Dybbuk

after Szymon Anski and Hanna Krall
translated by Awiszaj Hadari

CAST:
Ewa Dałkowska
Magdalena Cielecka
Renate Jett
Maja Komorowska
Maria Maj
Andrzej Chyra
Marek Kalita
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Jacek Poniedziałek
Jerzy Senator
Maciej Tomaszewski
Tomasz Tyndyk

Adaptation and direction: Krzysztof Warlikowski
Set design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Original music: Paweł Mykietyn
Lighting design: Felice Ross

Play duration: 2h 20min (without intermission)

Photo: Stefan Okolowicz

The beginnings of Krzysztof Warlikowski in theater are related to two great contemporary stage directors. At the State School of Theater in Krakow, he met Krystian Lupa, who encouraged him to develop his individuality and find his own means of artistic expression. The other one was Peter Brook, who saw Warlikowski’s adaptation of Dostoevsky and invited him to a directing workshop in Vienna. Later, Warlikowski was his assistant in the production of Impressions de Pelléas after Claude Debussy at Bouffes du Nord, Paris (1992).

Since then, Warlikowski has staged plays by Shakespeare (Hamlet, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, Pericles, Macbeth) and ancient dramas, but also plays by Bernard-Marie Koltès (Roberto Zucco and Quay West), Sarah Kane (Cleansed), Tony Kushner (Angels in America), Hanoch Levin (Krum).

The awards won by Warlikowski include: in 2002, Best Foreign Play given by the French Union of Theater Critics for Cleansed; in 2006, Best European Stage Director Meyerhold award in Moscow for Krum; in 2008, Europe Prize – New Theatrical Realities.

Slideshow of Warlikowski’s shows:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooxP2eBzpbY&NR=1

Excerpt from Dybbuk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXAeUpUoBcc

Excerpts from the press about Dybbuk:

“This is a powerfully atmospheric staging, thanks partly to inventive lighting (Felice Ross), and a set (Małgorzata Szczęśniak) with a mystical animation like nothing I've ever seen.” – Susan Irvine, The Sunday Telegraph

“Warlikowski’s production has a spare elegance.” – Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times

“Krzystof Warlikowski's ‘Dybbuk’ is hauntingly powerful.” – Caroline McGinn, Time Out

Benedict Nightingale from The Times presents Dybbuk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxIJR2TPMj0

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