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translation by Klaudyna Rozhin

direction: Artur Urbański
set design: Magdalena Maciejewska
sound: Piotr Domiński, Artur Urbański
lighting design: Karina Kleszczewska

cast: Magda Beska, Maria Maj, Monika Rak, Redbad Klijnstra, Waldemar Obłoza, Maciej Wojdyła

The premiere of the Irish playwriter Mark O'Rowe' Howie the Rookie directed by Artur Urbański in Teatr Rozmaitości will be considered the first in Warsaw performance set on the staircase. (...) The space of the staircase has a metaphorical meaning. It makes a world for main characters of the play - two blockers spending their time drinking, fighting and picking girls. (...) Maciej Wojdyła and Redbad Klijnstra famously play the drama of characters trying to fill the emptiness of their lives with the acts of violence. But their excellent acting would be reaching another empty theatrical Mont Blanc if not for these repulsive doors, mailboxes and most of all the tree, unexpectedly growing by their backs. It's the same around us. Isn't that a case?
Roman Pawłowski, Gazeta Wyborcza

premiered: 13 October 2001
approximate running time: 1 hour 45 min. (no intermission)
TR Rehearsal Room STOLARNIA