Feblik

In a magical, seemingly-rural world, in an unspecified era, a mysterious feblik (Old Polish for an ‘infatuation’) attacks an adolescent girl called Mania. 

It is the usual, hungry period before spring’s new crop of food, but, of course... the devil never sleeps. It's so cold you could chop the air with an axe. Grandma is happy cooking by the stove, but something falls off her, and in the spring it is supposed to take root. We accompany the heroine through her fears and surprise at the world, in her despair and her fight for independence. Does anyone know the magic spells that govern our surroundings? The priest, the doctor, or maybe some Gypsies? The most important thing, however, is to remember that​ "you cure an infatuation with an infatuation".

Małgorzata Maciejewska's surprising drama received the Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award in 2022, the competition’s first year.

director: Lena Frankiewicz
dramaturgy: Małgorzata Maciejewska
set design: Barbara Hanicka
costume design: Michał Dracz
music: Miłosz Pękala
choreography: Agnieszka Kryst
lighting design: Aleksandr Prowaliński
video: Mateusz Zieliński

Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award is organized by the Municipal Theater in Gliwice.

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Please mind that in some scenes during the show appears strong strobe and laser lights, cigarette smoke (nicotine free), as well as smoke, fire and pyrotechnic effects.

The play contains the original version of Territorial Pissings from the album Nevermind by Nirvana.

Cast

• Elżbieta Zajko
  Mania (guest actor)
  
• Beata Fudalej
  Grandmother
  
• Anna Grycewicz
  Mother
  
• Joanna Gryga
  Bartkova
  
• Magdalena Warzecha
  Doctor
  
• Anna Chodakowska
  Ladzia
  
• Aleksandra Sroka
  Kasiula (guest actor)
  
• Paweł Tołwiński
  Father
  
• Piotr Grabowski
  Parish priest
  
• Robert Jarociński
  Wonuliss, Backwoodsman
  
• Hubert Łapacz
  Tommy
  

Production team:

• director's assistant (volunteer): Jędrzej Gorski
  • lighting technicians: Kacper Bobylak, Bartłomiej Frysztak
• sound technicians: Piotr Gos, Marek Wojtulanis
• video projection: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak
• stage manager: Magdalena Markowska
• prompter: Anna Leszczyńska

Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

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Elżbieta Zajko (Mania), Aleksandra Sroka (Kasiula). Phot. Marta Ankiersztejn