Ubu The King

Cre­ators: Co­in­ci­den­tia Gro­up, CHO­REA The­atre

Text: Al­fred Jar­ry

Di­rec­tion, stage design: Kon­rad Dwo­ra­kow­ski

Mu­sic: Piotr Kli­mek

Co­stu­mes, stage design: Ma­ri­ka Woj­cie­chow­ska

Li­gh­ting and so­und de­sign: Bog­dan Ka­spe­ruk

Cast: Siar­hei Art­sio­men­ka, Ja­nusz Adam Bie­drzyc­ki, Jo­an­na Chmie­lec­ka, Pa­weł Chom­czyk, Kon­rad Dwo­ra­kow­ski, Dag­ma­ra Sowa

Pro­duc­tion: Co­in­ci­den­tia Gro­up, CHO­REA The­atre

Pro­du­cers: Dag­ma­ra Sowa (Co­in­ci­den­tia Gro­up), Ola Shaya (CHO­REA The­atre)

Part­ner: Sol­ni­ki 44 Cul­tu­re Ha­bi­tat 

Pre­mie­re: Au­gust 8, 2025, Sol­ni­ki 44 Cul­tu­re Ha­bi­tat / Au­gust 9, 2025, 8th In­ter­na­tio­nal The­atre Fe­sti­val in the Fo­rest “Las Fest”, Au­gust 21-22, 2025, CHOREA Theatre, International Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy

Du­ra­tion: 100 mi­nu­tes

Vie­wers' age: 15+

Con­tent War­ning: vul­gar lan­gu­age, sce­nes of vio­len­ce, sce­nes of a se­xu­al na­tu­re, sce­nes re­la­ted to hu­man phy­sio­lo­gi­cal func­tions, cau­sing dis­gust, ap­pe­ar in the per­for­man­ce

The po­li­ti­cal si­tu­ation and the hi­sto­ri­cal con­text of the world have be­co­me par­ti­cu­lar­ly sen­si­ti­ve and vi­brant. The TO­DAY se­ems to be dan­ge­ro­us and unpre­dic­ta­ble. Aga­in, usur­pers and ty­rants have run ram­pant. And al­tho­ugh tho­se we know are now qu­ite grown-up in­di­vi­du­als play­ing in the­ir sand­bo­xes, new ones awa­it in the hat­che­ries....

We are used to it... Wait, what does it mean by "we are used to it…"? Why do we like it so much and al­low our­se­lves to be de­lu­ded by ty­rants, by po­li­ti­cal stunts, by psy­cho­pa­ths. In the name of na­tu­ral hi­sto­ri­cal se­lec­tion?

Our per­for­man­ce is cre­ated in a lan­gu­age that aspi­res to re­invent it­self using the ge­no­ty­pe gi­ven to it by the two the­atres that co-cre­ated the pro­ject, Co­in­ci­den­tia Gro­up and CHO­REA The­atre. Our lin­gu­istic DNA will the­re­fo­re in­c­lu­de the chro­mo­so­mes of the­atre of form, pup­pet the­atre and ra­di­cal punk rock the­atre, pro­ne to li­te­ra­lism and ca­ri­ca­tu­re, as well as mo­ve­ment the­atre with its me­ta­phors and po­etics, able to nar­ra­te be­twe­en words using the body and mu­sic. Live mu­sic is also part of this lan­gu­age, exten­ding the the­atre for­mu­la with a con­cert com­po­nent.

Our in­ten­tion is to make a ra­di­cal ge­stu­re thro­ugh the­atre of form - ju­icy and dri­ven by expe­ri­men­ta­tion. Bold and com­mit­ted. Al­fred Jar­ry - the au­thor and ad­op­ted fa­ther of the idea (ad­op­ted wi­tho­ut expli­cit con­sent, as he died young in 1907), who cau­sed unrest in his time with his work - is our in­spi­ra­tion and mat­chless mo­del.

Content Warning...? Vulgar language, truth, filth, hideous politics, protagonists' social insensitivity, perverse means of expression, lack of seriousness, absolute ignorance of aesthetics, fondness for excrement, pornographic attitude to the world, handling stolen goods, pimping, set-ups, crimes, murders, punching each other, drinking each other away, drinking away sorrows, and such...

Pro­ject co-pro­du­ced by Co­in­ci­den­tia Gro­up and CHO­REA The­atre.

Pro­ject fi­nan­ced from the funds of the Mi­ni­stry of Cul­tu­re and Na­tio­nal He­ri­ta­ge of the Re­pu­blic of Po­land.

Pro­ject fi­nan­ced from the funds of the City of Bia­ły­stok.

Pro­ject fi­nan­ced from the funds of the Pod­la­skie Vo­ivo­de­ship.

Pro­ject fi­nan­ced from the funds of the City of Łódź.

Pro­ject re­ali­zed in co­ope­ra­tion with the Sol­ni­ki 44 Cul­tu­ral Ha­bi­tat.