Don’t talk to me ASAP! at the Comedy Club

W Comedy Club in Savior Square hosted an event that hit the spot when it comes to the work climate in corporations and agencies. RocketJobs invited guests to an evening titled “Don’t talk to me ASAP” – and as the name suggests, there was no place for a classic lecture or PowerPoint presentation.

Instead – improvisation and distance. On stage appeared those known for their linguistic activities Paulina Mikuła (Mówiąc Inaczej) and Prof. Jacek Wasilewski , who – together with Comedy Club actors – disassembled everything that annoys and amuses in the language of work.

A woman in a red dress stands next to a round table with many glasses of white wine, shrugging her shoulders. Behind her is a portrait with a paper label "ALCOHOLOVE" covering the eyes of the face.

The corpulence we all know… and are trying to understand

The event was full of references to what we all know well: ASAPs, feedbacks, briefs, synergy, onboarding, sprints, deep-dive, “I’ll drop it on the drive” and “we’ll talk after the call.” The theme was corpomowa – a language that, on the one hand, improves communication, and on the other, can completely confuse it.

The audience laughed at absurdities that annoy on a daily basis, but also clashed with questions: where did it all come from? Why do we speak the way we do? And do we sometimes overdo the “smart sound” in emails and on Slack?

Impro with audience participation and a full house of laughter

The whole thing was based on the impro formula – loose structure, quick reactions and full interaction with the audience. Many scenes were created live, based on suggestions from the room. And the audience was well prepared – many people came straight from work, so jokes “about the HR department” or “about remote integration” hit perfectly.

I, on the other hand, worked quietly – a classic situation: a cramped room, close to the stage, zero space for movement, but great energy and contact with the guests. This allowed me to catch not only the performance, but also the emotions, reactions, glances, laughs and micro-interactions that create the whole atmosphere of such events.

Photo-reportage – more than 100 photos in full reportage style

More than 100 selected photos were taken from that evening, which I show in this realization. I captured the performances, the audience, the atmosphere of the place and all the light chaos that is part and parcel of good impro. Not stylized photos from the stage, but a real, documentary story from one evening – just the way I like it.

This is one of those projects where people not only work, but also have fun. And I guess that’s what it’s all about event photography – to catch what is happening here and now, but also not to lose the meaning and context of the event in the process.

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