CityTelling Festival. A Half, a documentary theatre play

Everything in this premiere production will be real. All of the dialogue and all of the stories – actually happened. This is a story about Lithuanians in Poland and Poles in Lithuania. The grandparents of the production’s director, Jakub Tabisz, arrived in Poland from Vilnius. But it is a contemporary story that poses questions about us and our imagined ideal of a homeland. In a time of newly rising nationalism and when painful history is being rewritten or erased, the creators of this production hope to capture a living moment as it is experienced today between two different nations who live side by side. In one of Kaunas’ neighbourhoods, there are buildings that were only half-completed. Half of a building symbolizes the history of many Lithuanians and Poles, a story of two nations sharing a common history and common enmity. But we also have the same streets, the same Adam Mickiewicz, and the same sense of humour. This documentary theatre production will feature actors playing living characters. All the words, stories, and characters in this production – are all real. Organizer: Kaunas 2022. Partners: Grotowski Institute (Poland), Strefa Kultury Wrocław (Poland)