Drama Reading Room – Konstantin Kostienko – Jazz
(reading’s) director: Daniel Adamczyk; readers: Konrad Biel, Ania Dudziak, Justyna Kazek, Mateusz Nowak, Rafał Radliński, Jarosław Tomica, Ilona Zgiet, Michał Zgiet, Jarosław Zoń
Lida goes to the hairdresser's. A tie-wearing man is looking for a job. Construction workers are faced with trouble on-site... And everywhere there are only words, more and more words, lost and unfound words, out-of-place and out-of-context words, words being engulfed by vacuum. The music of Russian streets transpires to be a form of deeply touching jazz of the slaves to language. "What are you afraid of more? Silence or the sounds of words?," asks Kostienko in his play, searching for genuineness and values in contemporary world by default populated by simulacra.
Konstantin Kostienko is a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. He has been writing dramas since 1999. His texts are critically acclaimed; Kostienko is a recipient of prizes in numerous drama competitions. His plays were featured in many festivals, including The New Drama Festival in Moscow and the Festival of the New Russian Drama in Irkutsk. In Russia his texts were staged first thanks to the Russian playwright and educator of the new generation Nikolai Kolyada.
Admission: complimentary tickets (available at the Centre's box office from Monday to Friday - 12-6pm).
The Project is created in cooperation with the Central Theatre (Teatr Centralny) and the "Dialog" Monthly.