Opening Night: 26 January 2001
Author: Tadeusz Różewicz
Title: On All Fours
Original Title: Na czworakach
Director: Kazimierz Kutz

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 15 min

On All Fours

director: Kazimierz Kutz
set design: Jerzy Kalina
music: Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański

Tango in „Revirado” Trio's arrangement and performance
Song XXIV by Jan Kochanowski performed by Andrzeja Bieguna (baritone)
Recorded by Halina Jarczyk, Andrzej Kaczmarczyk

Cast:

Laurenty Ignacy Gogolewski
Girl Bożena Stachura
Pelasia Wiesława Niemyska
Pudel Igor Przegrodzki
Sitko Jerzy Łapiński
Dr Racapan Andrzejm Blumenfeld
Hermaphroditus Krzysztof Wakuliński
Man I Henryk Błażejczyk (guest actor)
Man II Czesław Lasota
Man III Zbigniew Bogdański (guest actor)
Guard Waldemar Kownacki
Tour participants Kinga Ilgner, Paulina Kinaszewska / Ewa Szawłowska (od 7 marca 2001), Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń / Grzegorz Małecki (od 29 czerwca 2001),  Anna Ułas (guest actress), Katarzyna Taracińska, Bartłomiej Bobrowski (guest actor), Irenuesz Dydliński (guest actor), Arkadiusz Janiczek, Piotr Jankowski / Robert Majewski (od 15 stycznia 2003), Mikołaj Klimek (guest actor)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Piotr Wojewódzki
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
  • prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

Gallery:

Ignacy Gogolewski (Laurenty), Bożena Stachura (Girl). Phot. Piotr Grześczyk

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