Performance “Brainrot” | Poland | PREMIERE
Creators: Intergenerational Theatre Group, CHOREA Theatre
Direction, choreography: Janusz Adam Biedrzycki, Magdalena Paszkiewicz
Text: Intergenerational Theatre Group, Julian Tuwim, Antoni Słonimski
Lighting: Tomasz Krukowski
Cast: Alicja Kaźmierska, Anna Grabowska, Barbara Całka-Lisek, Barbara Iżeli, Grażyna Kołtonik, Halina Kaczorowska, Jola Szadkowska, Julia Pietrzak, Liliana Filipczak, Martyna Kozłowska, Natalia Arabska, Róża Kubasiewicz, Serafima Kisialiova, Magda Knyt, Sasza Zankowska, Zofia Kędra, Mateusz Malec, Joanna Cholewińska, Wiktoria Kram, Oliwia Różycka, Agnieszka Siemińska, Amelia Lubecka, Marcelina Mączewska, Lilia Podgórna, Tomasz Preuss, Agata Trafarska
Premiere: August 23, 2026
Date: August 23, 2026 | Sunday
Time: 4 pm
Place: Stage, Art Factory in Łódź, 3 Tymienieckiego Street
Tickets: 20 PLN - early bird | 25 PLN - industry | 30 PLN - regular
Early bird tickets: on sale from June 23, 2026 until July 7, 2026 or until they are sold out | via biletomat.pl portal | online payment
Regular tickets: on sale from July 8, 2026 until they are sold out | via biletomat.pl portal | online payment
Industry tickets: for cultural workers, on sale one hour before the selected event, at the Festival Office | cash or contactless card payment | booking: from June 23, 2026, by mail:biuro@retroperspektywy.com
Duration: 60 minutes
Age restrictions: 12+
Language: Polish
Content warning: Flashing lights, loud music, and vulgar language
After the performance, around 5 pm, we invite the viewers to a meeting and discussion with the artists.
The discussion will take place on the Stage of the Art Factory in Łódź.
The discussion will be led by Tomasz Domagała.
The discussion will be held in Polish.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE
An industrial-style show in which a 30-member chorus of lost souls tries to find meaning in a world of super-fast 5G internet and endless queues at the National Health Fund. It is a performance about a reality in which the boundaries between fact and imagination are increasingly blurred.
A collage of contemporary absurdities appear on stage: vanishing presidents, programmers searching for love in the terms of service of OnlyFans, and scientists weighing planets with the density of cotton candy. It is a story about a generation that has mastered the comforts of life but is still trying to learn how to understand one another.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Intergenerational Theatre Group - has been active since 2020 and was created by combining two groups operating at CHOREA Theatre - the Youth Group and the Senior Group. The Intergenerational Group brings together people from different backgrounds, with diverse experiences, ages and temperaments. Their work is characterised by intergenerational dialogue, multifaceted activities, mutual inspiration, and the breaking of barriers, fears, and stereotypes.
The activities of the Youth Group date back to 2012, when the group was formed following the conclusion of the socio-artistic project “Oratorio Dance Project”, which engaged many creative communities from Łódź, young dancers from the Łódź Voivodeship, and people at risk of social exclusion. Its weekly meetings evolved into a regular Youth Group, which has seen changes in its membership over the years. This group also involved individuals with disabilities and those who are blind or visually impaired. The Youth Group has participated in numerous socio-educational projects: “Art-Impulses / Vidomi” (2014), “Vidomi-Continuations” (2015), “Darkness” (2017), “Like in a beehive!” (2018), “Laboratory of Creative Actions” (2019, 2020, 2021). The members of the Youth Group have also created several performances: “The Ugly” (2013), “Vidomi” (2014), “Darkness. What is Hidden” (2017), “Hive. The Secret Social Life” (2018), “Right Here. Right Now” (2019), “iGeneration?” (2020), and “We Should Be... An impression on several verbs” (2021). The Senior Group started their meetings as part of the second edition of the educational project “Laboratory of Creative Actions” (2020).
The Intergenerational Theatre Group, created as a result of combining the two groups, prepared an open-air performance “One second-community” in 2021 and produced its first theatre play “Golden Thread” in 2022. In 2023, the group presented the premiere of their second theatre play “Eden. A scenical fairy tale in several pictures”. In 2024 they created the performance “Pause”, and in 2025 the performance “Reset”. In their theatrical activity, the Intergenerational Group draws on themes that directly relate to all its members, focusing on common, collective experiences. At the same time, the collective in charge of the group (Janusz Adam Biedrzycki, Magdalena Paszkiewicz, and Wiktor Moraczewski), takes care of the individual development of each of the group members.
