Ibsen wrote <em>An Enemy of the People</em> in 1882, but the soulless mechanisms the play reveals remain terrifyingly timely today. The small spa town in the south of Norway where the action takes place is, in Klata’s rendition, a place where, “The people feel best with the good old ideas that they’ve known for ages.” Custom and reluctance toward change come hand-in-hand with a sense of danger that needs to be avoided. The discoveries of Doctor Tomas Stockmann, revealing the improper placement of a water pipe and the regular poisoning of bathing waters, have revolutionary potential, yet they clash with the interests of the city authorities, and the impasse of the situation is aggravated by the fact that the town doctor and the mayor are close relatives. How will the residents respond? And above all, what tips the scales here? “A powerful moment comes with the monologue of Dr. Stockmann (a brilliant Juliusz Chrząstowski), which imperceptibly shifts into a dialogue with the viewers about Kraków’s own issues of smog, refugees, and the Polish brute. The line between stage and audience is destroyed when the latter confront difficult questions and need to find answers,” reports Łukasz Gazur in <em>Dziennik Polski</em>. Performed in Polish with <strong>English subtitles</strong>.