LAILONIA
"Lailonia" by Teatr Kana premiered in September 2009, and it has been declared one of the most surprising and promising adaptations of the Polish philosopher's works. Based on team work and a structure guided by rhythm, the play is open to acting improvisation. Employing a contemporary and sparse language, the reality created on the stage is put forward in a certain theatrical parenthesis. What the actors declare seem to be personal confessions about their own fears, ridicules and phobias. Employing the concept of a game, a convention of theatre within theatre, songs and quite a mocking sense of humour, the play conveys helplessness of human beings and their confusion in the realm of values.
The spectacle has been well received both by the critics and the audience, it has been presented in Berlin, Tokyo, Beijing, Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Łódź, among others.
Written and directed by: Mateusz Przyłęcki
Based on motives from the book "Thirteen Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia for Adults and Children and other tales" by Leszek Kolakowski.
Performed by: Bibianna Chimiak, Karolina Sabat, Tomasz Grygier, Dariusz Mikuła, Waldemar Nicek, Hubert Romanowski, Piotr Starzyński.
