Pieces of a Woman
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
TR Warszawa’s (PL) production, directed by award-winning Kornél Mundruczó
Premiered in 2018, this production is a disturbing vision of modern women who are fighting for their right to make decisions on their own lives. The general relevance of the story of a family, set in Central Europe, is evidenced by the resounding success of the production from Avignon to Athens as well as by the number of views of the film adaptation on Netflix.
Faced with a loss, a young woman’s attitude to her prior life is fundamentally challenged. Thus, in this tragedy, she does not only lose the one she has loved the most, but herself as well. Does she get a chance to redefine her life if she follows her heart instead of her mind for the first time in her life?
In the age of political correctness and #metoo when everything is labelled, we think every sin must entail punishment and where there is no culprit, we cry guilty. Is it not our correctness that makes us narrow-minded?
Kornél Mundruczó was awarded with the Best Director award in the 2018/2019 season in Poland, for a virtuoso realisation of an intimate narrative combined with cinematic elements.
Four out of the seven actors of the production received awards at the Kalisz Theatre Meeting; Justyna Wasilewska, who plays the female protagonist, won the Teatr magazine’s Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award for best actress.
The production gained the Jury’s Main Prize at the International Divine Comedy Theatre Festival in Krakkow.
A Pieces of a Woman comes to the Budapest Spring Festival after Avignon Festival (FR), Athens & Epidaurus Festival (GR), Romaeuropa Festival (IT), Sirenos Festival (LT), Hamburg and Amsterdam.
A performance in Polish, with Hungarian and English subtitles.
The performance is recommended for an audience over 16 years.
Please beware, that during the show strong lighting and sound effects are used!
Cast: Dobromir Dymecki, Monika Frajczyk, Magdalena Kuta, Sebastian Pawlak, Justyna Wasilewska, Izabella Dudziak, Julia Wyszyńska
Written by: Wéber Kata
Dramaturgy: Boronkay Soma
Set and costume design: Monika Pormale
Lighting design: Paulina Góral
Music: Asher Goldschmidt
Set designer’s assistant, production manager: Karolina Pająk
Costume designer’s assitant: Małgorzata Nowakowska
Stage sound and video design: Maciej Kaszyński, Łukasz Winkowski
Stage manager: Katarzyna Gawryś-Rodriguez
Polish text: Jolanta Jarmołowicz
Simultaneous interpreter: Dr. Patrícia Pászt
Director’s assistant: Karolina Gębska
Directed by: Mundruczó Kornél
TR Warszawa production