Why invent horrors when fear is everywhere? How can we be afraid of something we know does not exist? What do we really enjoy when we watch fictional worlds collapse before our eyes, and how does that relate to our own sense of threat? “Laguna” grows out of a fascination with body horror as a genre that reflects our collective anxieties about corporeality. It uses our weakness for images that both attract and repel us, causing a faster heartbeat and a tingling around the neck.
In “Laguna,” dirty water trickles from the tap in an onstage spa, sunbeds resemble instruments of torture, and the mud that heals in sanatoriums but kills in cinema feels like a bad omen. A total eclipse of the sun lasts here long enough to unsettle not only the laws of gravity and motor skills. Decay affects plot and theatricality – dialogues and the structure of the performance disintegrate. What remains is movement, and with it the basic horror conflict between order and chaos. And the chance to test on our own skin the relationship between theatrical and muscular tension and what relief we might find when we gather to be frightened together for a brief moment.
Please arrive punctually. After the performance starts, latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium.
TW: The performance is recommended for viewers aged 16 and over.
The show includes strobe lights, coarse language, fake blood, smoke, loud music, low-frequency sounds and self-harm.
📅 DATES
8.02 (Sunday), 7:00 PM
Touch Tour (tactile set tour), 6:00 PM — Polish subtitles, audio description
10.02 (Tuesday), 7:00 PM
ENGLISH SUBTITLES — performance with English subtitles presented as part of the Warsaw Theatre Quartet
🎟️ BILETY
photo: Filip Preis
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