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NASTIA is a controversial short story by the famous Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin, which appeared in the collection entitled "Feast" in 2001. The story takes place at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and focuses on the titular Nastia, a 16-year-old noblewoman. Sorokin presents a vision of the idyllic Sablin manor, whose inhabitants (at least officially) are always guided by reason, care and openness to other people. However, as a result of irrational events and hidden secrets, an unimaginable crime takes place during a family feast organized on the occasion of the girl's sixteenth birthday, after which the rest of the guests indulge in philosophical disputes... The song is saturated with a sense of absurdity and horror.
The creators wonder what mutual hatred and stereotypes and the cultivation of harmful rituals of violence can lead to. They want to talk about the dangerous instincts inherent in each of us, which are usually released in times of crisis. They ask about the limits of indifference to evil and the possibility of rebellion and escape in a situation of oppression.
The performance is created by artists from Belarus, Poland and Ukraine. Presentations are in Russian with Polish subtitles. Some of the Belarusian creators of the show were forced to leave their homeland after the wave of repression and are currently staying in Warsaw on artistic residencies at the Powszechny Theater and other Warsaw theaters.


fot. Marianna Kulesza

fot. Marianna Kulesza

fot. Marianna Kulesza

fot. Marianna Kulesza