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- “A master of suspense, the heir of Hitchcock, Jarzyna composes his performances like movies”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. is the latest creation from multi-award winning Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna. Set to a powerful soundtrack and performed in near wordless scenes, Jarzyna's production is an exquisite filmic voyage into the heart of Pier Paolo Pasolini's modern parable.
Inspired by Pasolini's 1968 cult film, Theorem, this evocative theatre adaptation is the compelling story of an upper-middle class family in turmoil. At the centre of the family upheaval is a mysterious visitor who instigates a cataclysmic sequence of events when he systematically seduces each member of the household. The family is left to pick up the pieces, and must each discover whether his intervention has been a catalyst for divine, or disastrous, transformation.
The complex tale is executed beautifully in the hands of its groundbreaking director, who has been revolutionising theatre since taking on the role of TR Warszawa's artistic director in 1998. Following outstanding performances in Edinburgh and New York, TR Warszawa has been described as one of Europe's "most consistently astonishing theatre groups".
Pasolini's Theorem was just one of 25 critically acclaimed films the accomplished artist created before his murder in 1975. T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. is a hypnotically beautiful exploration of the social, political and religious ideologies which made Pasolini one of the revolutionary thinkers of our time.
Contains nudity and adult themes In Polish with English surtitles
Image: Artur Rawicz
More Info
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Review
Lumiere Reader Mar 17, 2010
TR Warszawa's T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T., directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna, is a standout work of the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival. This play is an adaptation of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema, the 1968 film and the later novel of the same name. The subtlety of Jarzyna's production closely follows the near-wordless film, in which pure emotions and base human urges are rendered with a stunning visual palette.
The Dominion Post Mar 15, 2010
I propose a boycott of TSB Arena as a venue for theatrical productions until something is done about the seating, particularly as T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. lasts for 130 minutes and has no interval to stretch one's legs.
www.scoop.co.nz Mar 14, 2010
The 1960s were a highwater mark for the kind of glacially-paced and existentially introspective cinema that hardly anyone makes - or watches - any more, and no one made those movies quite like the Italians: think of directors such as Visconti, Antonioni, Fellini and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
NBR Mar 14, 2010
With "11 & 12" and "Theoremat" the festival provided two outstanding plays by two major international directors. One by a director who has changed the face of theatre over the last half century and the other who will probably change theatre over the next half century.
Polski Wortal T Nov 2, 2009
T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T is a more mature Jarzyna
