Work-in-progress performance “Reset” | Poland | PREMIERE
Creators: Intergenerational Theatre Group, CHOREA Theatre
Leaders of the Group: Janusz Adam Biedrzycki, Magdalena Paszkiewicz, Wiktor Moraczewski
Music: Michał Rudkowski
Cast: Alicja Kaźmierska, Anna Grabowska, Barbara Całka-Lisek, Barbara Iżeli, Grażyna Kołtonik, Halina Kaczorowska, Jolanta Szadkowska, Julia Pietrzak, Karol Kurzyjamski, Lucyna Przybylska, Liliana Filipczak, Matylda Trzebeńska, Michalina Leszkiewicz, Michał Ściborski, Róża Kubasiewicz, Magdalena Knyt, Szymon Goliński, Zosia Kędra, Szasza Zankowska, Izabela Kwiatkowska, Mateusz Malec, Martyna Kozłowska, Serafima Kisialiova
Premiere: August 26, 2025
Date: August 26, 2025 | Tuesday
Time: 5 pm
Place: Room A_22, Art Factory in Łódź, 3 Tymienieckiego Street
Admission: free / prior booking of free tickets is required
Booking of free tickets: via kicket.com portal
Duration: 60 minutes
Age Restrictions: 16+
Language: Polish
After the performance, around 6:30 pm, we invite the viewers to a meeting and discussion with the artists.
The discussion will take place in Room A_22 at the Art Factory in Łódź.
The discussion will be led by Tomasz Domagała.
The discussion will be held in Polish.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE
Are we living - or just dreaming?
Are we living - or just acting out of habit?
We try to find ourselves between noise and silence, between impulse and fatigue. A group of people from different generations meet in a post-industrial space, where echoes reverberate differently than when inside the theatre. They have one thing in common: the need to stop and reset - to find some hidden “default setting” of humanity.
The work-in-progress performance created by the Intergenerational Theatre Group is a ritual composition of movement, sound, word and body, that cuts through everyday life like a deep pause. It is not a linear story, but a joint experience - intense and physical - born out of the tensions between individuality and collectivity.
In these days, when the pace of life imposes an algorithm of loneliness, played out simultaneously in all generations, this moment of co-presence becomes an act of defiance. The space - raw and non-theatrical - resonates with the movement which is not aimed at any goal, but towards presence.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Intergenerational Theatre Group - has been active since 2020 and was created by combining two groups operating at CHOREA Theatre - the Youth Group and the Senior Group. The Intergenerational Group brings together people from different backgrounds, with diverse experiences, ages and temperaments. Their work is characterised by intergenerational dialogue, multifaceted activities, mutual inspiration, and the breaking of barriers, fears, and stereotypes. The activities of the Youth Group date back to 2012, when the group was formed following the conclusion of the socio-artistic project "Oratorio Dance Project", which engaged many creative communities from Łódź, young dancers from the Łódź Voivodeship, and people at risk of social exclusion. Its weekly meetings evolved into a regular Youth Group, which has seen changes in its membership over the years. This group also involved individuals with disabilities and those who are blind or visually impaired. The Youth Group has participated in numerous socio-educational projects: “Art-Impulses / Vidomi” (2014), “Vidomi-Continuations” (2015), “Darkness” (2017), “Like in a beehive!” (2018), “Laboratory of Creative Actions” (2019, 2020, 2021). The members of the Youth Group have also created several performances: “The Ugly” (2013), “Vidomi” (2014), “Darkness. What is Hidden” (2017), “Hive. The Secret Social Life” (2018), “Right Here. Right Now” (2019), “iGeneration?” (2020), and “We Should Be... An impression on several verbs” (2021). The Senior Group started their meetings as part of the second edition of the educational project “Laboratory of Creative Actions” (2020).
The Intergenerational Theatre Group, created as a result of combining the two groups, prepared an open-air performance “One second-community” in 2021 and produced its first theatre play “Golden Thread” in 2022. In 2023, the group presented the premiere of their second theatre play “Eden. A scenical fairy tale in several pictures”. In 2024 they created the performance “Pause”. In their theatrical activity, the Intergenerational Group draws on themes that directly relate to all its members, focusing on common, collective experiences. At the same time, the collective in charge of the group, Janusz Adam Biedrzycki, Magdalena Paszkiewicz, and Wiktor Moraczewski, takes care of the individual development of each of the group members.
The event takes place as part of Przestrzenie Sztuki - Łódź Teatr 2025 project.
Project financed from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, realised by Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute.
Project financed from the funds of the City of Łódź.
Organiser: Art Factory in Łódź
Co-organizers: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, City of Łódź
Partner: CHOREA Theatre
