Hotel ZNP

A manuscript found in an ashtray

Belcia, the heroine of Izabela Tadra's novel, is in constant motion: from one hotel room to another, from her mother's hands to her aunt's, from her husband to her lover, from one romance to the next adventure. Her impressive hair is the building material from which an ideal daughter must emerge - an obedient young lady, an inaccessible bombshell, a faithful wife, a responsible mother, a femme fatale, a woman-child, a friend, a confidante, a goddess. After all, the modern woman has so many paths to choose from.

Above the real characters hovers another, crucial figure: the mysterious "Sir," to whom Belcia directs her story. Humor and camp collide with ostentatiously unmodern lyricism, with a narrative shattered into fragments yet still pulsing beneath the surface as a great heartfelt confession. We will never know if "Sir" exists - but we know he is the model of the lover Belcia will seek in every man she meets.

In Małgorzata Maciejewska's adaptation, the novel's audacious humor rings out in full: an absurd and campy operetta, a tragicomic stand-up, a journey through men, hairstyles, and hotel rooms, filled with stumbles and painfully mundane disappointments. The heroine seems indestructible - her fuel is the hunger for feeling and faith in fulfillment through romantic love. Belcia's hair can be cut - and it will grow back anyway.

Author: Izabela Tadra
Director: Kuba Kowalski
Adaptation | dramaturgy: Małgorzata Maciejewska
Set design | costumes: Maks Mac
Music: Olo Walicki
Musical improvisations: Antoni Włosowicz
Choreography: Krystian Łysoń
Lighting design: Damian Pawella
Stage manager | assistant director: Agnieszka Choińska
Graphic identity: Ola Jasionowska

Premiere: October 19, 2024, Main Stage

Cast:
Paulina Walendziak (Belcia)
Katarzyna Żuk (Mother | Mother of the Vibrator Guy)
Maciej Kobiela (Wilhelm)
Karolina Bednarek (Nanny)
Piotr Seweryński (Auntie | Father of the Vibrator Guy)
Damian Sosnowski (Guy in a bathrobe | Vibrator Guy)
Paweł Kos (Cocaine Guy | Face