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    West coast

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    West coast

    In principle, this work of art is a kind of a made up narration of the place from the play of Maria Bernard Koltes. The place of the action is precisely set in the play by the author. It is a devastated hangar placed in a bad neighborhood of an unspecified city. The emotions of the characters are more interesting for me than an attempt to create a realistic setting.
    The designed space is my personal vision of those emotions. It is a crippled and injured place. It is namely a crater or a hole in the ground with sharp grooved edges. It is an unfriendly and sinister landscape. In the center of the crater an unusual, odd and alien object has settled. It is a meteorite.
    Maybe, it is the cause of the catastrophe of this place. This alien object has fitted into the surroundings, however, its strangeness is still jarring similarly to black and dumb Abad, who is a mysterious character of the play and who can bring both salvation and destruction to the rest of characters. When designing it was crucial for me to convey the rawness of this place. Sealed edges of the crater are truly steep and sharp, what creates a great challenge for the movement of the actors.

    Actors:
    Joanna Kasperek
    Wojciech Niemczyk
    Jacek Mąka
    Beata Pszeniczna
    Dawid Żłobiński
    Piotr Stanek
    Anna Ameliańczyk
    Andrzej Plata
    Radek Duda

     

    Theatre company: Żeromskiego Theatre in Kielce
    Month & year of production: 10th of December 2016
    Set designer: Agata Skwarczyńska
    Costume designer: Agata Skwarczyńska

    Other Designers:
    Author: Marie Bernard Koltes
    Director: Kuba Kowalski
    Dramaturgy: Julia Holewińska
    Live music: Radek Duda
    Choreographer:Katarzyna Chmielewska
    Light designer: Damian Pawella
    Assistant: Dagna Dywicka

    Photo: Krzysztof Bielicki

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