KTO Theatre (PL)
A wandering theatre show without words
A theatre production inspired by poetic works of T.S. Eliot.
The show depicts a single day in the life of an individual of the 21st century. The contemporary “Everyman”, whose life is “suspended” between Home and Work for a corporation, identifies his or her “pathway through life” as a “pathway to work”.
The peregrination in search of the meaning of life comes into view through everyday toil, deprived of spirituality, love and beauty.
The world of the “Pererginus” is a “digital” civilization – sad, terrifying and grotesque, where consumerism turns into a dominant religion. A shop window is the home of the Peregrinus of the 21st century.
A mobile character of the show exposes the adventures of the protagonist in various contexts of urban space. Homo Peregrinus is a formatted human being stripped of emotionality, predictable and bereft of individual characteristics.
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
T.S. Eliot
The show has been presented in many cities in Poland as well as in Canada, China, Croatia, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Iran, Italy, Korea, Lithuania, Romania (Tony Bulandra Award for the best street performance in Targoviste), Russia, Spain and USA.
Itinerant Performance – no words
A ZONA K project in collaboration with Fattoria Vittadini and FESTIVAL DEL SILENZIO
Script, music selection and stage direction: Jerzy Zon Mask concept: Spitfire Company Masks design: Joanna Jaśko-Sroka Stage movement and choreography: Eryk Makohon Performers: Karolina Bondaronek, Paulina Lasyk, Grażyna Srebrny-Rosa, Justyna Wójcik, Marta Zoń, Sławek Bendykowski, Bartek Cieniawa, Paweł Monsiel/Krzysztof Tyszko, Michał Orzyłowski
The KTO is a theatre that creates shows for the street. Its performances have been attended by over 1.5 million people. Since 1 January 2005 the KTO has the status of a municipal theatre of Krakow. The director of the KTO Theatre is Jerzy Zon. The KTO Theatre has staged numerous open-air performances of the most important historical events in Polish and European history: “De la Revolution” on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, “The Refugees”, an installation about the fall of the Berlin Wall, “The Polish Chronicle” on the occasion of Poland’s entry into Europe, to name a few. In addition, KTO Theatre has organised 31 editions of the International Street Theatre Festival in Krakow as well as other cultural projects.