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translation by Stanisław Barańczak

direction: Krzysztof Warlikowski
stage design: Małgorzata Szczęśniak
music: Paweł Mykietyn
lighting design: Felice Ross

cast: Stanisława Celińska, Magdalena Cielecka, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Renate Jett, Andrzej Chyra, Adam Ferency, Marek Kalita, Redbad Klijnstra, Lech Łotocki, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Jacek Poniedziałek oraz Marianna Orłoś, Teresa Owczynnikow, Maria Świerszcz

The greatest mystery of Warlikowski's theatre is the extraordinary ambivalence of the good and evil. The ominous beauty Prospero refers to commenting on Ariel's acts, makes an enormous temptation, the evil seduces, it's spectacular and sophisticated. The good is unattractive, not spectacular and no stage-friendly. It has no chance to win a popularity contest, which contest makes a scale for a new world. What's more - even when good wins, it's usually to late. These victories only matter to the few. The evil continues its glaring harvest. The splendor of the good is quiet and humble. In his The Tempest Warlikowski sets an out-of date question about the value of the virtue and rebuilds the rank of guilt.
Piotr Gruszczyński, Tygodnik Powszechny

premiered: 4 January 2003
approximate running time: 2 hours 40 min. (no intermission)