Play · Poland
Kontrabasista
The Double Bass
Teatr Maska
Tuesday, 27 October 2026 · 5:30 PM
Sri Sri Madhavadeva International Auditorium, Guwahati
Monday, 2 November 2026 · 5:30 PM
Makum, Tinsukia
Duration
60 minutes
Language
Polish with English subtitles
Credits
Text
Patrick Süskind
Actor and director
Krzysztof Rogacewicz
Technics
Marek Oleksy
About the group
Teatr Maska was established in 1995 in Jelenia Góra, Poland, as a small private theatre. Over three decades it has created around thirty productions for adults, teenagers and children, with performances presented internationally in the USA, Canada, Germany, Greece, Russia, Albania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Armenia, Egypt, Tunisia and Sri Lanka. KONTRABASISTA has received international recognition, including Best International Show at United Solo, New York (2016), awards in Albania, Russia and Greece, and Best Performance and Best Actor at a monodrama festival in Tunisia (2024).
About the play
KONTRABASISTA tells the story of a musician occupying the lowest level of the orchestral hierarchy: the double bassist. The action takes place in the room of an unsuccessful, isolated man whose life is dominated by an instrument he experiences as both burden and destiny. The double bass becomes the centre of the stage action, silently accompanying and seemingly commenting on his professional, social and personal failures, disappointments and unfulfilled desires. His narration, interrupted by musical digressions, develops as a confession and an attempt to give shape and meaning to his own biography.
Director’s note
When an actor stands alone before an audience, even when he can hide from time to time behind a great instrument, he must build every mood and emotion without the support of acting partners. KONTRABASISTA is a word-based monodrama, so the actor’s direct personal communication with the audience is essential. The protagonist is a withdrawn man who spends his days alone in a room, in the shadow of a huge double bass that he blames for the failures of his life: his lack of artistic recognition, intimacy and fulfilment. He speaks to us from a loneliness that even music cannot fill.
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