The main point here is fear, apprehension and suspicion, which are provoked by "historical traumas". It's also about pride and the thin line past which it gives rise to conceit. Numerous stereotypes are viewed under a magnifying glass, stereotypes which often block the possibility of joint actions, and which represent many shades of chauvinism. It is interesting that the text was created as a result of the international workshops conducted this summer with young artists from Poland, Ukraine and Germany. Their idea was to create a common space in which the artists would have the opportunity to create and talk about many topics together. As Joanna Oparek said, during the workshops, the young artists themselves set boundaries where they could talk about their prejudices and fears without hurting each other.
It is hard not to have associations with the most famous stranger in literature, the one from Albert Camus' novels. While the French writer in his book shows a man alienated in the world of hypocrisy, it is different in Joanna Oparek's drama. Her stranger becomes the driving force behind the action. It is thanks to him that the characters of the play have a common task. He unites them and he divides them at the same time. He triggers fear in them. But who is he? Perhaps a guest? Maybe an invader? Because when we hear from the stage: "sometimes the guest and the invader is just a matter of naming." Where is the stranger? Do we know him? Or is the stranger only inside us? And bred in our imagination he steals our rationality? He grows inside us, making us turn into puppets driven by deft puppeteers?