Mrs. Too Small

Based on the text by Michał Kaźmierczak.

The action takes place in a forest and tells the story of Mr. Shrew, who one winter morning notices that his wife is not in their shared bed. Initially terrified, he eventually calms down, remembering that a characteristic of shrews is to decrease in size for winter (Dehnel’s phenomenon – the effect of seasonal variability of internal organs in small insectivorous mammals /shrews/, discovered and described in 1949 based on Białowieża material by the eminent zoologist and theriologist, Prof. Dr. August Dehnel. Białowieża Forest Encyclopedia). For many months, his loved ones are unable to deliver the most difficult news to Mr. Shrew. Some time passes. When spring arrives, the main character asks his wife to start growing larger. However, no one is visible beside him except his forest friends. They decided to “be close by” Mr. Shrew all the time, because it had been an “exceptionally difficult winter” for him.

Co-financed by the City of Łódź.

Premiere: November 4, 2022

Creators

Directed by and stage movement: Anna Rozmianiec
Set design and graphic identity: Cecylia Kotlicka
Music: Jerzy Satanowski

Cast

Krzysztof Ciesielski
Jagoda Zimała
Anna Sztuder-Mieszek
Ewa Wróblewska

Additional materials

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Gallery

An actress with black, plant-like paintings on her face peeks from behind a bright set decoration with stylized cutouts of trees, clouds, and ferns on a dark stage.
A group of actors in linen costumes leans over an open book in dramatic light; white scraps of paper resembling snow float in the air.
An actress with black, floral paintings on her cheek leans over a large, white cutout of a deer with a forest drawing inside, amidst colorful stage elements.
Two actresses in patchwork costumes with plant-like paintings on their faces hold white paper dolls—an animal with a key and a bird—on a stage strewn with white confetti.
Portrait of an actor in a patchwork linen shirt with a black plant-like painting on his face, holding a white paper animal figurine with black patterns.
photos: HaWa

Trailer

trailer: Mateusz Dziworski

Poster

Theater poster for the play "Mrs. Too Small," depicting a cartoon forest with trees and undergrowth in pastel patches of green, blue, and beige, with the subtitle "Where do we go when we disappear?"
poster: Cecylia Kotlicka