The guiding motifs of the play Dr@cula. Vaginadentata are the tribulations of Alicja, a confused teenager, who is about to turn sixteen and is starting to think a lot about sex and sexuality. She feels pressured by her environment, but tries not to succumb. She looks to celebrities, to a priest and to her chat room friends to find support and guidance. Alicja’s story is interwoven with that of a Transylvanian vampire who has somehow found himself in present-day Poznań and is not really handling our modern times too well. With a bitter sense of humour, the play describes models of sexuality, the vampirism of the Internet and the superficiality of apparent authority figures: from the Church to political leaders. It is a witty satire on the modern world.
The show is recommended for persons aged 16 years and over.
AGATA BIZIUK is a director, dramaturge and playwright. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Puppetry in Białystok at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, where she majored in theatre directing. The coauthor of the play Dr@cula. Vaginadentata is AGNIESZKA MAKOWSKA, a graduate of the Faculty of Acting and the Faculty of Puppetry in Białystok at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Together, the artists form the group Nieformalna Grupa “Avis”.
Text: Agata Biziuk, Agnieszka Makowska
Direction: Agata Biziuk
Set design: Marika Wojciechowska
Music: Piotr Klimek
Choreography: Anita Podkowa
Multimedia: Krzysztof Kiziewicz
Performed by: Piotr B. Dąbrowski, Paweł Siwiak
Director’s Assistant: Marta Małgorzata Kwapisz
Stage Manager: Maria Skowrońska-Ferlak
Première: 07.12.2013