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We present a photoshoot of our actors playing in the show THE TEMPEST, directed by Tomasz Fryzł. Join us for the premiere on 5th, December.
The photos were taken by Krzysztof Szpryngiel, our photography student.
In front of the camera – diploma year acting students who are the cast in the play:
photo 1 - Marcel Barra – Antonio, Prospero's brother, usurper of the title of Duke of Milan
photo 2 - Julia Jaroszewska – Alonso, King of Naples
photo 3 - Bartłomiej Kotwica – Ferdinand, son of the King of Naples photo 4 - Jędrzej Matwijów – Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan
photo 5 - Dominik Nikitorowicz – Stephano, the king's cellarer, a drunkard
photo 6 - Anna Pentz – Ariel, airy spirit
photo 7 - Krzysztof Świłpa – Sebastian, brother of the King of Naples photo 8 - Kamila Tytło – Trinculo, jester
photo 9 - Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz – Caliban, a wild and clumsy slave
photo 10 - Milena Zając – Miranda, Prospero's daughter
photo 11 - Krystyna Zajkowska – Gonzalo, the king's reliable old advisor
Premiere at the Studyjny Theatre - 5th, December!
William Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST
translation: Stanisław Barańczak
direction: Tomasz Fryzeł
art direction and costumes: Anna Oramus
lighting director: Klaudyna Schubert
"The Tempest" is a story that unfolds over the course of several hours on an island far from any known land, during which all the characters are confronted with their sins, desires, weaknesses, and above all, their past and identity. The storm is the atmospheric phenomenon that initiates the action. It is also the state in which the characters find themselves throughout the action—as individuals and as a community. It is a state of heightened self-discovery. When the state ends, the storm subsides. The world, transformed, returns to normal. "The Tempest" is not only a story full of twists and turns about the characters' adventures, but also about the adventures of their consciousness, imagination, and conscience; a matrix of experience that opens up to the observer. It is a story about gaining self-awareness and finding ways to build relationships with a dynamic self, a dynamic world, and a dynamic identity. And finally, "The Tempest" is a story about art: its power to transform all those involved. About its inherent ability to imagine those we are not, and that which has no physical form.
How do I play Ariel? How do I portray breath, thought, presence—words in action? How do I play Caliban, the one who situates himself beyond language? What does it mean to be the King of Naples? What makes him this character? And how, as a twenty-three-year-old actor, can I imagine myself as Prospero, ruler of Milan?
The show is co-financed from the budget of the Łódź Voivodeship Government.
THE TEMPEST on theatre website: teatrstudyjny.lodz.pl/spektakle/burza
In front of the camera – diploma year acting students who are the cast in the play:
photo 1 - Marcel Barra – Antonio, Prospero's brother, usurper of the title of Duke of Milan
photo 2 - Julia Jaroszewska – Alonso, King of Naples
photo 3 - Bartłomiej Kotwica – Ferdinand, son of the King of Naples photo 4 - Jędrzej Matwijów – Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan
photo 5 - Dominik Nikitorowicz – Stephano, the king's cellarer, a drunkard
photo 6 - Anna Pentz – Ariel, airy spirit
photo 7 - Krzysztof Świłpa – Sebastian, brother of the King of Naples photo 8 - Kamila Tytło – Trinculo, jester
photo 9 - Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz – Caliban, a wild and clumsy slave
photo 10 - Milena Zając – Miranda, Prospero's daughter
photo 11 - Krystyna Zajkowska – Gonzalo, the king's reliable old advisor
Premiere at the Studyjny Theatre - 5th, December!
William Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST
translation: Stanisław Barańczak
direction: Tomasz Fryzeł
art direction and costumes: Anna Oramus
lighting director: Klaudyna Schubert
"The Tempest" is a story that unfolds over the course of several hours on an island far from any known land, during which all the characters are confronted with their sins, desires, weaknesses, and above all, their past and identity. The storm is the atmospheric phenomenon that initiates the action. It is also the state in which the characters find themselves throughout the action—as individuals and as a community. It is a state of heightened self-discovery. When the state ends, the storm subsides. The world, transformed, returns to normal. "The Tempest" is not only a story full of twists and turns about the characters' adventures, but also about the adventures of their consciousness, imagination, and conscience; a matrix of experience that opens up to the observer. It is a story about gaining self-awareness and finding ways to build relationships with a dynamic self, a dynamic world, and a dynamic identity. And finally, "The Tempest" is a story about art: its power to transform all those involved. About its inherent ability to imagine those we are not, and that which has no physical form.
How do I play Ariel? How do I portray breath, thought, presence—words in action? How do I play Caliban, the one who situates himself beyond language? What does it mean to be the King of Naples? What makes him this character? And how, as a twenty-three-year-old actor, can I imagine myself as Prospero, ruler of Milan?
The show is co-financed from the budget of the Łódź Voivodeship Government.
THE TEMPEST on theatre website: teatrstudyjny.lodz.pl/spektakle/burza