Small talk narodowy
The National Small Talk

Summary/Abstract: Aleksandra Haduła reviews The Wedding directed by Radosław Rychcik at Śląski Theater in Katowice (premiere: 8.01.2015), based on the work by Stanisław Wyspiański, and Aleksandra Łojek's reportage series Belfast: 99 Walls of a Room. The author details how the director uses the Polish national drama to speak of the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. She points out that the identities and stories of the figures appearing on stage are somewhat vague. She appreciates the project for its spectacular staging concepts, but has a critical take on the manipulation of The Wedding, which, adapted to fit a foreign context, significantly adumbrated, and filled out with new scenes, becomes a marginal part of the production.

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