Opening Night: 13 April 2013
Author: Eugène Ionesco
Title: The Bald Soprano
Original Title: La Cantatrice chauve
Translator: Jerzy Lisowski
Director: Maciej Prus

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall
Running time: 1 hour 10 min, no interval

The Bald Soprano

Do the limits of my language mean the limits of my world? The manifesto of the Theatre of the Absurd directed by Maciej Prus.

The Smiths, the Martins, the maid and the Fire Chief. They babble. Unable to express any thought or feeling, these characters embody the nonsense of everyday conversations and public speeches. Their language expands and fills up the cosmos, revealing its absurdity. A classic comedy of the 20th-century.

director: Maciej Prus 
set design: Boris Kudlička 
costume design: Jagna Janicka 
lighting design: Maciej Igielski

Cast: 

Mr. Smith Artur Żmijewski (guest actor)
Mrs. Smith Ewa Wiśniewska
Mr. Martin Jacek Mikołajczak
Mrs. Martin Anna Seniuk
Mary, the maid Beata Fudalej
The Fire Chief Grzegorz Kwiecień

Production team:

  • set designer's assistants: Arkadiusz Chrustowski, Elwira Szyszka
  • costume designer's assistant: Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Łukasz Obuch-Woszczatyński, Tomasz Księżak, Kacper Bobylak
  • sound technicians: Marcin Kotwa, Maciej Rybicki
    • video projection: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak
  • stage manager, prompter: Ewa Dworecka



Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

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