TR Warszawa
Power Play
Concept and Direction Samara Hersch
1-3 Oct, 7.30pm
Samuel Beckett Theatre
€35
Irish Premiere
Country: Poland
Language: Performed in Polish with English surtitles
Duration: 75 mins, no interval
Talking Theatre: 2 Oct, post-show.
With Samara Hersch and Marta Keil.
Ages: 12+
One for all who dreamed of getting to make their own choices and be their own boss, and who now longs for the freedom you didn’t know you had.
Power Play is a work made by children and adults that is not about childhood. Instead it explores the performativity and slipperiness of adulthood. They taste power; delight in its sweet seduction and confront its fragility, terror and ultimate betrayal. The script departs from improvisations between cast and takes inspiration from King Matt the First – a novel by Janusz Korczak, where a ten-year-old boy suddenly becomes king. The performance is intended for both adults and children and operates on different levels for both groups. Power Play asks: what is the difference between raising a child and shaping society? How can we allow children to remain “innocent and free,” and who will pay the price for this freedom?
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Country:
Poland
Language:
Performed in Polish with English surtitles
Duration:
75 mins, no interval
Talking Theatre:
2 Oct, post-show.
With Samara Hersch and Marta Keil.
Ages:
12+