Review: 44TH STAGE SONG REVIEW at Capitol Musical Theatre, Wroclaw
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Since we have reached the end of the 44th Acting Song Review in Wroclaw, moved by every stage performance, concert, and show, I feel it is time for a summary.
Attempting to capture all the emotions that accompanied me would be like trying to fit an elephant into a shoebox so I came up with some subjective and personal awards.
In alphabetic order
My favorites OFFs: The House Of Bernarda Alba and Children’s Day
The Best Concert: Ben Caplan: Hold On!
The Best Support On The Stage With Everything You Can Imagine: Katarzyna Pietruska - Children’s Day
The Fastest Plunge into Exquisite and Uncompromising Intimacy: Jacek Bonczyk: Licence For Lyricism
The Foremost Enthralling Artist of OFF: Rafal Pietrzak - Children’s Day
The Funniest Sad Human Existence: Frantisek Herz - Hamlet On The Road
The Greatest Singing About Not Loving You Anymore, and Bodies Are Literally Piling Up, While I Play Guitar, Saying It's Over: Antonina Kozakoszczak, Song Interpretation Contest
The Highest Flying Prince With Even Higher Self-Distance: Ralph Kaminski - Man Of Paper. Anti-Opera On Credit
The Lightest Stage Butterfly (With a Beard and) With Charisma Like a Hypnotist: Ben Caplan - Ben Caplan: Hold on!
The Maturest Discussion of Immaturity: Rafal Pietrzak - Children’s Day
The Most Jaw-Dropping Performance of a Song: Agnieszka Przekupien - The Absence
The Nicest Deaths: Hamlet On The Road
The Never-Ending Show I Had to Bail on Early to Catch Another Production (And It Broke My Heart): Basinski Band & Fiction
The Pinnacle of Laughter On Stage: Karolina Czarnecka - Karolina Czarnecka: Freak Show
The Quintessential Evocative Aging Portraits: Anna Cielecka - The House Of Bernarda Alba
The Riveting-est Song About UFOs: Basinski Band & Fiction
The Supreme Tribute to American Legacy: Dylan.pl: Well, How Is It? – Bob Dylan Songs
The Utmost Precision that Brings the Greatest Delight: W.A.S.O.W.S.K.I / Fotoplastikon
The Wisest Sentence Said On Stage: Enjoy yourself, it’s later that you think - Ben Caplan: Hold On!
And now, the official awards:
Song Interpretation Contest:
Grand Prix – Golden Toucan: Duet Hugo Tarres and Mateusz Tomaszewski
Honorable Mention I: Anastasiia Kohut
Honorable Mention II: Patryk Oldziejewski
Honorable Mention III: Antonina Kozakoszczak
Honorable Mention IV: Magdalena Sekiewicz
Journalists' Toucan: Dominika Kozlowska
Audience Toucan: Magdalena Sekiewicz
Award of the Association of Authors ZAiKS: Magdalena Sekiewicz
Award of the Polish-German Cultural Society Polonica: Magdalena Sekiewicz
Award of the Museum of Polish Song in Opole: Ewa Szlempo-Kruszynska
Special Award of Radio RAM in Memory of Monika Jaworska: Julia Mika
Award of the Media and Art Foundation: Julia Mika
Off Toucan: Amazing Slavdom
Off II Award: Very Sad
Off III Award: Children's Day
Off Honorable Mention: Tales of the Heart
Off Honorable Mention: Human Myths and Stories
Off Audience Toucan: The House of Bernarda Alba
Master's Diploma and the statue of the Toucan Chapter in Memory of Aleksander Bardin: Ewa Konstancja Bulhak
Photo: Walkow, Maciarz
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