MAHAMAYA
ELECTRONIC DEVICES
by Ivan Vyrypaev
ELECTRONIC DEVICES
by Ivan Vyrypaev
photos: Denys Sharuda
theater
PAST
Language: English
Duration: 60 min
THU, 7 NOV, 20:00
Director and author of the play:
Ivan Vyrypaev
Performers:
Antigone Duchesne,
Gladstone Mahib,
Philippe Tłokiński,
Elizaveta Burmakova,
Catalina Cazacu
Light designer:
Alexey Poluboyarinov
Technical director:
Mykola Mishyn
Set designer:
Mila Gogenko
Sound designer:
Gennady Vyrypaev / Michał Tatara
Composer:
Jacek Jędrasik
Costume designer:
Katarzyna Lewińska
Costume designer assistant:
Katarzyna Smoter
Graphic designer:
Full Metal Jacket
Executive producer:
Maria Łozińska
Production company:
Mahamaya Entertainment
Supported by
Teal House, Big Water platform, BakerMcKenzie, Full Metal Jacket
Ivan Vyrypaev
Performers:
Antigone Duchesne,
Gladstone Mahib,
Philippe Tłokiński,
Elizaveta Burmakova,
Catalina Cazacu
Light designer:
Alexey Poluboyarinov
Technical director:
Mykola Mishyn
Set designer:
Mila Gogenko
Sound designer:
Gennady Vyrypaev / Michał Tatara
Composer:
Jacek Jędrasik
Costume designer:
Katarzyna Lewińska
Costume designer assistant:
Katarzyna Smoter
Graphic designer:
Full Metal Jacket
Executive producer:
Maria Łozińska
Production company:
Mahamaya Entertainment
Supported by
Teal House, Big Water platform, BakerMcKenzie, Full Metal Jacket
FRI, 8 NOV, 20:00 (21:00 — author talk)
Theater performance written and directed by Ivan Vyrypaev. The title of the play refers to the Eastern philosophical concept of 'mahamaya' — the great illusion that engages human consciousness and obscures the truth. The actors on stage do not play traditional roles but engage in an impersonal dialogue that illuminates the hidden aspects of human existence. At high speed, they exchange questions and answers from the deepest spheres of human life — science, politics, family, drugs, sex, religion — quickly leading to cognitive overload. Briefly outlining the complexity of the world, they attempt to answer the question of "who am I"? But this deafening hour-long meditation makes it clear that the answer to this question lies beyond language.
With this almost universal text, the team has already released versions of the play in English, Romanian, Ukrainian and Russian, vividly demonstrating the ability of a cultural object to transcend national borders.
→→→ FRI, 8 NOV, 21:00–21:30
Author talk with playwright and director Ivan Vyrypaev about integral art and the new era.
With this almost universal text, the team has already released versions of the play in English, Romanian, Ukrainian and Russian, vividly demonstrating the ability of a cultural object to transcend national borders.
→→→ FRI, 8 NOV, 21:00–21:30
Author talk with playwright and director Ivan Vyrypaev about integral art and the new era.
Director and author of the play: Ivan Vyrypaev
Performers:
Antigone Duchesne,
Gladstone Mahib,
Philippe Tłokiński,
Elizaveta Burmakova,
Catalina Cazacu
Light designer: Alexey Poluboyarinov
Technical director: Mykola Mishyn
Set designer: Mila Gogenko
Sound designer: Gennady Vyrypaev / Michał Tatara
Composer: Jacek Jędrasik
Costume designer: Katarzyna Lewińska
Costume designer assistant: Katarzyna Smoter
Graphic designer: Full Metal Jacket
Executive producer: Maria Łozińska
Production company: Mahamaya Entertainment
Supported by Teal House, Big Water platform, BakerMcKenzie, Full Metal Jacket
Performers:
Antigone Duchesne,
Gladstone Mahib,
Philippe Tłokiński,
Elizaveta Burmakova,
Catalina Cazacu
Light designer: Alexey Poluboyarinov
Technical director: Mykola Mishyn
Set designer: Mila Gogenko
Sound designer: Gennady Vyrypaev / Michał Tatara
Composer: Jacek Jędrasik
Costume designer: Katarzyna Lewińska
Costume designer assistant: Katarzyna Smoter
Graphic designer: Full Metal Jacket
Executive producer: Maria Łozińska
Production company: Mahamaya Entertainment
Supported by Teal House, Big Water platform, BakerMcKenzie, Full Metal Jacket
Contributors
IVAN VYRYPAEV
director, playwright
director, playwright
Ivan Vyrypaev is a Polish playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor, and art director of Russian descent. Since 2022, he has also served as the Artistic Director of the Warsaw-based international foundation Teal House. Vyrypaev's plays have been staged worldwide, from South Korea to the USA, in more than 250 theaters. As a director, he has staged plays in theaters across Europe and the United States. In 2019, he was recognized as one of the top 10 most prominent playwrights globally. He is also a noted film director; his film Euphoria was part of the main competition at the Venice Film Festival and received the 'Youth Jury' award and the 'Small Golden Lion' for Best Film.
Vyrypaev has won numerous literary, theatrical, and film awards, including those from the Venice Film Festival, Stuckemarkt International Contemporary Drama Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, and Rome Film Festival, among others. Critics describe his work as a blend of Quentin Tarantino's aesthetics and Andrei Tarkovsky's spirituality. He is known for his uncompromising stance against collaboration with the Russian state, especially after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he vehemently denounced.
Vyrypaev has won numerous literary, theatrical, and film awards, including those from the Venice Film Festival, Stuckemarkt International Contemporary Drama Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, and Rome Film Festival, among others. Critics describe his work as a blend of Quentin Tarantino's aesthetics and Andrei Tarkovsky's spirituality. He is known for his uncompromising stance against collaboration with the Russian state, especially after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he vehemently denounced.
