Actor Mateusz Nowak is going to perform on the International Monodrama Festival THESPIS in Kiel, Germany, with his own monodrama, "Sacrifice".
"Sacrifice" is a monodrama inspired by Piotr Woźniak’s memories Zapluty karzeł reakcji (A reactionary thug) with fragments from Adam Mickiewicz’s epic poem Pan Tadeusz (Sir Thaddeus) and a poem Śniła się zima (A dream of winter).
premiere – 2016
play-script by Stanisław Miedziewski and Mateusz Nowak
translated into English by Andrzej Kępski
performed by Mateusz Nowak
directed by Stanisław Miedziewski
make-up by Agnieszka Adamczewska
audio-recording by Konrad Biel
costume design by Magdalena Franczak
lights by Marcin Kabat Kowalczuk
costume by Bożena Piotrowska
sound by Łukasz Szulc
The monodrama tells a story of a member of the Armia Krajowa (the Home Army) imprisoned for four years during the Stalinist regime, a period of history to which access has been made difficult. How is one supposed to talk about the people whose lot is a warning to us all? This is already a national myth Should we practice historical hagiography? It is Poles who did that to Poles. Nobody else but Poles. Not Martians. Poles. Always Poles. The monodrama was presented abroad in Armenia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraina.
The monodrama was produced thanks to the Scholarship of the Mayor of the City of Lublin.
