język polskijęzyk angielski

Inside this big cosy house

Author
Genre
Drama
Original language of the play
Cast details
​13 characters + a dog; several minutes from the life of a rich businessman, Max.
Original title
W dużym domku

Paweł Jurek mocks our contemporary reality which is constantly manipulated by the media. His characters believe in their fictional images; they lose their sense of identity. It finds its reflection in the destroyed culture that has been replaced by TV pictures. The powerful media is ready to create heroes out of criminals and nothing can stop them. The key word here is “popularity”. In the market of fame one of the most worthy products are still beauty and love. These will always find customers.

In his work Jurek offers us an incredible complexity of plots, which are just a series of film shots. Some journalists visit an eminent businessman, Max and his family, in their villa outside Warsaw. Max is pleased enough with his unreal media image; however, the events that are to come seem only a continuation of this artificial world. The characters are not sure if all they want to do is what they choose, or do they do it for the sake of preserving their media image. On the one hand, they blindly follow media examples, on the other, they try to be even better than that, which – as one may easily guess – results in general confusion and moral decay.