For adults only
An
artistic journey into the world of counterculture, the times of identity
and cultural revolution at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. Krystian
Lupa used the lyrics of “Imagine” by John Lennon as a starting point and
he asks a question about the liveliness of utopias in today’s world, in
which spirituality has become commercialized or politicized and
humanistic values, human rights, equality and personal freedom have been
devaluated.
The
director comes back to the psychological and spiritual New Age
phenomenon and the life and creation of John Lennon, who as a “new
Christ” of the hippie era suggested imagining a world without wars,
countries and borders, without hate and ownership, but also without
religion.
Do New Age
visions sound purely naive in our times? Is faith in an endless
evolution of humanity and metaphysics a fantasy or an eternal need of
mankind? Why did the pacifistic idea fail so quickly in the 70s? Does
the need for a spiritual transformation enhance in times of a crisis?
Audio: PL
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, IT, PT, ES, HR, SE.
direction and scenography: Krystian Lupa
script: Krystian Lupa & collective creation of actors
music: Bogumił Misala
costumes: Piotr Skiba
production manager: Michalina Dement-Żemła/Karolina Pawłoś
video: Joanna Kakitek, Natan Berkowicz
director’s assistants and dramaturgy collaboration: Dawid Kot
director’s assistants: Jan Kamiński
costume collaboration: Aleksandra Harasimowicz
stage manager: Iza Stolarska
cast: Karolina Adamczyk, Grzegorz
Artman, Michał Czachor, Anna Ilczuk, Andrzej Kłak, Michał Lacheta, Mateusz Łasowski, Karina Seweryn, Piotr Skiba, Ewa Skibińska, Julian Świeżewski, Marta Zięba.
Co-production of Powszechny Theater in Warsaw and Powszechny Theater in Łódź.
The show is realized within the "Prospero. Extended Theater" international project, thanks to the support of
the “Creative Europe” program of the European Union.
We would like to thank ATM System for renting equipment for recording film materials for the performance.