Jan Wrzesniak
Marcin Januszkiewicz — Leopold Tyrmand/Bad
Agata Labno — Krystyna/Marta Majewska
Dominika Łakomska — Michalina Dziarska/Milena De Vers
Agnieszka Makowska — Ymka/Eugenia Smiglo/ Wieslaw Mechcinski
Konrad Marshal — Zenon/George Meteor/Edwin Kolanko
Anna Mierzwa — Olimpia Szuwar/Sister Leokadia/Albert Wilga
Paul Monsiel — Robert Kruszyna
Karol Osentowski — Witold Halski/Józef Siupka/Lowa Zylbersztajn
Jarosław Staniek — Bad
Robert Tondera — Filip Merynos/Shaggy Citizen

Saturday 23.05
Camila Boruta — Meto/Roma Leopard/Aniela
Julian Mere — Stefan “Kisiel” Kisielewski/Juliusz Kalodont/Franciszek Jenclivy/ Kitvasevsky
Krzysztof Godlewski — Jakub Virus/ Jan Wrzesniak
Marcin Januszkiewicz — Leopold Tyrmand/Bad
Agata Labno — Krystyna/Marta Majewska
Dominika Łakomska — Michalina Dziarska/Milena De Vers
Agnieszka Makowska — Ymka/Eugenia Smiglo/ Wieslaw Mechcinski
Konrad Marshal — Zenon/George Meteor/Edwin Kolanko
Anna Mierzwa — Olimpia Szuwar/Sister Leokadia/Albert Wilga
Paul Monsiel — Robert Kruszyna
Karol Osentowski — Witold Halski/Józef Siupka/Lowa Zylbersztajn
Jarosław Staniek — Bad
Robert Tondera — Filip Merynos/Shaggy Citizen

Sunday 24.05
Camila Boruta — Meto/Roma Leopard/Aniela
Julian Mere — Stefan “Kisiel” Kisielewski/Juliusz Kalodont/Franciszek Jenclivy/ Kitvasevsky
Krzysztof Godlewski — Jakub Virus/ Jan Wrzesniak
Marcin Januszkiewicz — Leopold Tyrmand/Bad
Agata Labno — Krystyna/Marta Majewska
Dominika Łakomska — Michalina Dziarska/Milena De Vers
Agnieszka Makowska — Ymka/Eugenia Smiglo/ Wieslaw Mechcinski
Konrad Marshal — Zenon/George Meteor/Edwin Kolanko
Anna Mierzwa — Olimpia Szuwar/Sister Leokadia/Albert Wilga
Paul Monsiel — Robert Kruszyna
Karol Osentowski — Witold Halski/Józef Siupka/Lowa Zylbersztajn
Jarosław Staniek — Bad
Robert Tondera — Filip Merynos/Shaggy Citizen