People, What Have You Done? by A.Silber - Healesville
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Exit Theatre Productions
About
After a great success of the Polish version of the play written by Alek Silber, People What Have You Done?, Exit Theatre decided to produce its English version.
The play reflects not only on the feelings of new comers to Australia, but might be an eye-opening experience for those who've been here for generations; yet, their ancestors were migrants themselves.
It is a story of a young man, Alek, who arrives in Australia in early 60s - an exotic and a distant country, where everything seems old-fashioned, culturally backward and unknown. Alek attempts to define himself in this unwanted new reality after being forced to leave his love, his friends, his beloved Warsaw, and the life he knew.
Can he cope with the alienation? Is he ever going to return? Is he ever going to call Australia his home?
In this one-man show based on Alek Silber’s memoirs, Kristof Kaczmarek takes us back and gives a light-hearted account of the everyday reality of a migrant that shines a light on the hopes, failures and joys of building a new life, surrounded by strangers.
Written by Alek Silber
Adapted by Kristof Kaczmarek
Performed by Kristof Kaczmarek
Image by Darren Gill