Just heard news from the program assistant Gosia that we CIEE students have the chance to see a production (in Polish with English subtitles) tomorrow evening. I confirmed to her that I would like to attend. Here is some info:
"Extraordinary history of students, members of one class. They learned from the same reading primer, they sung the same songs, they had similar dreams: to become a fireman, a doctor, a soldier, a movie star… When ideologies become present in their lives, they stand up against one another. Our Class is a story about how easily friendship turns into hatred and fun is replaced with crime.
Our Class premiered at The National Theatre in London, where the play was directed by Bijan Sheibani. In Poland, Our Class is directed by a Slovak, Ondrej Spišák, stage design is a creation of a Slovak as well, namely František Liptak. The costumes were designed by Jan Kozikowski and the author of choreography is Anna Iberszer.
Performing artists:
Magdalena Czerwińska, Izabela Dąbrowska, Mariusz Drężek, Monika Fronczek, Anna Gryszkówna, Dorota Landowska, Leszek Lichota, Damian Łukawski, Robert T. Majewski, Paweł Pabisiak, Przemysław Sadowski, Marcin Sztabiński and Karol Wróblewski.
‘The play by Tadeusz Słobodzianek is a cunning (covering its tracks) deconstruction of the myth of Polish Confines (Kresy), stubbornly referred to lately as the Borderline (Pogranicze). The myth which, with a great dose of scrupulosity, washes General Józef Haller’s ‘army’ off the history and does the same with massacres, pre-war pacifications and denunciations which were taking place during the time of war. The myth, which replaces the abovementioned with deceptive multiculturalism that has never been present here as it was born in the 1980s in Australia. Tadeusz Słobodzianek’s play is a vivisection of this myth which is worth more or less as much as the hastily created legend about the good partisan called Ogień (Fire) whom x. Józef Tischner had praised enthusiastically until he confronted his knowledge with what the parishioners knew and got to know what Ogień’s bravado really was.
(Joanna Tokarska-Bakir)
‘We need to incessantly face the trauma of Polish – Jewish relations. I believe that it will be possible to present them in a different light, ambiguously, tragically… and trigger not only a reflection but a kind of a catharsis as well which will not leave anybody indifferent.’
(Tadeusz Słobodzianek)"
More details: http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=3323
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