THE WONDERFUL NEITHER THIS NOR THAT

The fiction of reality

Something in between a musical and a drama. In between a serious reflection on the generation of 30-years-old and a parody of a “hipster” lifestyle. In between film and theatre. Neither this nor that.
Tomasz Cymerman, using a contemporary text written by Martin Heckmanns, wants to tell a story about the doubt in contemporary intelligence. People who are not grown-up enough for family and social life, self-centred, nurturing internal longings and their own needs, are completely detached from reality.

Through the formula of a modern musical, the creators try to grasp the phenomenon of immature society, the narcissistic personality of our times preoccupied only with itself. Those people, by ignoring the outside world, live in a glass bubble of their own, carefully nurtured identity and cannot see that something very important is slipping through their fingers: their life. The Wonderful Neither This Nor That is a bitter tale about a fictitious utopia that each of us can very easily create around themselves, and from which it is not easy to just escape.

"Such initiatives are needed in Opole."

Martyna Friedla, Gazeta Wyborcza – Opole

Premiere

22nd november 2016

Scene

Bunkier stage

Duration

75 MINS (no interval)

suggested age

+12

A performance produced as part of the Actors’ Initiatives Stage.

upcoming dates

10.05. / WEDNESDAY

8.00PM

12.05. / FRIDAY

9.30PM

13.05. / SATURDAY

6.30pm

“The success of the Opole performance lies in its attractiveness – both dramaturgically and strictly in terms of entertainment.”

Kamil Bujny, Teatr dla wszystkich

“Cymerman’s production is something between drama, musical (but how these youngsters, especially Małgorzata, sing!), theatre and film. Intriguing and inspiring.”

Iwona Kłopocka, Nowa Trybuna Opolska

„The Wonderful Neither This Nor That brings great joy to the audience and, above all, is remembered after leaving the theatre”.

Henryk Mazurkiewicz, teatralny.pl

„(…) potrafi rozśmieszyć, a nieraz też skłonić do refleksji. Działa jak dobrze skrojone kino gatunkowe, z rozwiązaniami z którymi teatr, moim zdaniem, mógłby częściej eksperymentować”.

Henryk Mazurkiewicz, teatralny.pl