All Wrong! The World’s Worst Show About Adolescence

Imagine the worst traveling theater troupe in the world. They do not lack enthusiasm, but they do lack skill, talent, and money. To change their difficult financial situation, they decide to prepare a show for young audiences. They choose the topic of adolescence, because everyone can say something about it; after all, it wasn’t that long ago… They piece together a script: a simple love story with a theatrical insight into the inner body and emotions of both a girl and a boy. The actors have already rehearsed a bit, and today they have their first public performance. As one might easily guess, everything will go wrong during the show. Exactly like during adolescence!

*The performance features pulsating and strobe lighting, which may cause discomfort for individuals sensitive to such stimuli.

The performance participates in the 31st National Competition for the Staging of Contemporary Polish Art.

The National Competition for the Staging of Contemporary Polish Art aims to reward the most interesting repertoire explorations in Polish theater, support native dramaturgy in its stage realizations, and popularize contemporary Polish drama. The competition is organized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw.

In the first stage of the Competition, the performances are evaluated by the Artistic Committee composed of: Jacek Sieradzki (chairman), Adam Karol Drozdowski, Dominik Gac, Anna Pajęcka, Kamila Łapicka, Eryk Maciejowski, Wiktoria Wojas.

Premiere April 13, 2024

Creators

Direction: Mira Mańka
Set Design: Anna Rogóż
Music: Piotr Osak
Lighting Design: Mikołaj Kałużny
Choreography: Olga Bury

Cast

Krzysztof Ciesielski
Małgorzata Krawczenko
Piotr Osak
Paweł Pacyna (gościnnie)
Anna Sztuder-Mieszek
Natalia Wieciech/ Jagoda Zimała

Additional materials

PP_wszystko_zle_ekranyDownload the performance guide

Gallery

An actor with long hair in an olive jacket holds a large, golden disco ball above his head; the walls are covered with golden, plastic light reflections.
An actor in a denim jacket with red veins on the sleeve and an actress in round red glasses and a shirt with a chest print stand against a purple stage background.
Two actors in shiny, sequined jackets and caps resembling viruses stand on stage in intense purple-pink light.
A figure in a dark, voluminous costume with a red headpiece adorned with glowing light bulbs stands in a stage opening amidst thick, orange-lit smoke.
An actress in glasses and a jacket with a chest print, and an actor in a red cap and a jacket with organ prints, stand in front of a textured, salmon-colored wall in warm orange light.
photos: Dawid Stube

Poster

Theater poster for the play "All Wrong," depicting a surreal, anatomical portrait of a torso with pink hair, inside which a miniature theater stage with red curtains opens.
poster: Marta Frej