GPS

ABOUT THE PLAY

A chance encounter of three young people. They also meet an older man who has just arrived in town. He proposes an original race: which is more accurate - the GPS on your phone or an old paper map?

Who is faster - an elderly man or three young people? Who are they and where are they from? What are they looking for? What do they find? What relationships will they form? And above all - who is the old man and why has he approached the young people with this idea? The performance is inspired by history, fragments of documents, diaries and souvenirs from the ghetto in Bialystok.

In Polish with English and Czech subtitles.

• 60 min.
• Age category:9+
• Directed by:Maria Zynel
• Music by:Michal Siwak
• Designed by:Maria Zynel. Multimedia: Agnieszka Waszczeniuk
• Premiere:1. 5. 2024
• Starring:Magdalena Oldziewska, Wiesław Czołpiński, Mateusz Smaczny, Błażej Piotrowski

 Bialystok Puppet Theatre (Poland)

About the theatre:

The Bialystok Puppet Theatre (BPT) is one of the most prestigious venues on the cultural map of north-eastern Poland and one of the best puppet theatres in the country. The theatre has been in continuous operation on a professional basis since 1953. It stages performances for both children and adults, with 5 to 6 premieres every season. The theatre uses a variety of puppet techniques (hand, java or marionette puppets, art and non-conventional forms), forms of visual theatre, object theatre, mask theatre and actor’s theatre. The most prominent artists who have been or are engaged with the BPT include Jan Wilkowski, Adam Kilian, Jan Dorman, Leokadia Serafinowicz, Wojciech Wieczorkiewicz, Andrzej Dziedziul, Piotr Tomaszuk, Tadeusz Słobodzianek, Marek Waszkiel and Jacek Malinowski.