Feblik
In a magical, seemingly-rural world, in an unspecified era, a mysterious feblik (Old Polish for an ‘infatuation’) attacks an adolescent girl called Mania.
It is the usual, hungry period before spring’s new crop of food, but, of course... the devil never sleeps. It's so cold you could chop the air with an axe. Grandma is happy cooking by the stove, but something falls off her, and in the spring it is supposed to take root. We accompany the heroine through her fears and surprise at the world, in her despair and her fight for independence. Does anyone know the magic spells that govern our surroundings? The priest, the doctor, or maybe some Gypsies? The most important thing, however, is to remember that "you cure an infatuation with an infatuation".
Małgorzata Maciejewska's surprising drama received the Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award in 2022, the competition’s first year.
director: Lena Frankiewicz
dramaturgy: Małgorzata Maciejewska
set design: Barbara Hanicka
costume design: Michał Dracz
music: Miłosz Pękala
choreography: Agnieszka Kryst
lighting design: Aleksandr Prowaliński
video: Mateusz Zieliński
Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award is organized by the Municipal Theater in Gliwice.
Please mind that in some scenes during the show appears strong strobe and laser lights, cigarette smoke (nicotine free), as well as smoke, fire and pyrotechnic effects.
The play contains the original version of Territorial Pissings from the album Nevermind by Nirvana.
Cast
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Elżbieta Zajko
Mania (guest actor)
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Beata Fudalej
Grandmother
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Anna Grycewicz
Mother
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Joanna Gryga
Bartkova
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Magdalena Warzecha
Doctor
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Anna Chodakowska
Ladzia
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Aleksandra Sroka
Kasiula (guest actor)
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Paweł Tołwiński
Father
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Piotr Grabowski
Parish priest
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Robert Jarociński
Wonuliss, Backwoodsman
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Hubert Łapacz
Tommy
Production team:
- director's assistant (volunteer): Jędrzej Gorski
- lighting technicians: Kacper Bobylak, Bartłomiej Frysztak
- sound technicians: Piotr Gos, Marek Wojtulanis
- video projection: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak
- stage manager: Magdalena Markowska
- prompter: Anna Leszczyńska
Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.
