Our Macron, who art in heaven...
Do you believe in God? Do you sympathize with Satan? Or do you glorify macaroni or any other pasta? You can believe in many things, but what is the line between faith and fanatically following a cult? And what exactly is a cult?
The Krakow production was based on the book Sect Made in Poland, which is a kind of document of the most extreme manifestations of Polish spirituality. The visually appealing production presented several phenomena that are not limited to Poland. We are all members of a sect. However, we do not call our communities this.
Their leaders/objects can be anyone/anything - a parent, a politician, a friend, a teacher, or food. Despite the fact that the production was engagingly constructed, the main theme of the production got lost several times in the plethora of other issues that were often only hinted at, e.g. satanism, emotionally strained portrayals of LGBTQ+ people and their problems, UFOs, or hints of the ecological issues associated with leaving this planet.
The dominant part of the production was the simple and clean set design, which took on many new and interesting meanings as it progressed. However, the spectacular set was rivalled by the balanced performances of the actors. I consider the most outstanding performance to be that of Maria Wójtowicz, who not only sang her solo technically correctly, but made it emotionally rich as well. In general, the singing and movement broke down the minimal language barrier with constantly growing emotion.
