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Opening night – 2 December 2010, Factory Hall W5 of H. Cegielski - Poznań S.A, Ul Zamenhofa 138 , Poznan as part of “Maski” Theatre Festival
Directed by: Paweł SzkotakScript based on Stanisław Lem’s prose: Teatr Biuro Podrozy
Set design: Agnieszka Zawadowska
Music: Krzysztof Nowikow
Produced by: Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Teatr Biuro Podrozy
The performance is inspired by Stanisław Lem’s fiction:
his unique, witty and poignant diagnosis of the contemporary world, and reflection on the relations between technological progress and limitations of the human race. The characters featuring in the performance are familiar to readers of Lem’s novels and short stories: Ijon Tikhy, Professor Tarantoga, Mucillids - humans of the future, supercomputers, robots. The performance presents a story which was never written by Stanisław Lem; it is the theatre’s impression based on Lem’s writings. It shows the world in the future, where an illusory state of well-being ensured to the human race by the artificial intelligence makes people degenerate, idle, passive. It is a world peopled with humanoids for whom the meaning of life amounts to a dose of hallucinogenic substance. They live in an illusion of welfare and peace under the benign surveillance of their cyber caretakers. What will happen during Ijon Tikhy’s time travel and his meeting with the humans of the future? Can Tikhy destroy their false idyll in the name of truth and awareness? How will this intervention of a man from the past end? The production is an hour-long outdoor theatre performance. It uses spectacular moving sets, light effects and multimedia projections. Specially composed music combines symphonic and post-industrial sounds.
his unique, witty and poignant diagnosis of the contemporary world, and reflection on the relations between technological progress and limitations of the human race. The characters featuring in the performance are familiar to readers of Lem’s novels and short stories: Ijon Tikhy, Professor Tarantoga, Mucillids - humans of the future, supercomputers, robots. The performance presents a story which was never written by Stanisław Lem; it is the theatre’s impression based on Lem’s writings. It shows the world in the future, where an illusory state of well-being ensured to the human race by the artificial intelligence makes people degenerate, idle, passive. It is a world peopled with humanoids for whom the meaning of life amounts to a dose of hallucinogenic substance. They live in an illusion of welfare and peace under the benign surveillance of their cyber caretakers. What will happen during Ijon Tikhy’s time travel and his meeting with the humans of the future? Can Tikhy destroy their false idyll in the name of truth and awareness? How will this intervention of a man from the past end? The production is an hour-long outdoor theatre performance. It uses spectacular moving sets, light effects and multimedia projections. Specially composed music combines symphonic and post-industrial sounds.
Planet Lem is produced by Teatr Biuro Podróży and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the cultural programme of Poland’s Presidency of the European Union 2011. The production will be presented in Brussels, Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Kiev, Minsk, Beijing and Tokio in co-operation with Polish Institutes and Embassies of Poland as well as
local partners.
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute is a national institution of culture responsible for international promotion of Polish culture and active participation in international cultural exchange. In 2001-2010, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute implemented promotion projects in 26 countries including the United Kingdom, Russia, Israel, the Benelux, Spain, Austria, Sweden, France, Germany, Ukraine, Lithuania, Algeria, Morocco, India, China. IAM’s projects have presented more than 3,000 cultural events to an audience of 18 million on three continents.
Teatr Biuro Podróży was established in 1988. Paweł Szkotak is the theatre’s founder and director. Over more than 20 years of artistic development, the theatre has developed its own methodology of work on a performance and a unique style. The theatre has produced thirteen performances including eight outdoor performances (among others “Carmen Funebre” – Fringe First, Critics’ Award and Hamada Award in Edinburgh, Grand Prix at the Athens Theatre Festival, and “Macbeth” – Director Award, Fadjr Festival in Teheran). The theatre’s productions have been presented in 46 countries on six continents (including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestine, Singapore, Taiwan, USA, and most European countries). Teatr Biuro Podróży produces and presents artistic performances and conducts educational activities including workshops and art projects of collaboration with amateurs, actors and theatre companies around the world (including workshops and lectures in the USA, the UK, Ireland, Russia, Lebanon, Iran). Teatr Biuro Podróży has participated in the leading world theatre festivals and won prestigious awards. In recognition of its work, the theatre was awarded in 2002 for its contribution to the promotion of Polish culture around the world by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for its theatrical achievements by the Ministry of Culture. Paweł Szkotak won the prestigious Paszport Polityki award in 2005. Paweł Szkotak, Marta Strzałko and Jarosław Siejkowski received the Gloria
Artis Medal from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2008.
Stanisław Lem (1921 – 2006) –
Polish writer, philosopher, futurologist, essayist. Lem is the most frequently translated Polish writer and for some time was the most popular non-English science fiction writer. His books have been translated into 41 languages and published in more than 30 million copies. Lem’s impact on global science fiction is compared by critics to the influence of icons like H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick.
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Polish writer, philosopher, futurologist, essayist. Lem is the most frequently translated Polish writer and for some time was the most popular non-English science fiction writer. His books have been translated into 41 languages and published in more than 30 million copies. Lem’s impact on global science fiction is compared by critics to the influence of icons like H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick.
（資料來源：Teatr Biuro Podroz官方網站）
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