The theme of the open-air theatrical action – happening BEHIND ENEMY LINES is war, or rather its social and emotional contexts: alienation, confusion, fear, a sense of injustice, savagery, destabilisation in the face of wartime chaos and a cascade of misfortunes. What will happen and how will the contemporary Polish viewer react when he encounters the war and its heroes-victims ‘live’ in real time, not ‘in theatre hall’ and not on the screen, but in the space of everyday routine?
The idea behind the play is simple. In a contemporary city far from the real front line of the wars taking place right before our eyes – or rather taking place on our TV, computer and smartphone screens (Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan) – ‘real’ soldiers appear. Tired, wounded, extracted from the turmoil of war, beyond space and time, transferred by the force of theatre from the front line into the comfortable, safe (for us, the audience) space of our everyday, consumer life.
Script and direction: Marcin Herich
Performing/improvising: Alina Bachara, Daniel Dyniszuk, Maciej Dziaczko, Grzegorz Król, Cezary Kruszyna, Natalia Kruszyna, Dariusz Piotrowski, Krystyna Szymura, Monika Wachowicz
Costumes: Dorota Kleszcz
Premiere: 5th of June, International Performing Arts Festival A Part, Katowice, Poland
Duration of the performance: about 40-45 minutes
The task is co-financed by the City of Katowice.
PRESENTATIONS
2025
5.06 5:00 pm
City Centre of Katowice (Dworcowa Street, Mielęckiego Street, Staromiejska Street, Main Market), International Performing Arts Festival A Part (premiere)
Drawing (costume designs for the performance): Dorota Kleszcz
Photos: Arkadiusz Ławrywianiec
open gallery view video
