Polish Theatre in Szczecin
date: 22 March (Sunday) 2026, 20:00
duration: 1h 35 min (no intermission)
tickets: 70 pln
PPA production: Agnieszka Imiela-Sikora
script: Rafał Matusz, Filip Cembala
direction and set design: Rafał Matusz
costumes: Daria Friedrich
composer: Piotr Dziubek
visualizations: Grzegorz Kujawiński, Marzena Chojnowska
stage manager: Beata Buchner
performer: Filip Cembala
Milo Mazurkiewicz, for most of their life registered in the Civil Registry Office as Miłosz, was a transgender, non-binary activist: educated, professionally active, and ambitious. In 2019, Milo died by suicide, overwhelmed by social pressure and by the lack of access to safe and legal gender transition. They were 24 years old. Their case — widely covered by the media and elevated to the level of a symbol in the fight for LGBTQ rights — was, in fact, tragically typical. According to data from Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Campaign Against Homophobia), transgender people in Poland remain the group most vulnerable to suicide.
Inspired by Milo’s biography, the performance tells a story about identity, the struggle to exist as oneself, the search for inner coherence and self-acceptance, as well as the presence — and absence — of social approval. It asks difficult questions: Are we ready to embrace all forms of our humanity? Can we move beyond habit and recognise other colours of identity? Are we truly safe while hiding inside rigid divisions?
Filip Cembala: “This is much more than a monodrama for me. It is a drama about deep loneliness and finality. While writing the song lyrics, I felt some of them very personally — and that is a sign that although we come in different forms, the kinds of longing, fear, and anxiety we carry are shared.”
Photo. Włodzimierz Piątek
