Stream

A performance about digital e-generation, for whom virtual space becomes more important than life. Inspired by Greek myths and real events. Kore, a contemporary e-girl, runs away from her chronically sick mother – Demeter, into the world of Internet posts and streams. Together with Narcissus, whom she’s met online, they dream of death. When the teenager’s virtual fantasies manifest in real life, the Greek gods get involved. Will the water from Lete – the river of unmindfulness, cure their pain?

Stream is a story about loss, understood as a tragedy, but also as a change. Passing away, vanishing, veneration and keeping the dead in our memories are the universal human experiences. What forms do they take in the digital era? How does the contemporary man/woman go through the rite of goodbye? How does he/she cope with the emptiness and oblivion?

The play draws dramatic material form the story of a mythological goddess Demeter, whose daughter – Kore is abducted by Hades, when the girl bends down to pick a narcissus flower in Enna. It also refers to contemporary acts of violence – e.g. an incident that took place in 2019 in Utica (New York), where a twenty-year-old Brandon Clark murdered Bianca Devins, an eighteen-year-old e-girl, and posted photo evidence on Discord. Mythical themes are reflected here in the virtual spaced and the opposite – Facebook and Instagram phenomena fit perfectly in the stream of the ancient universe.

music: Wojciech Frycz
choreography: Aneta Jankowska
costume and set design: Julita Goździk
set design assistant: Łukasz Mleczak
video: Agata Rucińska
sculpture: Agnieszka Adamska, Julita Goździk

For audiences over the age of 15. This performance will be presented in Polish. Dates tagged English-friendly feature English surtitles. An induction loop is available in the theatre for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. Some dates feature additional accessibility accomodations—check the venue's website to learn more.