Angels in America

dir.Krzysztof Warlikowski

The play is staged in Nowy Teatr

  • Director

    Krzysztof Warlikowski

  • Premiere

    February 17, 2007

  • Duration

    Part I and II – 5h 30min (includes 1 intermission)

Attention!

The performance includes some nudity. 

About the performance

The play is staged in Nowy Teatr (10/16 Madalińskiego Str., Warsaw)

The performance depicts life of a group of New York-based gay men in the ’80 – the times of raging AIDS epidemic and ultraconservative presidency of Ronald Regan. In this multithreaded, epic story issues of sexual identity intertwine with great politics, ideology, racial and social problems and religion and the characters created by the author mix with authentic historical figures. Excellent text by Tony Kushner is an insightful analysis of an American soul. In Warlikowski’s performance it is transformed into a universal vision of love in the time of plague.


Cast

Maja
Komorowska

Magdalena
Cielecka

Maja
Ostaszewska

Danuta
Stenka

Andrzej
Chyra

Rafał
Maćkowiak

Tomasz
Tyndyk

Zygmunt
Malanowicz

Jacek
Poniedziałek

Maciej
Stuhr

Dorota
Kolak

Creators

direction: Krzysztof Warlikowski

translation: Jacek Poniedziałek

set and costume design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak

music: Paweł Mykietyn

lighting design: Felice Ross

video: Paweł Łoziński

 

songs: Adam Falkiewicz [+]

hair styling and wigs: Robert Kupisz

make-up artist: Gonia Wielocha [+]

sculptures: Zofia Remiszewska, Dominik Dlouhy

painting effects: Arkadiusz Sylwestrowicz

Production

director’s assistant:: Katarzyna Łuszczyk

scenographer’s assistants: Magdalena Hueckel, Aleksandra Marczewska

Gallery

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photos: Stefan Okołowicz

Reviews

  • “The issues that Walikowski discusses in his plays get more and more fundamental. That is why his Angels … are not even about the good and evil. Love or death. Betrayal or loyalty. The production attempts to resolve even more componential problems: responsibility and compassion. Being there for another person in their darkest hour and the ability to listen to other people. Is it only then, that we grow into our own humanity?”

    Łukasz Drewniak, Dziennik

  • “The performance, composed of two parts, shines with thousands of sparkles, multiplied endlessly by glass panels surrounding the stage. (…) Faith penetrates the bodies of Warlikowski’s actors. How else can their determined and passionate acting and mastery skills be described? They are wonderful from the beginning untill the end, and entirely in their roles. Their bodies loose themselves in the portrait of contemporary society. Great moment for the theatre.”

    Marie-José Sirach, L’humanite

Awards

  • Best Play Award

    Best Play Award at the 15th Festival of Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant in Łódż and “Błysk” Journalists Award granted to Magdalena Popławska.

  • The Konrad Swinarski Award

    The Konrad Swinarski Award for the best director in 2006/2007 season granted to Krzysztof Warlikowski.

Tours

15th Festival of Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Łódź (28.02.2009)

Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris (13-18.05.2008)

Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, France (14-15.03.2008)

Théâtre Bel-Image à Valence, France (9.03.2008)

Théâtre National de Strasbourg, France (1-2 i 4-5.03.2008)

4th Dialog – Wrocław International Theatre Festival, Wrocław (10-11.10.2007)

61st Festival d’Avignon, France (16-17, 19-22.07.2007)

Partners

The project is coproduced by: TR Warszawa, Comédie de Valence Centre Dramatique National Drôme-Ardèche, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens – Scène Nationale and TNT – Théatre National de Toulouse – Midi-Pyrénées.

Patrons