Workshop led by Michał Borczuch, 7-8 December, Deutsches Theater Berlin.
fot. Wojciech Sobolewski
The workshop starts with the presentation of three examples of my recent performance The Magic Mountain at TR Warszawa. Based on the premise that adaptation involves creating a new work, I will demonstrate and explain my working method, focusing on how a completely new stage script can emerge from unexpected associations with the motives and structure of a novel. The aim is not to be guided by the adapted text, but rather to transform it in a way that diverges significantly from the original.
During the workshop we’ll employ unconventional and non-obvious tools in adapting classic prose for the stage. By examining fragments of Thomas Mann’s novel and integrating visual arts, documentary recordings, pure intuition, distant associations, and echoes of current reality, we’ll explore new paths of interpretation.
The workshop will be conducted in English and is open to students of theater (directors, actors, writers, dramaturgs), as well as students of visual and performing arts. There is no
pre-selection process or limit on the number of participants.
