"You are sitting astride a comet, and it is hurtling towards the very end of the universe. There are no roads there, mate, only the momentum of the comet. No one can stop you, you pass thousands of suns, and their golden rays fall on your face."

What is the show about?

A young, promising actor committed suicide during the play. No one knows why he put a gun to his head in the final scene of the farce and said goodbye to his life in front of three hundred spectators. In addition to the deceased's brother and the director of the theatre where he worked, the funeral is also attended by old friends with whom he once studied at the theatre school and who remember him as a go-getter, unafraid of challenges - an uninhibited artist. Now, a few years after graduation, each of them is in a different place in their lives, but they are united by the fact that they imagined this place differently. Meeting and conversations over the urn with the suicide's ashes become an opportunity to look back at their own past. Especially since the deceased left one last surprise for his loved ones before his death.

"I was standing on top of a mountain, looking around and thinking that my real life was just beginning. I thought that as soon as I lifted my feet off the ground, I would fly to the stars. But today, I know that it’s not true because it wasn't the beginning, it was the end. It was my highest point. I simply reached it very early. After that, I just kept going down. I really don't know how it happened. It was like I lost my rhythm, like I got the steps wrong in a dance. At some point, I must have done something wrong, I don't even know when, and then I couldn't find the rhythm. I lost it. One door after another closed in my face before I could put my foot in. I was supposed to be the main character of my life, but I feel like an extra. Someone else is playing the roles which I thought were for me. And I'm standing aside, watching."

A PLACE ON EARTH

Screenplay, direction, set design: Konrad Hetel
Costumes: Aleksandra Harasimowicz
Music: Marcin Powalski
Cast:
Waldo Bastida - WALDO/GABOR
Maciej Bisiorek - MACIEK
Michalina Dworzaczek - MICHALINA
Zuzanna Kłos - ZUZIA
Mateusz Rozwadowski - MATEUSZ
Magdalena Sękiewicz - MAGDA
Matylda Wojsznis - MATYLDA
Dorian Zypper – DORIAN

Poster designer: Marta Koch

About the show: teatrstudyjny.lodz.pl/pierwszy-spektakl-dyplomowy
Instagram: miejsce.na.ziemi

Check out the Studyjny Theatre website teatrstudyjny.lodz.pl/repertuar

Photos from the premiere: Mikołaj Zacharow