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KITCHEN COUNTERPOINTS

Musikalisch-literarischer Salon REMIZA aus London

präsentiert: Monodram & Singer-Songwriter concert

Spielsprache: Polnisch mit englischen Untertiteln

A monodrama on the daily absurd and the quiet rebellion of the heart

Kitchen Counterpoints is a moving monodrama rooted in a profoundly contemporary experience – a woman’s solitude amidst a crowd of duties, memories, and unmet longings.

It tells the story of Maria – an outwardly ordinary woman who, each day, steps into her kitchen and there conducts her most important conversations: with her absent husband, with herself, with a silent table.

Within the minimalist confines of the kitchen unfolds the drama of psychological violence – the kind that leaves no bruises, yet erodes identity. Maria does not scream – she uses irony; she does not flee – she reflects. Her world is a Polish everyday: tea, salt, a pork cutlet sizzling in the pan, and an unfulfilled yearning for something more. The voice of a friend from Italy becomes a symbolic summons to life – to freedom, to dreams, to stepping out of the cultural and emotional circles that confine her.

The monodrama subtly touches upon Polishness – the daily, domestic kind, woven from household chores, learned self-sacrifice, love bound up with renunciation, and irony that shields against despair. Maria is every one of us – a Polish woman who knows the taste of sacrifice and the scent of a meal prepared for someone who will never notice.

Kitchen Counterpoints was awarded Prize and a Special Distinction in the 70th National Recitation Contest in the One-Actor Theatre category (adults) in Poland – a proof that the quiet force of a woman’s voice can move, linger, and stay with its audience. The piece is recommended for monodrama festivals, literary-theatrical events, and intimate artistic stages – anywhere that values emotion, truth, and a deep reflection on the everyday.

Dauer: 30 Minuten

Form: Monodrama

Cast: Dorota Górczyńska – BAcik

Im Anschluss eine kurze Diskussion über die neuesten Forschungsergebnisse zum Migrantentheater in Deutschland und ein Songwriter-Konzert (auf English) von Remigiusz Juskiewicz, dem Drittplatzierter bei dem Gesangswettbewerb in San Remo (2022)

Tickets: 10 EUR (Abendkasse 12 EUR) erhältlich über die Webseite von KULT

Veranstalter: OFF THEATER ZIGARRE beim Verein für Interkulturelle Projekte V.I.P e.V. in Braunschweig und Musikalisch-literarischer Salon REMIZA aus London

Gefördert vom Senat der Republik Polen im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs „Senat-Polonia 2025“ in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Fundacja Polonii Świata bei World Polonia Council.