Operette

(...) While the opera is something awkward, irremediably doomed to pretension, operetta, in its divine idiocy, in heavenly sclerosis, takes wing thanks to song, dance, gesture, and mask and seems to me to be perfect theater, perfectly theatrical. It is not surprising, then, that I yielded to temptation ... But how is one to fill the puppet-show emptiness of operetta with real drama? For, as you know, the work of an artist is an eternally dedicated to reconciling contradictions, opposites - and the reason that I am tackling so frivolous a form is to provide it with seriousness and suffering. Therefore, while one aspect of this operetta must, from the beginning to end, be nothing but operetta, untouchable and sovereign in its standards as operetta, it must also present the touching drama of humanity.” W. Gombrowicz, in the commentary to "Operetta"

There is an eternal dressing up, a poisoned carnival, a mad rush from one form to another - says Waldemar Zawodziński, the director of the show - Gombrowicz shows a man who resigns from himself, from the truth and succumbs to successive dictates, other forms that constrain and enslave him and which at some point there is no escape.

As with Gombrowicz, on the Studio stage, a clash - a light, graceful form of operetta that is pleasing to the eye and ear, on the other side the content of a powerful caliber - the drama of successive generations subjected to the dictatorship that is constantly reviving in the new Form. As the author wrote - "On the one hand, this operetta should be only an operetta from the beginning to the end, inviolable and sovereign in its operetta elements; and on the other hand, it is supposed to be a pathetic drama of humanity."

"Operetta" is a great intellectual adventure for these young people - says Waldemar Zawodziński - Gombrowicz makes you reflect, makes you think about the determination of the individual, about the pitfalls of history, about the dangers awaiting modern man. The text has not lost its relevance at all - on the contrary - says the director of "Operetta" about the actors.

Fashion is the symbol of dictatorship in Gombrowicz. So we will travel in time as guides having new fashion outfits characteristic of a given time. Dictatorship, in this case the dictatorship of fashion, is still the Dictatorship - although so attractive, so temptingly presented. Under the glitz, chic and style that pleases the eye, there is danger lurking. The only release from him can be ... nudity.

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes. The actors are accompanied by a music band composed of:

Kamil Biadała (double bass), Ozeasz Błaszczyk (drums), Paweł Mirowski (cello), Wiktoria Koziara (saxophone), Sławomir Wilga (violin), Kamil Leszczyński (clarinet), Michał Zarych (piano)