This is something for the mesh shirt lovers: Warsaw Munk no 3 aka Tomasz Więcek
He was one of the 3 og Munks and just like Damian Aleksander he was there as Munk for the whole Cats Warsaw run
The top 3 photos are I believe the only ones I've got of him from the og run. The left and middle one are from the Warsaw book, taken who knows when, and the right one is from early Feburary 2004. The other 4 photos are from the bows from the 2007 run
His look is quite different from the other two ogs and as far as I know he's the only one of the 3 to consistently wear a very meshy top (the other two do have photos in both versions but mainly in the opaque version)
Polish Jazz London Series present Kuba Wiecek Trio
Polish Jazz London Series present Kuba Wiecek Trio
Kuba Więcek is one of the most recognisable jazz musicians in Poland and winner of numerous prizes for his debut album Another Raindrop which was the first in the cult series Polish Jazz in 28 years. ‘Multitasking’ is a second album by Kuba Wiecek Trio released on Warner Music Poland on legendary Polish Jazz series (historic label of Krzysztof Komeda and Tomasz Stanko). As well as garnering…
Director: Iwo Zaniewski
DOP: Bartek Kaczmarek
Client: Kompania Piwowarska
Tycjan Lewandowski, Szymon Skoczylas, Kamil Trąbiński, Maciej Kuś
Agency: PZL
Script: Iwo Zaniewski
Production House: Papaya
Producer: Marta Berens
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Editing: Waldemar Więcek
Grading: Piotr Sasim
Online: Mariusz Seliga, Wojtek Rogalski
Lead CG: Piotr Borowski
Postproducer: Olga Kotas
Modelling: Artur Owśnicki
Rigging: Tomasz Kurgan
Textures: Szymon Burzawa, Sebastian Ośka, Piotr Tatar
Animation: Anna Ellert, Andrzej Ellert
Fur: Grzegorz Jankowski
Tracking: Piotr Borowski, Szymon Słowikowski
Simulations: Grzegorz Flaga, Grzegorz Jankowski, Maciej Jurgielewicz
Rendering: Grzegorz Flaga, Piotr Tatar
Compositing: Piotr Borowski, Pavle Milicevic, Szymon Słowikowski, Michał Bereś
TD: Marcin Majewski, Tomasz Kurgan
On-set supervisor: Konrad Kiełczykowski
DI: Adam Kałuski
Conversions: Piotr Dutkiewicz
Sound FX: Juice
Director: Iwo Zaniewski
DOP: Bartek Kaczmarek
Client: Kompania Piwowarska
Tycjan Lewandowski, Szymon Skoczylas, Kamil Trąbiński, Maciej Kuś
Agency: PZL
Script: Iwo Zaniewski
Production House: Papaya
Producer: Marta Berens
PLATIGE IMAGE
Editing: Waldemar Więcek
Grading: Piotr Sasim
Online: Mariusz Seliga, Wojtek Rogalski
Lead CG: Piotr Borowski
Postproducer: Olga Kotas
Modelling: Artur Owśnicki
Rigging: Tomasz Kurgan
Textures: Szymon Burzawa, Sebastian Ośka, Piotr Tatar
Animation: Anna Ellert, Andrzej Ellert
Fur: Grzegorz Jankowski
Tracking: Piotr Borowski, Szymon Słowikowski
Simulations: Grzegorz Flaga, Grzegorz Jankowski, Maciej Jurgielewicz
Rendering: Grzegorz Flaga, Piotr Tatar
Compositing: Piotr Borowski, Pavle Milicevic, Szymon Słowikowski, Michał Bereś
TD: Marcin Majewski, Tomasz Kurgan
On-set supervisor: Konrad Kiełczykowski
DI: Adam Kałuski
Conversions: Piotr Dutkiewicz
Sound FX: Juice
Some more og run photos of Damian Aleksander as Warsaw Munk
Damian played Munk during the first premiere night and just like Tomasz Więcek stayed in the role for the whole Cats Warsaw run
As far as I know the 2 Pekes photos are from the premiere. The first photo and the one with mirror possibly are too, and if not then they are most likely from early January 2004. The 2 photos with PAP watermark are from one of the preview shows, probably so is the group one. The one with Agencja watermark is from a mid December 2003 rehearsal
I have these 2 mystery Warsaw Munk photos, left one is from an online Encyclopedia of Polish Theatre and the right one is from the Warsaw book
The thing with this Munk is that he got the makeup of Damian Aleksander's Munk and I think the wig is a severely unfinished version of his (it's missing all the long pieces) and the costume is the closest to his
The left photo got a description and it says that it is indeed Damian there
But the right one doesn't have any description and so i'm not exactly sure if it is Damain or one of the other guys in his costume XD
The pose, the waist and the vibes really tell me it's Michał in there, and there is one photo of him in this makeup (or at least i think it's him XD) but that's just me theorising
For all I know, it could have been the third Munk aka Tomasz Więcek XD
This is the second one of the two big Warsaw book mysteries, the first one being why tf they used the photos that they used, including this one XD
I'm like 90% sure Munkustrap in the one Cats Warsaw recording that exists is played by Michał Norkowski
I've been complaining multiple times here about not being able to find out which of the 2 possible actors played Munkustrap in Cats Warsaw recording
And I just realized that one of those guys, Tomasz Więcek, is in that newer musical that I've been listening to recently
He plays one of the main characters actually, and I've listened to the album at least five times by now and haven't recognized his voice at all
I mean it's been twelve years, but I recognized Tugger and Skimble's actors voices in one of the clips from the same musical, so it couldn't change as much, especially since all of them are more or less the same age
So yeah, I think my quest of finding who the hell played Munkustrap is finally over
I hope I’ll find a video of Michał singing or at least talking, just to confirm it all, but I’m not really sure if it’s even possible since he played main roles only in a few shows, and all of that was before Cats Warsaw
Also, if I’m right, and it really is Michał in the recording, then it’s kinda wild considering he is described as Roma’s guest actor or something, and I’m pretty sure Cats was his only show there
[also if anyone has any info about cast in Cats Warsaw recording, just let me know]
Munkustrap in Cats Warsaw was played by 3 actors in the beginning
And i know that in the recording it's not Damian Aleksander, since his voice is a little deeper and he's built a little differently so it's easy to recognize him everywhere
So it leaves only Michał Norkowski and Tomasz Więcek, the costumes have some differences, most notably the sheerness of the mesh, should be easy to tell which one it is
And two weeks and a lot time spend scavenging the internet later I still have no idea which one it is