„A Black” - but what does it mean? Cover Image

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„A Black” - but what does it mean?

Author(s): Agata Łuksza
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: review; The Blacks; Iga Ganczarczyk; Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz; feminist discourse; postcolonial thought;

Summary/Abstract: A review of the performance The Blacks, directed by Iga Gańczarczyk on the basis of Jean Genet's play at the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz (prem.: 17 Jan 2015). The director put Genet's interventionist play within the conext of feminist discourse, and in this provocative way she was able to return this text – extremely difficult in terms of staging – to Polish theatre. In Gańczarczyk's interpretation feminist reflection merges with postcolonial thought, pointing at a similar scheme constructing gender and racial identity, similarly born in a „hall of social mirrors”.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 125
  • Page Range: 103-106
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish