Opening Night: 5 September 2020
Author: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Title: Mother Joan of the Angels
Original Title: Matka Joanna od Aniołów
Director: Wojciech Faruga

Auditorium: Wierzbowa Street Hall

Running time: 1 hour 40 min, no 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 →

Mother Joan of the Angels

An outstanding war-time short story by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Tadeusz Konwicki's important film in the history of Polish cinema.

A young exorcist, Father Suryn, arrives in Ludyń on the outskirts of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is said that the local monastery was taken over by the devil. What do nuns experience? How does evil arise that we do not understand? A performance about the need to experience something that surpasses us.

In the title role of the prioress – Małgorzata Kożuchowska


director, set and lighting design: Wojciech Faruga
costumes design: Konrad Parol
music: Teoniki Rożynek
dramaturgy: Julia Holewińska  
stage movement: Krystian Łysoń 

Cast

and children:
Jan Przybylski / Mikołaj Wachowski – Alunio
Milana Glinka / Lena Grzyb – Krysia


Production team:

  • director's assistants: Mateusz Kmiecik, Kamila Straszyńska (AT)
  • lighting technicians: Łukasz Obuch-Woszczatyński, Tomasz Księżak
  • sound technicians: Marcin Kotwa, Maciej Rybicki
  • stage managers: Adam Borkowski
  • prompters: Anna Leszczyńska / Magdalena Markowska



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

Gallery:

Małgorzata Kożuchowska (Mother Joan), Karol Pocheć (Father Suryn) and the Company. Phot. Magda Hueckel

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