Smutne piosenki o umieraniu
Sad songs about dying

Summary/Abstract: Katarzyna Niedurny writes about the 23rd International Theatre Festival Kontakt in Toruń (22-29 May 2016), focusing on two performances: The Iliad, directed by Jernej Lorenci the dance performance Vader by the Belgian group Peeping Tom. Niedurny emphasises the fact that the level of the two productions far surpassed the rest of the performances shown at the festival. The theme linking the two works is death. Writing about The Iliad, the author points out the arrangement of the stage space, the pivotal scenes of the performance and the ways of creating a feeling of community between the creators and the audience. The second performance described in the article tells the story of an elderly man who is trying to adapt to the life in a nursing home, and is built predominantly around the tension between laughter and pity.

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