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Warsaw Theatre Meetings are carried out thanks to the financial support of the Capital City of Warsaw and funding from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
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This production, based on Ali Smith’s novel Autumn, is a stage adaptation directed by Katarzyna Minkowska – one of the most promising artists of the youngest generation.
Focusing on the unusual friendship between Daniel – a centenarian plagued by insomnia – and Elizabeth, a woman in her thirties, Autumn paints a vivid picture of a society in flux. Ali Smith’s narrative unfolds as a collage of fragmented realities: memories, images, forgotten emotions, and – strikingly present – social chaos and widening divisions that shape our individual lives.
Dreams blend with reality, memories with fantasy, all gently framed by the quiet shift in seasons. As a hot, oppressive summer gives way to autumn, the story – built from scraps, cuttings and impressions – emerges as both a poetic journey through oneiric imagery and a sharp reflection on how political and social forces shape who we are.
Based on Ali Smith’s novel Autumn
director: Katarzyna Minkowska
dramaturgy: Joanna Połeć
adaptation: Joanna Połeć, Katarzyna Minkowska
scenography: Łukasz Mleczak
light engineer: Monika Stolarska
video: Marek Kozakiewicz
costumes: Jola Łobacz
music: Wojciech Frycz
choreography: Krystyna Lama Szydłowska
director’s assistant: Maciej Ćwieluch
pianist: Marcel Baliński
cast:
Justyna Janowska, Halina Rasiakówna, Tomasz Lulek, Filip Szatarski, Agnieszka Kwietniewska, Michał Opaliński, Igor Kujawski, Katarzyna Wuczko,
local community: Maciej Ćwieluch, Jan Dusza, Mateusz Guzowski, Anastazja Kowalska, Olga Mleczko, Jakub Sendek
The performance features the songs Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night and The Tombstone Told Me When She Died by Dylan Thomas (translated by Stanisław Barańczak), Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (translated by Anna Dzierzgowska), and Save the Last Dance for Me by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, performed by Bruce Willis. Licensing for these works was granted by the Society of Authors ZAiKS.
The performance includes strobe lighting and smoke effects. It also contains nudity and the use of cigarette smoke.