I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was not horribly hung over. Glad I had gotten most of the alcohol out of my system before going to bed. Managed to get everything packed up in a timely fashion. Was a little frantic to find my glasses not in my room. Asia came by just before it was time to leave to tell me that she had them. Made my way slowly downstairs and loaded my bags into the waiting taxis. Had a short ride back over to the station. In spite of us trying to get to the station earlier, we had another tight turn around to get aboard the train. Margaret ran to get some snacks which made the 5 hour train ride much more enjoyable. Enjoyed the scenery for a bit and then got to work on catching up with the blog.
On our way to Warszawa. A look back at the Warszawa station.
We pulled into Warszawa around 3pm. Got cabs over to Teatr Rampa in the Praga district. Loads of bloki all around and not much else. Got settled into our rooms. Some of them were proper rooms, but most were repurposed spaces. I had an office; Koby and Laura shared a salon with creepy stylized portraits of the ensemble actors. After a short time to freshen up, we were off to Stary Miasto for dinner.
Arriving at Teatr Rampa. The creepy faces in Laura and Koby's room
Isabel, a friend of Sheila’s over from England, joined us. The restaurant was quite good. The beer came in 1-liter mugs. I was able to get a mushroom soup and salad along with mushroom and cabbage pirogues. It was all very tasty and filling after the little bit of snack that I had on the train. As always we were a little pressed for time and hurried over to a nearby theater for the evening programming.
Having a delicious dinner in the Stary Miasto. It was a group effort to finish off the 1-liter beers.
The first piece, entitled Toporland, was a duet for upright bass and cardboard. The cardboard was a gigantic two-meter tall roll that was stood on end. A J. S. Bach piece was played on the bass while the cardboard was unrolled. Various scenes were painted on or cut out of the cardboard. There were a number of one-line gags as the piece progressed. Eventually the unrolling neared its end and the performance seemed as if it should be over. Instead, the cardboard was rolled back up with slight variations on most of the gags.
The director of the plays finish off a toast to the opening evening. Toporland, A piece for upright bass and cardboard.
The next piece was a series of monologues about the work of five different sculptors. True to form, the theater became increasingly hot and stuffy and it became increasing difficult to concentrate.
The second play was a number of small vignettes based around sculptures specially produced for the play.
After the plays we had a meeting with the director and performers. The interview went along fine until one of the actors noticed that I was nodding off behind the camera. We stayed on a bit more enjoying some refreshments. Isabel had poured a full glass of Żubrówka (Bison Grass Vodka) thinking it was white wine. She was quite taken aback with what she actually got. We all hurried off a little after 11pm in hopes of getting a bus back to Teatr Rampa. We missed one because were we not in the right spot for it to pick us up. We had a 20-minute wait for the next one. Back to the theater just before midnight.
On our way to Warszawa. A look back at the Warszawa station.
We pulled into Warszawa around 3pm. Got cabs over to Teatr Rampa in the Praga district. Loads of bloki all around and not much else. Got settled into our rooms. Some of them were proper rooms, but most were repurposed spaces. I had an office; Koby and Laura shared a salon with creepy stylized portraits of the ensemble actors. After a short time to freshen up, we were off to Stary Miasto for dinner.
Arriving at Teatr Rampa. The creepy faces in Laura and Koby's room
Isabel, a friend of Sheila’s over from England, joined us. The restaurant was quite good. The beer came in 1-liter mugs. I was able to get a mushroom soup and salad along with mushroom and cabbage pirogues. It was all very tasty and filling after the little bit of snack that I had on the train. As always we were a little pressed for time and hurried over to a nearby theater for the evening programming.
Having a delicious dinner in the Stary Miasto. It was a group effort to finish off the 1-liter beers.
The first piece, entitled Toporland, was a duet for upright bass and cardboard. The cardboard was a gigantic two-meter tall roll that was stood on end. A J. S. Bach piece was played on the bass while the cardboard was unrolled. Various scenes were painted on or cut out of the cardboard. There were a number of one-line gags as the piece progressed. Eventually the unrolling neared its end and the performance seemed as if it should be over. Instead, the cardboard was rolled back up with slight variations on most of the gags.
The director of the plays finish off a toast to the opening evening. Toporland, A piece for upright bass and cardboard.
The next piece was a series of monologues about the work of five different sculptors. True to form, the theater became increasingly hot and stuffy and it became increasing difficult to concentrate.
The second play was a number of small vignettes based around sculptures specially produced for the play.
After the plays we had a meeting with the director and performers. The interview went along fine until one of the actors noticed that I was nodding off behind the camera. We stayed on a bit more enjoying some refreshments. Isabel had poured a full glass of Żubrówka (Bison Grass Vodka) thinking it was white wine. She was quite taken aback with what she actually got. We all hurried off a little after 11pm in hopes of getting a bus back to Teatr Rampa. We missed one because were we not in the right spot for it to pick us up. We had a 20-minute wait for the next one. Back to the theater just before midnight.
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