PERFORMANCE of the VII and VIII ACADEMY for THEATRE PRACTICES (2007-2009)

theatre comic book

Excerpts from the ODYSSEY form a comic book theatre, realized by the graduates of the VII and VIII Academy for Theatre Practices GARDZIENICE in an international cast.

The fragments, “taken out” from Homer’s Odyssey, were supposed to be like traps from which the graduates of the Academy, in their diploma performance, had to free themselves with the help of all the GARDZIENICE theatrical means of expression – and above all they should unleash their artistic imagination.

Work on the performance began in 2008 – the students focused on the text of Homer’s ODYSSEY, composing music, working on the text, movement, singing. They created a universal concept of the performance – their ODYSSEY is a common impression, “a wink of an eye”, a stage joke, a wit, “the theatre comic book” where everything happens suddenly, quickly, “from around the corner” – the most important are the energy, the joy and the dynamics, of which the young actors posses so much.

Artistic supervision: Włodzimierz Staniewski

Lights: Paweł Kieszko

Music: Piotr Znamierowski