We are delighted to invite you to the Kraków premiere of The Moon Revolution, a performance by the Polish-Italian artist Karolina Porcari.

14 November 2025 | 7:00 PM

Studio KCC | Nowa Huta Cultural Centre

Tickets: BUY HERE

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Can a revolution have a woman’s face?

The performance is inspired by Andrea Camilleri’s novel La rivoluzione della luna, based on true historical events. It tells the story of Donna Eleonora, a revolutionary and pioneering figure — one of the first women in European history who, in just twenty-eight days — the length of a lunar cycle — challenged the established order.

As the Governor of Palermo, she dismantled from within the tightly bound system of secular and ecclesiastical power by sentencing corrupt members of the Holy Royal Council — including the Bishop of Palermo, a murderer and pedophile — to life imprisonment.

Moreover, she restored agency to women of all social classes, and dignity to victims and wronged children.

The dancers embody Eleonora and the Bishop — her antagonist. Their movement is built on opposition, yet their characters exist in a grotesque symbiosis. The baroque costumes allow the performers to play with convention, while the live music becomes a co-creator of this world — where past and present engage in dialogue, evoking profound ethical and emotional layers.

Directed by: Karolina Porcari
Choreography: Aneta Jankowska
Performed by: Aneta Jankowska, Gieorgij Puchalski / Andrei Kamarau
Composition and live music: Hubert Zemler
Costumes and set design: Łukasz Błażejewski
Lighting design: Gieorgij Puchalski

The performance was created as part of the Open Stage Programme of the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw.
Co-production: Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, Italian Cultural Institute in Kraków
Patronage: Embassy of the Italian Republic