FINNEGANS WAKE

– BY JAMES JOYCE

THE GRADUATION PERFORMANCE OF THE THIRTEENTH “GARDZIENICE” ACADEMY for THEATRE PRACTICES (2017-2018)

Directed by: Maciej Gorczynski
Artistic supervision: Włodzimierz Staniewski
Lighting designer: Paweł Kieszko

James Joyce’s last novel “Finnegans Wake” is one of the most mysterious and difficult literary works in the history of literature. We have chosen fragments of the novel as an inspiration and material to create acting etudes. Joyce’s work is immersed in the traditional culture of Ireland – therefore, fragments of the text will be accompanied by Irish music and numerous references to the history of the great writer’s homeland, with which Joyce remained in a love-hate relationship throughout his creative life. The story takes place in an Irish pub, at a wake for the deceased – Tim Finnegan.

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