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Pieces of a Woman

dir.Kornél Mundruczó
02.05 19:00

The performance will be staged at the Nowy Teatr at 10/16 Madalińskiego Street.

03.05 19:00

The performance will be staged at the Nowy Teatr at 10/16 Madalińskiego Street.

04.05 19:00

The performance will be staged at the Nowy Teatr at 10/16 Madalińskiego Street.

05.05 19:00

The performance will be staged at the Nowy Teatr at 10/16 Madalińskiego Street.

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  • Directed by 

    Kornél Mundruczó

  • Premiered

    December 13, 2018

  • Duration

    2 h 30 min (no intermission)

  • Tickets

    Normal ticket: 120 PLN
    Concessionary ticket: 85 PLN
    Normal group ticket (more than 10 people): 105 PLN
    Concessionary group ticket (over 10 people): 75 PLN

Attention!

The performance includes some nuditySmoke and strobe light are used in the performance.

For more detailsplease contact the education department: edukacja@trwarszawa.pl.

The performance is recommended for audiences aged 16 and over.

About

A feminist family drama set in present day Warsaw, powered by the strength and determination of female characters. A family get-together shows, as if through a lens, the problems and internal conflicts of Polish society. 

The protagonist of the play, 30-year-old Maja struggles with a personal tragedy. In order to get back on track, she must question her old life and rebuild from scratch the relationships with her family. “Pieces of a Woman” is an evocative picture of modern women who fight for the right to decide about their own life. Kornél Mundruczó – director, and Kata Weber – author of the script, portrait each character with great empathy – they don’t judge or criticize any of the characters gathered around the family table. The performance employs cinematographic means of expression and captivates the viewers with intimate narrative, the realism of the details and tenderness of the actor’s creations. “Pieces of a Woman” is a second, after “The Bat” (premiere 2012, prod. TR Warszawa), Kornél Mundruczó’s play produced in Poland. Both performances have gained recognition of Polish and international audiences.

From the director:

The path taken by Maja is the everywoman’s path. Maya experiences what all women experience when their longings are squashed. The are crushed by pain untill the time when they can unfurl and re-open, ready for a life of greater awareness, depth and, of course, joy. The combination of feminine relationships shown in our play is authentic. It contains love, rage, disappointment and healing, associated today with intimacy.”


Creators

director: Kornél Mundruczó
text and dramaturgy: Kata Wéber
assistant playwright: Soma Boronkay
translation: Jolanta Jarmołowicz

set and costume design: Monika Pormale
music: Asher Goldschmidt
lighting design: Paulina Góral

Production

director’s assistant: Karolina Gębska
stage manager: Katarzyna Gawryś-Rodriguez
translation during rehearsal: Patrycja Paszt
physical training: Aleksandra Woźniak
scenographer’s assistant, production manager: Karolina Pająk-Sieczkowska
costumographer’s assistant: Małgorzata Nowakowska
language consultation: Andreas Jönsson, Sindre Sandemo

 

Trailers

Gallery

fot. Natalia Kabanow

Copyright of Jolanta Jarmołowicz (translator) to the play “Parts of a Woman” is represented by Agencja Dramatu i Teatru ADiT.



Reviews

  • (…) TR Warszawa – a Polish theatre company, one of the best in the world (…)

    (…) The play by a Hungarian playwright Kata Wéber, turned into a Netflix movie directed by Kornél Mundruczó, was a great success in Avignon. Author of the text analyzes the trauma of miscarriage with great precision and without cutting any corners. (…) The performance exceptionally effectively transcends dramatic conventions thanks to masterful performances by the actors, who (…) artfully bring their characters to life even if their lines are limited to small talk – which, by the way, makes the reception of a show in Polish with French surtitles quite manageable. (…) The Avignon audience fell in love with this Polish play from 2018. The performance is very intriguing if only because it depicts certain social roles and brings them to the limits. In Poland the show enjoyed a great success and its creators were showered with various prestigious awards. So far in Europe, “Pieces of a Woman” have been included in the programmes of the most important festivals, such as: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Athens & Epidaurus Festival and Festival Romaeuropa. The movie adaptation gave Vanessa Kirby an Oscar nomination and a Volpi Cup at the Venice International Film Festival.

    Anne Diatkine, Liberation
  • “The Director allows the actors to create original characters and the entire cast takes advantage of this opportunity. They fit in quite effortlessly in the performance’s form that is close to film realism.”

    Wojciech Majcherek, Kultura.Onet.pl
  • (…) The play by TR Warszawa, that premiered in Warsaw in 2018, proves that theatre is nothing without the actors. Especially the Polish ones. In this performance they are all magnificent.

    Etienne Sorin, Le Figaro

Awards

  • The Konrad Swinarski Best Director Award

    Granted to Kornél Mundruczó for the direction of “Pieces of a Woman” by Kata Wéber

  • The Aleksander Zelwerowicz Best Actress Award

    Granted to Justyna Wasilewska for the role of Maja in “Pieces of a Woman” by Kata Wéber, directed by Kornél Mundruczó

About the creators

Kornél Mundruczó

Kornél Mundruczó is a Hungarian film and theater director. Mundruczó studied film and television at the Hungary’s Academy of Film and Drama and then went on to become a critically acclaimed director. He has directed 17 short and feature films. Notably, PLEASANT DAYS (2002) was awarded the Silver Leopard in Locarno; JOHANNA (2005), a filmic opera adaptation of the story of Joan of Arc, was presented in Cannes Un Certain Regard. Other known films are DELTA (2008) and WHITE GOD (2014) that won the Prize Un Certain Regard and had a Spotlight section at the Sundance Film Festival and JUPITER’S MOON (2017).


Parallel to his filmmaking career, Mundruczó has worked in theater and opera and founded his independent theater company, Proton Theater . He often casts the same actors and strives to create a team with them. In Mundruczó’s words, “I come from a theatrical background, and I’m convinced that it’s in fact the audience which determines whether the film works or not”.

Kata Wéber

Kata Wéber is a Hungarian screen and theater writer. She studied acting at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Hungary and after a prolific acting career, she dedicated herself to writing in theatre. Her theatre works are among others: The Bat, Pieces of a Woman (TR Warszawa), Hotel Lucky Hole (Schauspielhaus Zürich), Imitation of Life, Evolution (Proton Theatre) picking up various awards along the way. Together with Kornél Mundruczó they work as the tandem for film and stage creations. Their work together has proven to be fruitful after WHITE GOD (2014) won the Prize Un Certain Regard and had a Spotlight section at the Sundance Film Festival, and JUPITER’S MOON (2017) was also In Competition as part of The Official Selection of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Their first english language movie “Pieces of a Woman” produced by Bron Studios premiered at 77th Venice International Film Festival, where Vanessa Kirby was awarded the best actress prize for the lead performance followed by an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading role.

Tours

Kaliskie Spotkania Teatralne 2019
Divine Comedy Festiva 2019
Cracow Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2020 ( cancelled edition) 
74. Festival d’Avignon (cancelled edition) 
Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2020 (cancelled edition)
Ruhrtriennale 2020 (cancelled edition) 
Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2020 ( online presentation) 
75. Festival d’Avignon
Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2021 

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