INTO THE FATHERLAND: A Company’s Beginnings… Reflections from Warsaw
October 8, 2008 by tgraham ·
Editor’s Note: On Friday October 4th 2008, Taylor Graham and her new theater company, ATLAS Stage Productions Canada, embarked on their first Poland/Austria tour of George F. Walker’s “Theatre of the Film Noir.” Their goal? To administrate/tech a European tour having hardly seen a map of Poland. Oh, and let’s not forget… Two out of three coordinators know absolutely NOTHING about lighting, set or costume design! Join the gang right here on RoneBreak as they perform, drink and stumble their way around Europe. Ladies and gentleman, meet your new favorite blog-series: Into the Fatherland…
There’s something innately inspirational in the air. Feeling slightly off balance, yet reassured is becoming quite common place here. It’s that sort of the feeling, that innocent feeling you assume lost shortly after turning twelve, but here I sense it. I sense a charisma, a magic, a beginning, a lurking. Warsaw. There is such a spirituality to the atmosphere and not just in the shape of gigantic churches covered with gaudy fantastic Catholic idols and symbols. It’s in the people as they walk by. There’s a knowledge mockingly unknown to me here. Unknown to me, yet somehow available to me if I just learn how to play the game. Warsaw. Read more
