Face to Face

Teatr Powszechny im. Zygmunta Hübnera w Warszawie (Warsaw, Poland)

Teatr Polski im. Hieronima Konieczki w Bydgoszczy (Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Thursday, 6.06.2023 | at 5pm

Arena Toruń | Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa, ul. Bema 73-89

tickets prices:

normal 60 zł

reduced 50 zł

earphones: English

In his work, Ingmar Bergman focused on exploring the innermost recesses of the psyche of human beings finding themselves in extreme situations. He concentrated on those isolated from the outside world. He would place his characters on an 'island’ – locked in the web of family relations, in countries in a state of emergency. Thus held captive, you put your bonds to the test and, as if through a magnifying glass, observe relations that have been eluding you with all the hustle and bustle going on. Does forced confrontation with the other and with yourself give insight, or drive you to madness? Will you see yourself “as if in a mirror”? Will you have the courage to stand against yourself and the ultimate, face to face? Bergman is a guide to the time of the ‘quarantine’ involving confinement, isolation, insight and confrontation. He guides us through the transformation process, the intimate process of change, re-evaluation, and death. You gradually realize that you have found yourself within the time of death, death which cannot be identified, mourned or understood. Whether you like it or not, death needs representation. That is what art is for. Through representation, film, theatre, literature, and visual arts prevent a traumatic, hidden record of fear from surfacing. The artist is still looking for a language to tame the untamed. Art is still trying to overtake reality. This is the duty of
Art. To try and keep trying.
[Maja Kleczewska, Łukasz Chotkowski]

The performance uses loud music, low-frequency sounds and cigarette smoke. People sensitive to this type of effects are advised to be extra careful.

directed by: Maja Kleczewska

dramaturg: Łukasz Chotkowski

playscript: Łukasz Chotkowski, Maja Kleczewska

set design: Zbigniew Libera

costume design: Konrad Parol

music: Cezary Duchnowski

lighting design: Piotr Pieczyński

production of the film materials: Kacper Fertacz

editing of the film materials: Alan Zejer

producer, assistant to the director: Michalina Dement-Żemła

live video: Klaudia Kęska

assistants to the directors: Olga Ciężkowska, Patrycja Wysokińska

camera operator on stage: Łukasz Nadwodny 

stage manager: Iza Stolarska/Hanna Gruszczyńska

sound production on the set and sound design of the film materials: Jan Moszumański

focus puller, assistant to the camera operator: Maciej Berski

lighting on the set: Jakub Gamdzyk (master), Kamil Andryszczyk, Bartosz Baprawski

performers:

Karolina Adamczyk

Aleksandra Bożek

Michalina Dement-Żemła

Michał Jarmicki

Ezra Kos

Damian Kwiatkowski

Michał Surówka

Dagmara Mrowiec-Matuszak

Arkadiusz Pyć

Maria Robaszkiewicz

Piotr Stramowski

Julian Świeżewski

Małgorzata Witkowska

extra: Robert Dobak 

appearing in the film fragments – Anna Dzieduszycka, Krzysztof Nagnajewicz, Krzysztof Lach 

photo: Magda Hueckel

running time: 2h 50 (no interval)