22/23 Aug and 25/26 Aug from 6:00 am
Summerhall (venue 26), SPACE / 1 Summerhall (EH9 1PL)
Tickets: £1 – one ticket entitles you to one entry and to stay as long as you like
Box office: 0845 874 3001
Language: Polish and English
Duration: 24h
Age restrictions: none
Wacław Miklaszewski's drawing for the 24h project
This theatre experiment goes on from 6am to 6am, non-stop for 24 hours, telling twenty-four different life stories suspended in time in one slow-paced, lazy day. Improvised sounds, images, and words reiterate with no hope for change. But then again, why not try…?
Much of the 24 hours are filled with acappella music, allowing the viewer to drift away from what appears, and distracting him from the passing of time. 24h is a theatrical experiment, an extention of time, interrupted with sound, improvisation, images, live painting, and words. The show runs from 6:00am to 6:00am non-stop, twice a week, with the original script, music, and performance by the young Wacław Miklaszewski.
Born in 1985, Wacław Miklaszewski is a graduate of The Leon Schiller National Film, Television and Theatre School. In 2007, he was awarded the Grand Prix of the 28th annual Actor’s Song Review for his innovative performance, in which he combined beatboxing with an organic physical movement. Miklaszewski performed in front of the camera from a very young age, making regular appearances in the Truskawkowe studio and Cybermania TV shows (produced by the 2nd Channel of Polish National Television). He regularly experiments with various media, and apart from performing, the artist also writes and draws. At the Film School in Łódź, Wacław runs a drama improvisation course and other improvisation courses across Poland. He is the co-founder and organiser of Theatre Szwalnia in Łódź.
See the project's official website: www.24h-theatre.com