Opening Night: 11 December 2009
Author: Juliusz Słowacki
Original Title: Balladyna
Title: Balladyna
Director: Artur Tyszkiewicz

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 3 hours, one interval

Balladyna

director: Artur Tyszkiewicz
set design: Jan Kozikowski
lighting design: Piotr Pawlik
music: Jacek Grudzień
stage movement: Izabela Chlewińska

Cast:

Hermit Jarosław Gajewski (from September 1, 2010 till May 10, 2012; guest actor) / Mirosław Konarowski (from November 24, 2012)
Kirkor Grzegorz Kwiecień
Mother Małgorzata Rożniatowska (guest actress)
Balladyna Wiktoria Gorodeckaja
Alina Magdalena Lamparska (guest actress)
Goplana Beata Ścibakówna
Chochlik Andrzej Blumenfeld (guest actor)
Skierka Jerzy Łapiński
Filon Przemysław Stippa
Grabiec Emilian Kamiński (guest actor) / Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (from February 23, 2010)
Kostryn Marcin Hycnar
Woman 1, Choir Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń
Woman 2, Choir Bożena Stachura
Girl, Choir Magdalena Warzecha
Gralon Marcin Przybylski
Chancellor Jacek Mikołajczak
Messenger Paweł Tołwiński
King's Doctor Marek Barbasiewicz / Piotr Bąk (guest actor)
Old Man Jacek Różański
Soldier / Mistletoe Beetle Robert Jarociński
Gryphon Modest Ruciński / Bartłomiej Bobrowski (from January 15, 2013)

and guest actors: Kamil DominiakRobert Kuraś, Wojciech MichalakDaniel Salman, Przemysław Wyszyński

Music band:
Piotr Ziarek Ziarkiewicz
/ Łukasz Korybalski / Marcin Ołówek – trumpet
Andrzej Rękas
/ Tomasz Światczyński – trombone
Darek Świnoga
/ Grzegorz Toporowski – accordion
Wojciech Kowalewski
/ Monika Szulińska – drums

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Dorota Ignatjew
  • set designer's assistants: Anita Trzaskowska, Dorota Chojecka  
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Krzysztof Stefan
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski  
  • stage manager: Ewa Dworecka
    prompter: Jolanta Szydłowska

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