Innowica, Poland | The Great Journey
The Great Journey
ENCOUNTERS IN THE LABYRINTH OF LIGHTS
In collaboration with Theater Magica
3.500 Candles. 300 old suitcases. Suitcase towers, suitcase fountains, visitors' suitcases - everyone embarks alone on The Great Journey through the labyrinth. 3 hours of stars falling from the sky and of characters revealing their stories – with their eyes, their voices, their bodies.
A sea of lights flowing over town squares and parks, through tunnels and great halls. For those who venture inside, it becomes a playful labyrinth of lights full of poetic theatrical moments. Eight characters tell us of their dreams, of being stuck, and of their little islands of happiness – a poetic play on the way to the centre.
Let yourself be enchanted by magical images, by the expressive play and the poetic stories. Linger until you’re carried out into the night again.
I find myself wondering – what is Innowica? It is certainly not a festival of performances. It is an extraordinary blend of art, life, conversation, music, nature and chance – elements that cannot be planned into any programme. And perhaps that is why Innowica is so appealing. Perhaps it is because we increasingly need something that cannot be sent over the internet – we need another human being. A real voice, not a voicemail. Someone’s face, not a profile picture. Feelings, not emojis. We need touch, conversation, shared silence, music that fills the air, and an actor right there within reach.
In a world increasingly immersed in virtual reality, Innowica may seem a bit old-fashioned. And thank goodness for that. Because here, you can sit next to a stranger and, after a while, strike up a conversation with them. Here, performances take place in a meadow, for example, and a chance encounter over a cup of tea sometimes turns out to be more important than many an item on the programme. That’s why, when the last audience member goes home and Innowica falls silent, I don’t feel as though the festival has ended. Because Innowica doesn’t end with the final performance. Something remains.
In memory.
In conversation.
In people.
And that is precisely why, after nineteen years, I still want to come back here and create this extraordinary festival with my friends.
A place where theatre is a genuine encounter.
A place where, for three days, you can believe that the world isn’t at all what it seems.
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All the information about the Spotkania Teatralne INNOWICA festival:
https://innowica.blogspot.com/