ZAMEK Culture Centre

200 years ago, the premiere of “Ballads and Romances” was accompanied by moral scandal and social unrest. Mickiewicz was accused of immorality and perversion.
He spoke the language of a group of the lowest social status, giving them the right to embody their fantasies and desires. Overflowing with eroticism, sensuality and amorous frenzy, the texts also fulfilled an emancipatory role, becoming a manifesto of a new sensibility, abolishing class hierarchies and postulating a democracy of feelings. With his Ballads, he introduced new, socially unacceptable images that struck hard at bourgeois prudery. Can his texts today evoke similar anxiety?
In “Libido Romantico,” actors, actresses, and creators challenge contemporary society. Reaching for the classic and (seemingly) tamed, national, hallowed texts of the national bard, they find their voice in them, claiming the right of people with disabilities to love and to sexuality.

Theatre 21 has bravely broken down stereotypes about theatre work with disabled people. The company’s actors are primarily people with Down’s syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, who have become full participants in stage life. Theatre 21’s productions can be seen on the stages of renowned theatres and festivals, and the company increasingly cooperates with various institutions, while its members also carry out their own projects.

directed by: Justyna Wielgus
dramaturgy and script: Justyna Lipko Konieczna
cast: Maja Kowalczyk, Daniel Krajewski, Aleksander Orliński, Michał Pęszyński, Piotr Sakowski, Aleksandra Skotarek, Magdalena Świątkowska
set design and costumes: Wisła Nicieja
music: Zoi Michailova
video: Wojtek Kaniewski
lighting: Monika Sidor
production: Paulina Uryszek, Centrum Sztuki Włączającej and Teatr 21

SIMPLE LANGUAGE:
We invite you to a performance by Teatr 21 from Warsaw. Professional actors with disabilities perform here. This show is called "Libido romantico". It combines the poetry of Adam Mickiewicz and the stories of the performing artists. The performance tells about topics that are often hidden and even forbidden - about feelings, desire, love and erotic fantasies. It shows that desires and sexual needs concern us all.

ACCESSIBILITY:

- A performance with spoken texts in Polish, no translation into Polish sign language

- A performance presented with audio description, preceded by a touch tour

- Recommended age: 16+ (sexual themes, swearing);

- Duration: approx. 100 minutes + 15 minutes for a touch tour of the stage for people with visual impairments;

- Tickets: PLN 50 (n), PLN 40 (r), PLN 41 (PwD)

A person with disability (PwD) requiring assistance can purchase a reduced ticket for the performance at a price PLN 1 higher than the one given in the price list (PLN 41). This ticket guarantees them entry together with an assistant.

- Viewers sit on chairs placed in the amphitheatrical audience (max. 200 seats). The seats are not numbered; we provide wheelchair users with seats in the first row;

- The amphitheatrical audience is located in front of the stage. Distance from the performance space to the first row of the audience: approx. 2 m

- People with alternative motor skills and/or having problems with movement will be invited to enter the auditorium first.

- Louder music appears in some scenes of the performance.

- In some scenes of the performance, the hall is in semi-darkness.

- How to get here? The entrance to the ZAMEK Culture Center is currently difficult due to renovation. Please pay attention to the signs indicating the direction to the main entrance and to the entrance for people using wheelchairs. We can provide assistance to visually impaired people in moving around the CK ZAMEK space and in reaching the building from the immediate vicinity. If you need support in this area, please write to Anna Pawłowska: a.pawlowska@ckzamek.pl or call: 61 64 65 254.

- For people who like to know what to expect in a new place, we recommend reading the Pre-Guide to CK ZAMEK and the list of toilets for people with physical disabilities.

- More information in the Accessibility tab on our website

- How to get here? The entrance to the ZAMEK Culture Center is currently difficult due to renovation. Please pay attention to the signs indicating the direction to the main entrance and to the entrance for people using wheelchairs. We can provide assistance to visually impaired people in moving around the CK ZAMEK space and in reaching the building from the immediate vicinity. If you need support in this area, please write to Anna Pawłowska: a.pawlowska@ckzamek.pl or call: 61 64 65 254.

Entrance A

 The Museum of Poznan Uprising Entrance

Grand Hall