The characters, inspired by chess pieces and brought to life by the performers' movements, refer to important social issues. The queen is a symbol of power and its costs. The king is a metaphor for the struggle for dominance, political divisions and cultural conflicts. The knight symbolises movement, racing and competition; its history reflects the pursuit of the modern world, which is constantly running forward, sometimes forgetting where it is going. The pawn is the everyman, entangled in globalisation, standardisation and patterns. It is a figure seemingly equal to others, but in reality limited in access to goods and opportunities for individual development, dealt the weakest cards in the theatre of the world.

Concept: Eryk Makohon
Choreography: Eryk Makohon and the team
Dramaturgical supervision: Daria Kubisiak
Costumes: Joanna Jaśko-Sroka, Elżbieta Kwasek-Stefańska
Music: collage
Music arrangement: Krzysztof Skalski
Cast: Agnieszka Bednarz – Tyran, Agnieszka Kramarz, Paweł Łyskawa, Patrycja Marszałek, Jakub Müller, Yelyzaveta Tereshonok
Coordination and production: Izabela Zawadzka, Paweł Łyskawa
Graphic design: Weronika Wawryk