Lyrics: Włodzimierz Wysocki
Music: Marek Napiórkowski
Vocal: Natalia Kukulska
Musicians:
- Marek Napiórkowski
- Michał Dąbrówka
- Marcin Górny
- Paweł Pańta
- and dancers from the Lublin Dance Theatre
It all started when one dad, Włodzimierz Wysocki – having run out of a repertoire of popular lullabies – began to invent new ones for his children. His lullaby poems needed music and so with the help of guitarist and composer Marek Napiórkowski were turned into songs. Next, Natalia Kukulska lend them her voice, warm and deep like a summer night. This gave rise to the show "Searching in Dreams," a concert of lullabies for the youngest audience of Old Theatre, set in a specially arranged dream-like space with pillows and puffs, where you can comfortably lie down and listen to the soothing sounds of music. And those who will fall asleep will not be woken up until the end of the show.
The audience is kindly encouraged to wear comfortable loose clothes. Sleep assistants such as teddy bears, dolls or other favourite cuddles are welcome (free admission for them). The ground floor seats are not numbered. The audience is kindly to take off their shoes and take the nearest free cushion or puff. The places in the lodges are numbered.
Natalia Kukulska is one of the most popular and renowned Polish singers with a very rich artistic output. Since her debut at the age of seven, she has gone a long way. She is a talented and hard-working perfectionist. By composing and writing lyrics, she constantly develops her passion. In her "adult" career she has recorded eight solo albums, most of which became gold, platinum or multi-platinum records. "Ósmy plan" is her latest double album. Like on two previous albums, "Sexi Flexi" and "Comix", the artist consistently follows her own, not always close-to-mainstream musical path. A path that has earned her recognition of the Polish music industry. She has won many awards and as many as 11 nominations for the Fryderyk Award. Her solo albums are: "Ósmy Plan" (2010), "Sexi Flexi" (2007), "Natalia Kukulska" (2003), "You" (2001), "Autoportret" , "Puls" (1997), "Light" (1996). The new album will be released in autumn this year.
Marek Napiórkowski is a leading Polish guitarist and composer. Since the beginning of his career his works have appeared at the top of Polish music charts. He has been voted Best Jazz Guitarist of the Year by readers of the Jazz Forum magazine continuously since 2012. An eight-time nominee for the prestigious FRYDERYK Music Award for Best Jazz Musician of the Year and Best Jazz Album of the Year. He has recorded over 150 albums with different artists and 6 solo albums, including "Free" (2007, golden record), "UP!" (2013), "Celuloid" (2015), "Marek Napiórkowski Sextet - Live "(2016). He has collaborated and recorded with artists such as Patel Metheny, Mino Cinel, Marcus Miller, Richard Bona, Anna Maria Jopek, Dhafer Youssef, Angélique Kidjo, Grégoir Maret, Tomasz Stańko, Leszek Możdżer, Ewa Bem, Dorota Miśkiewicz. He has performed in Japan, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, China, Russia and most countries across Europe.
Włodzimierz Wysocki is a lawyer and the author of lyrics for, among others, Jan Kondrak and the Lublin Federation of Bards. He lives and sometimes creates in Lublin.
Maria Ekier graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where, in 1971, she earned a diploma with distinction from the Faculty of Graphic Arts under Professor Jan Marcin Szancer and Professor Julian Pałka. She is the author of book covers and illustrations for children’s books. She has received many awards and distinctions, including the BIB award (1999 and 2007), the IBBY Honour List, the Most Beautiful Book of the Year Award in the Polish Association of Book Publishers Competition for the book "Kocur mruży ślepia złote," the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Polish section of the IBBY (source: http://www.hokus-pokus.pl ). She is the author of the poster for the production "Searching in Dreams".