Animal Farm

Based on the text by George Orwell, adapted by Radosław Paczocha.

The performance was awarded the Main Prize of the Children’s and Youth Jury at the 4th International Puppet Theatre Festival “Classics Anew” organized by the Jan Dorman Children’s Theatre of Zagłębie in Będzin. Jan Dorman in Będzin.

Iron Man, Thor, Batman, Flash… Do the heroes we know from the Marvel and DC cinematic universes have anything interesting to offer us? Of course they do; after all, there’s a reason American blockbusters are so popular. But do the worlds in which these characters operate have anything in common with the reality we live in? That’s a completely different question…

Animal Farm, directed by Gabriel Gietzky, examines the character of the contemporary world. How is it possible that we have all come to believe so deeply in its black-and-white, one-dimensional nature? Why is it so easy for us to divide into good and bad, distant and close? What do we lose when we stop seeing the nuances of situations and experiences, especially in relation to another person?*

*If you didn’t understand this question literally, this performance is for you. If you did – it’s even more for you.

Premiere: March 23, 2024

Creators

Direction: Gabriel Gietzky
Set design: Adrian Lewandowski
Choreography: Szymon Michlewicz-Sowa
Music: Marcin Nenko
Lighting design: Prot Jarnuszkiewicz
Choreographer’s assistant: Kamila Biedrzycka

Cast

Łukasz Batko
Łukasz Bzura
Żaneta Małkowska
Hanna Matusiak
Piotr Pasek
Ewa Wróblewska

Additional materials

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Gallery

Two actresses in fluffy, multicolored fur costumes on a dark stage — one in a pink-orange-yellow coat, the other in brown-pink fur with a pompom on her head, with an intense, dramatic facial expression.
Two figures in fluffy fur costumes and large, flat, geometric animal masks stand on a smoke-filled stage lit by blue light.
A group of actors in colorful fur costumes and stylized animal masks in dynamic poses on a stage lit by blue and purple light.
Actors in elaborate fur costumes on a dark stage — one figure in blue fur stands over a kneeling actor beside a large black clover-shaped prop, in blue and red spotlights.
An actor in a fluffy pink-orange-white fur coat with raised arms reaches toward a large, flat animal mask suspended above the stage.
photos: Piotr Osak

Trailer

trailer: Piotr Osak

Poster

Colorful theatrical poster for the performance "Animal Farm," depicting a caricatured pig with a human head floating above stylized clouds on a blue background
poster: Marta Frej