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  • A papnő / The Priestess


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    by Árpád Schilling
    World premiere
    Krétakőr, Budapest / Hungary

    A coproduction with the Osonó Theater / Fazakas Mihály, Romania

    Director Árpád Schilling Producer Márton Gulyás Tour Manager & Assistant director Bálint Juhász Video Péter Fancsikai, Máté Tóth Ridovics, Krisztián Pamuki, Zoltán Belényesi InterpretatioN Beata Nagy Titles Anna Lengyel Cast Lóránd Bartha, Kálmán Bíró, Lilla Sárosdi, Sándor Terhes School students Márta Bajka, Levente Sándor Bartha, Annamária Daró, Jolán Dobondi, Kikerics Kata Imre-Muntean, Eszter Incze, Attila Komán, Janka Korodi, Erika Lukács, Ágnes Márton, Tímea Mónika Tankó

    DI. 23.04.13 – 19:00 Uhr
    MI. 24.04.13 – 12:00 Uhr

    Deutsche Oper Berlin ° Tischlerei
    90 minutes ° followed by an audience discussion
    Age: 15 upwards
    in Hungarian with German surtitles

    SYNOPSIS

    Lilla Gát, once a celebrated actress in Budapest, moves to the country with her son. Her mission is to create theatre with local children and young people. With her unconventional theatrical and educational approaches she tries to encourage the school students to talk about themselves and their lives. Lilla’s methods are a thorn in the eye to her colleagues who regard lessons on an equal footing as being completely wrong. Although they suffer under the monotony of life in a village they are completely opposed to any change. Lilla is robbed of all her illusions and forced to admit defeat.

    The production has been developed with with 15-17 year old students living in the countryside of Transylvania. The result is an unusual mixture of acting, educational theatre and film which blurs the borders between reality and fiction.

    Krétakőr (lit: Chalk Circle) is a centre for contemporary arts. It mainly concentrates on examining social processes and problems through play, always against the background of fresh knowledge thrown up by social research. A main aim is to encourage citizens to articulate their concerns about society. Krétakőr regards the experience of creative activity in the community as the sole basis for education and socialisation.

     

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    © Máté Tóth Ridovics

    Supported by: Trafó – House of Contemporary Arts, Hungarian National Cultural Fund (NKA), Bethlen Gábor Alap, Human Ressources Ministry of Hungary (EMMI), Consulate General of Hungary, Miercurea Ciuc

    www.kretakor.eu