What Was It Really Like? – A Comedy Show by Sławomir Holland

How was it really? - a comedy performance by Sławomir Holland Can one live without a pipe dream? This important question is posed by Antoni Słonimski to the readers of the short story "How Was It Really," which became the basis for a monodrama directed by Alicja Choińska. He asks this question in 1966, in the era of the full bloom of Gomułka's Polish People's Republic, in the world of Gallux, Komis, and PKO vouchers, when serious officials proudly wore around their necks wreaths made of hard-to-obtain toilet paper. Słonimski mercilessly mocks this world, while treating the characters entangled in its bureaucratic meanders with warmth and cordiality. Everyone back then cultivated the illusion that bad fate could be reversed. And we? Don't we need a pipe dream capable of fencing us off from reality? On this journey into the past, we will be taken by Sławomir Holland, an outstanding theater, film, and television actor. Sławomir Holland – Polish film, television, and theater actor. In 1984 he graduated from PWST in Wrocław, and he defended his diploma in 1988. He was an actor of: the Stefan Żeromski Theater in Kielce, the Popular Theater in Warsaw, the "Szwedzka 2/4" Theater, the Theater na Woli in Warsaw, the Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz. Since 2007 he has been associated with Warsaw's Ateneum Theater. His achievements include roles such as Henryk in "The Wedding," Khlestakov in "The Government Inspector," and Francois Pignon in "Dinner for One." In 2010 he recorded the audiobook of Stephen King's book "The Master's Hand." In 2012 he received the "Golden Leaf Retro" for the program "Nothing New Under the Sun" and the Audience Award at the III Łódź Monodrama Festival for Josel Rakower's performance "Conversation with God." He has taken part in over a hundred films and series. He is recently associated with the character of policeman Staszek in "M jak miłość" and a doctor in "Ojciec Mateusz." Antoni Słonimski – one of the most outstanding Polish poets of the 20th century, playwright, prose writer, columnist, founder of the poets' and painters' cabaret Pod Picadorem, member of the Skamander poetic group (along with Tuwim, Lechoń, Wierzyński, and Iwaszkiewicz), contributor to the magazine Wiadomości Literackie. A pacifist and liberal. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, but came to the conclusion that painting was not his true calling and passionately took up literature. He survived the war in emigration, where in 1940 his most famous poem Alarm for the City of Warsaw was written. In 1968 he supported student protests and was banned from publishing. He could publish his works only in Tygodnik Powszechny and Więź. At that time he became the "guru" of the opposition, and his table at the "PIW" café was besieged by young rebels. Direction: Alicja Choińska. Set design: Adam Jankiewicz. Music: Kuba Sienkiewicz. Admission from 20 PLN Tickets available on the portal biletyna.pl at the OSW office from Monday to Wednesday from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the ticket machine from Monday to Friday during OSW working hours