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Exploited and abused by the authorities, speaking a language incomprehensible to others, locked in a local intergenerational community – they raise their heads to demand respect for who they are. Ready to start a revolution if anyone reaches out for what makes up their identity.
In the mid-19th century, an event in the Owl Mountains region shook Europe, and its media coverage became a symbolic spark for the later Spring of Nations. The story of the rebellion of Silesian weavers who demanded better living conditions inspired Nobel Prize winner Gerhart Hauptmann. Read from today’s perspective, his drama is not only a story based on facts, but above all a picture of the struggle for recognition and dignity.
We waited 70 years for this title at the Silesian Theatre! In the autumn of 1954, rehearsals for the play “The Weavers”, translated by Wilhelm Szewczyk, began on our stage. However, the Polish premiere, planned for the first months of 1955, did not take place – its production was suspended. Today, the Nobel Prize winner’s work is recalled by Maja Kleczewska, one of the most important Polish directors, well known to our audience for such titles as “Under Pressure” and “The Kindly Ones”. For the purposes of this production, she uses a new Silesian translation of Hauptmann’s text by Mirosław Syniawa.
direction: Maja Kleczewska
translation and language consulting: Mirosław Syniawa
adaptation and dramaturgy: Grzegorz Niziołek
dramaturgical cooperation: Zbigniew Rokita
stage design and lighting production: Justyna Łagowska
choreography: Maćko Prusak
costumes: Konrad Parol
music: Cezary Duchnowski
projections: Krzysztof Garbaczewski
poster designer: Lex Drewinski
assistant director: Zbigniew Wróbel
stage manager: Karolina Wieczorek
prompter: Dagmara Habryka-Białas
production management: Małgorzata Długowska-Błach
technical production manager: Maciej Rokita
production assistant: Dorota Damec-Hanulak
zabezpieczenie alpinistyczne: Robert Pilarczyk, Tomasz Motyl
pyrotechnic effects: Tomasz Pałasz
lighting production: Maria Machowska, Szymon Suchoń, Piotr Roszczenko
projections production: Krzysztof Woźniak, Mateusz Maniewski
subtitle production: Valriia Priadka
sound production: Marcin Łyczkowski, Maciej Baranowski
camera operators: Bartłomiej Sowa, Aleksandra Kasprzykiewicz, Bartłomiej Wustrau
cast:
Nina Batovska, Aleksandra Bernatek, Katarzyna Brzoska, Grażyna Bułka, Piotr Bułka, Dariusz Chojnacki, Jakub Fret, Marcin Gaweł, Paweł Kempa, Wiesław Kupczak, Ewa Leśniak, Barbara Lubos-Rokita, Arkadiusz Machel, Michał Piotrowski, Grzegorz Przybył, Wiesław Sławik, Marcin Szaforz, Kateryna Vasiukova, Zbigniew Wróbel, Mateusz Znaniecki, Borys Poniatowski, Leon Poniatowski, Leonard Dziurosz
Dagmara Habryka-Białas, Mariusz Konieczny, Andrzej Kozak, Sebastian Krysiak, Wioleta Krysiak, Jolanta Maciaszczyk, Janusz Michnik, Piotr Sobota, Piotr Stanusz, Jerzy Śpiewakowski, Karolina Wieczorek, Mirosław Witek, Robert Witkowski, Sebastian Zastróżny
dog Abra
Trigger warnings: The performance contains scenes of violence, nudity and loud pyrotechnic effects. No animals were harmed in the production of this performance.
The script of the play uses excerpts from Martín Caparrós’ reportage “Hunger” translated by Marta Szafrańska-Brandt.