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Dybbuk
Supported by The Binks Trust, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
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About the Performance
The suffering soul of a holocaust victim takes over the body of his American half-brother.
A woman is possessed by the spirit of her lover, and must choose between continuing this supernatural union and taking a living but unloved husband.
In Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a restless dead soul which inhabits a living person. This intense and gothic production blends two existing tales of such spirits - a landmark Yiddish play and a short story. In each case, the possessed must decide whether to keep or abandon the past - embrace or exorcise their dybbuk.
Through the interweaving of the two stories, director and adaptor Krzysztof Warlikowski raises questions about Poland's relationship with its Jewish population in the 20th century - to embrace or to exorcise.
The superb cast includes Magdalena Cielecka and Andrzej Chyra, most recently seen in the Oscar nominated film Katyn.
Reviews
‘Dybbuk by Warlikowski is the negation of all the sentimental performances and Oscar-rewarded movies about ‘Jews and Holocaust', after which the audience may shed a tear or two and then go home. It's a cutting honest voice...'
Supported by The Binks Trust and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
This production is proudly supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, in preparation for the Polish Season in the UK 2009-2010
To listen to the audio file featuring an interview with the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh, Alekzander Dietkow, about the popularity of contemporary Polish arts today and Dybbuk, click here
Photo: Stefan Okolowicz
Performance Details
TR Warszawa
Based on a play by Szymon Anski and a short story by Hanna Krall and adapted by Krzysztof Warlikowski
Performed in Polish with English supertitles
Cast: Ewa Dałkowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Renate Jett, Maja Komorowska, Maria Maj, Andrzej Chyra, Marek Kalita, Redbad Klijnstra, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Jacek Poniedziałek, Jerzy Senator, Maciej Tomaszewski and Tomasz Tyndyk.
Krzysztof Warlikowski Adaptation and direction
Małgorzata Szczęśniak Set design
Paweł Mykietyn Music
Felice Ross Lighting design
Booking Information
Performance Dates:
- Sat 09 Aug - 7:30 pm
- Sun 10 Aug - 7:30 pm
- Mon 11 Aug - 7:30 pm
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- From £10Tickets:
- Approx 2 hours 20 minutesDuration:
- King's TheatreVenue:
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