owocilpoS, czyli wieś pod Grójcem
owocilpoS, a village near Grójec

Summary/Abstract: A review of the performance Soplicowo – owocilpoS. Suplement directed by Piotr Cieplak (National Theatre, Warsaw, prem.: 9 Jun 2016). The author gives a precise description of the performance, which, referring to Pan Tadeusz (especially the polonaise dance in the finale) show a grotesque world after a nondescript catastrophe: „The action takes place in Poland, but one which is a small natural reserve difficult to place in space or time. Its inhabitants are animalistic, wild, primal”. The performance, presenting a critique of the nationalist-Catholic traditions in Poland, also contains a potential of sentimentalism that slightly weakens the message of the show, resulting from the “elements of beauty” breaking through the grotesque world.

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