A viewer's review on edfringe.com

a visual and intellectual treat 15 Aug 2007 reviewer: Gerdi Quist, United Kingdom

From the moment the show starts with shuffling feet rushing in to set up and mark out the theatrical space, you know you are in for a visual and intellectual treat. The audience needs to make its own interpretation of events as there is no discernable dialogue (unless you know Polish). But this does not stop you from enjoying the piece. The performance given by Mira Rychlicka is immensely rewarding, subtly humorous and keeps you engaged all the time, even if you can’t fully understand what is being said. If anything, this probably heightens the audience’s perception to clues given to help you interpret what is actually happening on stage. Clues include the repetitions of the scene where a Magistrate arrives at a house in the middle of the night, suggesting to us we are not seeing a linear plot, but different interpretations of events; we can also tell the Magistrate is fancying himself as a detective as he thinks the arrows on the floor are clues to solving what he imagines to be a murder; and most significantly, the presence of the creaking windmill suggests the Magistrate, like Don Quijote, is suffering from an overexcited imagination. But, even without understanding the plot fully, this show of ‘object based theatre’ is very enjoyable and atmospheric through the use of stunning and suggestive stage props, the use of masks and puppets, and a haunting original musical score performed live by a guitarist. If you like your theatre to be more than simple entertainment, you really should not miss this show.

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