Coup d'etat - DIPLOMA PERFORMANCE
30 november 2013 godz. 18 Teatr Gdynia Główna
direction: Živilė Beniušytė, Aiva Krupelytė, Błażej Tachasiuk
script: Ewelina Jasicka, Živilė Beniušytė, Aiva Krupelytė, Błażej Tachasiuk
artistic director: Ida Bocian
translation and proofreading: Marzena Chojnowska
cast: Veronika Matuiza, Jacek Panek, Božena Simonavičiūtė, Katarzyna Szczepaniak, Sandra Szwarc, Błażej Tachasiuk
Being head of the family. This is a difficult and responsible but also necessary. The family relies on it, they believe that in the event of a crisis, it will regain control, it will guide them through difficult times. What if someday it will be gone? What if the head would decide it would no longer lead? Decapitation. Tragedy. Chaos. But families have to live on. And how do they do it? Just simply – they develop a new one. The incapable one is substituted by a is different one, a better, stronger one. The only question is - "Whose?"
Working on the play was a great challenge. For many reasons. Firstly, Kafka and Metamorphosis - the author and the text are not particularly easy to stage. It is not easy to capture the density and weight unique to Kafka, while at the same time do create a truthfully personal statement using the text itself. A statement which touches upon issues important to the director –when the play is directed not by one, but three directors, finding a common “trigger” of the action becomes thrice as complicated. And this I feel is the second reason why it was not an easy job - when you work alone things do not take such a complicated rout: ok, so I have an idea, I realize it, and verify whether it was good or if it should be changed. That's it. When there are three people, each of whom wants to have (and does have) an impact on the final shape of the performance you need to add one more step to this process "we talk and agree on stuff" - and the work has been a true school of dialogue to me. Dialogue, which consists of listening and speaking - in that order.
Błażej Tachasiuk
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