How to Save the World On a Small Stage?

Personal stories of fathers from Poland, Ukraine and Africa have become a canvas for a production about the imminent catastrophe, hunger and future of the planet. The starting point in the work on the production was the story of the director’s father, Docent Jan Łysak, creator of a utopian method of harvesting crops in the phase of ripening, green grain, in parallel with the fate of Alexander Manuilov, a miner from Donbas, and Demba Bâ, a flight engineer from Senegal. Their actions remain a trace of plans of conquest and male fantasies of saving the world. What kind of reality have our fathers left behind? What can we do to avoid repeating their mistakes? What chances for development will we leave to next generations?

text: Paweł Łysak and Paweł Sztarbowski, based on verbal testimonies by Anna Ilczuk, Mamadou Góo Bâ, Artem Manuilov and Paweł Łysak dramaturgy: Paweł Sztarbowski set designer: Janek Simon music: Andrzej Kłak and band lighting director: Piotr Pieczyński director's assistant: Nawojka Gurczyńska stage manager: Barbara Sadowska