Idea and starring: Natalia Sakowicz
Artistic care: Marcin Bartnikowski
Dramaturgy: Zuzanna Bojda
Scenography: Maria Żynel
Music: Anna Stela
Choreographic consultations: Marta Bury
Lights: Maciej Iwańczyk
Release date: December 30th, 2017

Long, long time ago, or perhaps not so long ago, or perhaps at the time being, there lives a girl. She is not especially pretty, or kind-hearted, also not so religious, and she is surely not one of the princesses, similar to the ones she remembers from her childhood books. She is just an ordinary girl, just as other girls from her land. She should grow up and become a woman. She should do many things, and she should not do even more. But instead, she is lost in the forest. A clumsy one. And in that forest, she should be aware of many dangers. It would be good to find a way out, but which way is it?

“Wake up” is a solo puppet performance inspired by most popular Grimm Brothers tales. Its main topic revolves around the theme of contemporary womanhood. Is there a link between a modern girl and a Sleeping Beauty or Little Red Riding Hood? Do they have anything in common, or perhaps not?

Natalia Sakowicz – an actress, dancer, assistant at the Puppet Theatre Art Department of Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Previously worked in Aleksander Węgierko Drama Theatre in Bialystok (“Momo” dir. Agnieszka Korytkowska-Mazur, “The Government Inspector” dir. Jacek Jabrzyk, “Forefathers’ Eve III” dir. Natalia Korczakowska). Co-works with Dramatic Theatre of the Capital City of Warsaw (“Cabaret” dir. Ewelina Piotrowska), Łaźnia Nowa Theatre in Cracow (“Tales from 1001st block” dir. Magdalena Miklasz), The Warsaw Chamber Opera (Marionette scene: “La serva padrona”, “The Abduction from the Seraglio” dir. Lesław Piecka) and independent theatre groups: Malabar Hotel Theatre (“Danton” dir. Magdalena Miklasz, “The Wedding” dir. Marcin Bartnikowski and Magdalena Czajkowska, “Don Juan” dir. Ewa Piotrowska) and Latarnia Theatre (“Maidan’s logs. East!”, “Lords” dir. Mateusz Tymura). In 2017, she created a performance “Wake up”, realized as an artistic scholarship of the President of the City of Bialystok.

Partners: Białostocki Teatr Lalek, Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza w Warszawie Wydział Sztuki Lalkarskiej w Białymstoku