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translation by Elżbieta Frątczak-Nowotny
adaptation: Bo hr. Hansen
direction: H7
set design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak
costume: Magdalena Maciejewska
music: Paweł Mykietyn, Piotr Domiński
music adaptation: H7
lighting design: Piotr Pawlik
sound: Piotr Domiński
light: Donald Klepczarek
choreography: Iwona Olszowska

cast: Magdalena Cielecka / Katarzyna Warnke, Ewa Dałkowska, Aleksandra Konieczna, Magdalena Kuta, Aleksandra Popławska, Danuta Stenka, Danuta Szaflarska,Adam Ferency / Mariusz Benoit, Andrzej Chyra, Jan Dravnel, Carlos Ferreira / Christian Emany, Wojciech Kalarus, Marek Kalita, Marek Kępiński, Redbad Klijnstra / Waldemar Obłoza, Lech Łotocki, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Adam Marszalik, Jan Peszek, Stanisław Sparażyński

Jarzyna turns out to be a master of suspense, the heir of Hitchcock. He composes his performances using movie methods - in the way he builds up and stresses tension and intensity, brings scenes into crescendo and then makes them crash just before climax, how he contrasts mass scenes with portraits. The Celebration (Festen) becomes a thriller on stage. (...)
The director has a noble cast, the biggest stars at his disposal. Andrzej Chyra as Christian, and Danuta Stenka as Helene make a great impression on the audience. Their language, their code of memories is so intensive, that one can literary see the dead sister walking through the room. The place seems to be full of ghosts - somebody whispers, crackles and knocks coming from all sides. The Music and light are used to create this distressing atmosphere.
Renate Klett, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

co-produced by TR Warszawa, Theorem and Hebbel Theatre - Berlin

premiered: 5 June 2001
approximate running time: 2 hours 15 min. (1 intermission)