IRAN CONFERENCE AT TEATR DRAMATYCZNY SCENA NA WOLI IN WARSAW, POLAND
Watchable. I don't normally review theatre here but this time the performance is in English. The language is spoken with varying accents at different levels of proficiency like in a real conference and with simultaneous translation available for those preferring Polish. The play is basically an in-depth exploration of people's relationship with religion. At the pretext of a country, it tackles the issue of God and spiritualism from several angles. "The love of the beloved" reflects sufism and says how you "no longer fear losing yourself". Other viewpoints sometimes collide: "Only a slave wants freedom" versus "Only slaves have no freedom" - the two seemingly non-exclusive statements contradict each other in the context. Insight into happiness is given in the tale about poor people, even starving, who were inherently happy. An atheist view is presented too, obviously, in the comment on current affairs: non-spiritual Germans invited spiritual Syrians, in turn those spiritual people blow up, stab or run over their hosts. Other than that, people live according to their "wants" - those are universal, common to every person on the planet. And... the right to live has to be extended to animals. While it shows a wide perspective, the topic lacks a cummulative conclusion. Strictly performance-wise I have to conclude it's impeccably acted.
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