Scene from "I, the Dictator"
The show inspired by the dramatic gestures of Charlie Chaplin's interpretation of the Führer's egomaniacal invasion of Europe arrived in Tokyo's Session House
In the performance, Charlie Chaplin is preparing for the last scene of his film, "The Great Dictator". Wiczy’s work presents a story about the desperation behind power. An artist faced with authorities and a man struggling with his weaknesses must both make decisions crucial to their careers...
The performance is a story about how the artist became a dictator, and the dictator – an artist.
Tap-dance, jazz, mime and an expressive visual style all create an exciting and intimate theatrical experience. The story reveals human relationships and the stance of the international community towards Nazi Germany just before World War II. In the words of Charlie Chaplin, "We're all Monarchs dethroned".
Started up in 1991, Teatr Wiczy is a group which originates in the alternative punk scene. Its performances are most often stage-shows and open-air events. Wiczy employs elements of improvisation, performance-art, and borrows from the convention of artistic happening, as well as avant - vaudeville.
The Tokyo Session House venue is a cultural club for young Japanese artists, mainly devoted to the area of dance. For more information on the club, see: www.session-house.net
Produced, adapted and designed by: Romuald Wicza
Performed by: Krystian Wieczyński
For more information on the Wiczy theatre, see: www.wicza.com
Date: 28th-29th of October, 2011, (8 pm)
Venue: Session Planning House, Tokyo
Organised by: Teatr Wiczy, Session House Planning Office
Project cofinanced by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
Source: Adam Mickiewicz Institute