DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR. BALLADYNA’S DREAM

Two sisters, one crown and an uncontrollable desire for power; the pursuit of fulfilment which, once achieved, can only turn out to be an illusion; a fleeting sense of peace. Hesitation appears– the conviction that what we have gained is far from what we imagined, or that we no longer fit the image. We have become someone unrecognisable: someone who cannot stop our values from dying. Love? Reign? Do they always have to end in betrayal?

Ignacio García, Spanish director, combines two canonical dramas of our two cultures. He puts two extremely strong women on the Opole stage: Spanish Semiramis and Polish Balladyna. Where will the spirits of Calderón and Słowacki lead them? Will they achieve the fulfilment they are fighting for so fiercely? What price will they have to pay, and will it be worth it?

DURATION:
80 minutes

DIRECTION:
Ignacio García

TEXT & ADAPTATION:
Marta Eloy Cichocka

DRAMATURGY:
Anna Galas-Kosil and José Gabriel López Antuñano

SET & COSTUME DESIGN:
Anna Tomczyńska

SET DESIGNER’S ASSISTANT:
Klara Filipowicz

LIGHTING DESIGN:
Bogumił Palewicz

STAGE MOVEMENT:
Witold Jurewicz and Marlena Bełdzikowska

DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT:
Lada Shylenko

STAGE COORDINATOR:
Urszula Kraska