Love Thy Saviour by Jerzy Lutowski; Director: Mirek Polatynski
The three acts have widely differing historical, cultural and geographical settings and quite separate casts of characters when produced as a unified work. Only the "savior" in all acts is being performed by the same actor. Act I: Seville, 1493. At the height of the inquisition, a Jewish girl renounces her background and religion to marry the Christian grandee (Savior) whom she loves. He, Alonso, is thus "rescuing" her from Jewry, and also saving her father's life by smuggling him out of Spain. Act II: Holland, 1793. A saddler and his wife have to accommodate two French soldiers (Saviors) of the "liberating" Napoleon Bonaparte army, bringing their notion of liberty, equality and fraternity into an area where these are neither welcomed nor understood. It is a mix of humour with tragic consequences. Act III: Poland, 1953, time of “Stalinism”. The hallucinations of a state-security interrogator (Savior), involving a visit from his mentor who operated in the days when "ideals" meant something and there were still "real" enemies to be sought out.
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The Battle of Grunwald. Director:Marek Fiedor
This show was organized by Atlas Stage Productions Canada under the auspices of Consul General Marek Ciesielczuk of the Republic of Poland Consulate in Toronto, to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of World War II which started with the Nazi invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 followed by the Soviet invasion on September 17th, 1939. These acts of aggression against Poland were preceded by a Treaty of Non-Aggression signed in Moscow, between Germany and the Soviet Union, in the early hours of August 24, 1939 called the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
On the Very Corner of that Old Map based on Jacek Kaczmarski. Director:Mirek Polatynski
This show was prepared by Atlas Stage Productions Canada under the auspices of Consul General Marek Ciesielczuk of the Republic of Poland Consulate in Toronto, to celebrate: The 5th Anniversary of Jacek Kaczmarski’s death and the 20th Anniversary since the proclamation of the fall of Communism in Poland, in June 1989.
Theatre of the Film Noir, by G.F.Walker. Director: Mirek Polatynski
