Robotic Theatre

The scenario was based on one of the popular “Tales of the Robots” by Stanisław Lem under the same title.

The character – the brave robot Ferrix, falls in love with a beautiful princess Crystal. However, the princess, despite she is a robot (a robot girl?), would rather marry a bladawiec, i.e. a human, and ruthlessly eliminates all non human suitors. The reasons for this aberration are the impenetrable mystery for the robots, especially since the human race is the biggest enemy of the robot civilisation. However, disregarding the danger Ferrix decides to win Crystal’s heart by dressing up as… a human.
The story of the robot in love is an excuse for presenting history of mankind in form of a satire: from the beginning of life on Earth to the age of Space explorers. Grotesque and humour are mixed with a serious reflection on the condition of the contemporary man. In the end, however – as it is often the case with Lem’s prose – what prevails is an air of good-natured and calm reflection – it’s a style of detachment, which is far from being pompous. It’s created mostly by the specific language, connecting the old-fashioned fairytale style with the modern scientific and technical terminology.
Our show will share those traits with the story, being amusing, rather than gloomy, sometimes funny though not shallow, and sometimes calling for reflection.

Cast:
NARRATOR       Piotr Fronczewski
PERFORAT        Marian Opania
FERRIX           Tomasz Kozłowicz
CRYSTAL        Magdalena Różczka
POLIFAZY         Wiktor Zborowski
CYBERHAZY      Artur Dziurman

Animations for the show “Prince Ferrix and Princess Crystal”:
Technique: classic animation, 2D computer animation with the elements of 3D animation, copies, feature film

Author: Szymon Felkel

The scenario for the play was based on the 19th century short story by Edwin A. Abbott: “Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions”.

The character of the story – the Square from the Flatland – begins his journey to the third dimension. Things that we (living in 3-dimention world) consider normal and obvious occur to the Square as incredible, unimaginable, mysterious and wonderful, similarly to how incredible the 4-dimention objects seem to people (though mathematicians can describe space in any dimension). 
Our show is an attempt to tell the story about these multi-dimensional worlds. The teenage characters of the play – Tomek and Zosia – will find out about the possibility of the worlds existence as such. They will be surprised by the inexplicable (as it may seem) problem of the “vanished” pen. The mystery will be the beginning of the fantastic journey in the worlds of various dimensions the children will be taken to by their uncle Edwin – the character joining the features of a competent teacher and a smart and kind friend. He is a true thinker who can “obtain” answers for difficult questions about the nature of space and the fact of dimensionality.
The show has an educational purpose. Therefore, the focus will be brought to the clarity of the performance, even at the cost of stylistic ease and visual impressiveness. Due to the level of knowledge in geometry necessary for the understanding of the lecture, the show is intended for the students of the final grades of the primary school and the students of the first grade of the middle school (aged: 11-15).

Cast:
Uncle Edwin      Artur Dziurman
ZOSIA               Magda Kusy
TOMEK              Benio Lewandowski

Animations for the show "The secret of an empty drawer – ghosts from the fourth dimension":
technique: classic animation (stop motion), 2D computer animation

Authors: Krzysztof Kokoryn and Wojciech Kliczka