The play has been shortlisted for the 2012 Total Theatre Award in the Physical/Visual Theatre category, together with three other productions of the Polska Arts programme: Caeserian Section. Essays on Suicide from Teatr ZAR, Songs of Lear by Song of the Goat Theatre, and Teatr Biuro Podróży's Planet Lem.
The KTO Theatre was founded by a group of graduates from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The KTO’s theatrical language is a mixture of traditional stage experience and street-theatre experiments. Meaning is expressed by the actor's body, voice, movement, music and only occasionally a few words are employed. The highly emotional character of the performances and the archetypes they convey break all possible barriers between the group and the audience, with a similiar effects in small towns and large festival halls alike. Throughout its numerous travels across the globe, the group has presented its shows to one and a half million people. Since the 1st of January, 2005, the KTO have the status of a Kraków municipal theatre.
Jerzy Zoń (b. 1953) is an actor and director whose work emerged as that of a pioneer of Polish student theatre. He is the co-founder and leader of Teatr KTO, as well as the chief coordinator of the International Street Theatre Festival held annually in Kraków.
preview 3-15 Aug at 9:00 pm
16-27 Aug at 10:30 pm
Old College Quad (venue 311) / South Bridge (EH8 9YL)
Tickets: £13/ £10 and £15 /£13
weekend preview: 3 Aug at 9:00 pm / £7
Box office: 0131 226 0000
Performance without words
Duration: 60 minutes
Age restrictions: 14+