Opening Night: 4 November 2023
Author: Ödön von Horváth
Title: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Original Title: Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald
Translator: Barbara Swinarska
Director: Małgorzata Bogajewska

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 2 hours 50 min inculding one interval

Ticket prices:

full-price ticket:
140 PLN

concession ticket:
95 PLN

rush ticket:
45 PLN  more info →

students of state theatre and art schools: 
15 PLN more info →

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Małgorzata Bogajewska directs for the second time at the National Theatre. This time she draws on Ödön von Horváth's 1931 drama.

A portrait of a society into which fascism is born. Vienna is in the midst of economic crisis and its inhabitants are lost; they have become cruel and petty, looking for simple ways to deal with a world that is incomprehensible to them. Will every attempt to live in one’s own way be doomed here?


Spectacle for adult audiences
Please mind that in some scenes during the show appears cigarette smoke, as well as smoke effects.


director, dramaturgy: Małgorzata Bogajewska
set and costume design: Anna Maria Karczmarska
music: Bartłomiej Woźniak
choreography: Maćko Prusak
lighting design: Dariusz Pawelec

Cast

Music band

Sebastian Pikula – piano
Kazimierz Nitkiewicz / Piotr Krzemiński – trumpet
Sebastian Kuchczyński / Wojciech Sobura – drums
Piotr Janiec / Piotr Wróbel – tuba
Oliwier Andruszczenko / Michał Robak – clarinet


Production team

  • dramaturgy assistant: Jan Łuć
    director's assistant: Zuzanna Saporznikow
  • lighting technicians: Łukasz Obuch-Woszczatyński, Tomasz Księżak
  • sound technicians: Marcin Kotwa, Maciej Rybicki
  • stage manager: Adam Borkowski
    prompter: Magdalena Markowska
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Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

Gallery

Michalina Łabacz (Marianne), Paweł Brzeszcz (Alfred) and the Company. Phot. Marta Ankiersztejn

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