“A Trumpet to Listen With”. The kind and deaf old woman Marion Leatherby is one day placed by her son Galahad into a nursing home. The facility called the Haven of Light is run with a firm hand by Doctor Gambit and his wife. The eccentric residents are essentially deprived of all freedoms. But the ferment of revolution grows, the old women’s revolt is inevitable. A true apocalypse is coming.
This is a surreal tale based on Leonora Carrington’s book about reclaiming freedom, presented by a traveling theatre from fragments of the old world.
“A Trumpet to Listen With” is a positive wink at old age, at the inexorably passing time that takes much away but also gives much in return.
Katarzyna Mikołajewska, Gazeta Wyborcza – Wrocław
After the performance there will be a discussion with the artists and invited guests.
📍 Teatr Powszechny, Scena Duża, ul. Jana Zamoyskiego 20
📅 21.03.2026 (Tuesday), 17:00
Premiere: 22.04.2023
🔞 Audience age: 16+
⏱️ Running time: 165 min (with intermission)
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“A Trumpet to Listen With” based on the book by Leonora Carrington, translation Maryna Ochab
Wrocław Contemporary Theatre named after Maria and Edmund Wierciński
Direction: Weronika Szczawińska
Adaptation, dramaturgy, assistant director, musical arrangement: Piotr Wawer jr
Set design, costumes, lighting: Marta Szypulska
Compositions, arrangements: Julia Gadzina
Choreography: Alicja Czyczel
Stage manager: Katarzyna Krajewit
Director’s assistant: Anna Kieca
Lighting execution: Jan Sławkowski
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