Fredydurke: I went, I watched, I enjoyed!

On Friday the 16^th of February I invited Dan to see ‘Ferdydurke’, one of the forgotten treasures of 20th century literature. The play is based on Witold Gombrowicz’s first novel, a satirical work and cult classic (what the teachers and cultured people say). I remember that I never finished reading the book, even when it was obligatory at the high school. It is slightly too fiddle-fuddle, too surrealistic and probably requires a ‘mature reader’ who I am not. Anyway, it was brought to London by famous ‘Provisorium’ theatre from Lublin. This theatre group won many international awards including Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival so I took the risk (only £11 per ticket) and challenged Dan with Polish Culture of a high calibre. Noteworthy mentioning that combination of Polish and culture is often very difficult to digest for Western Europeans (curiously they have no problems with digesting any amounts of kabanosy). I must say that it was fun, I still do not understand it very well, but ‘Provisorium’ made a great performance of it.

Dan was a bit shocked at the beginning, he probably thought ‘why people are still coming with such ideas, it’s not revolutionary any more’ but when I clarified that ‘Ferdydurke’ was written in 1937 he had much more appreciation for it. Probably an opera again next time...

Under construction!

Just one picture of the apartment building in Warsaw where my flat will be. The construction work is going very well due to a warm winter. The building should be ready this summer.