Theatre for Sounds and Souls; or, The Polish Song of the Goat and Its Quest into the Impossible

Abstract

This text is an attempt to delve into the idiosyncratic theatre world of the Polish Song of the Goat Theatre. By focusing on their productions inspired by Shakespeare, it attempts to trace the formation and development of a special “vertical theatre reality”—something of urgent necessity in our time of horizontal, superficial modes of living. It finds this in the combination of the directorial style of Grzegorz Bral, which resembles conducting, the music of Jean-Claude Acquaviva and Maciej Rychly, the mighty poetry of Alicja Bral and the remarkably diverse talent of the acting cast.

Keywords

• song of the goat theatre
• grzegorz bral
• vertical theatre reality
• resurrecting of intuition