Focus Workshop from Szeged was established in 2002 by Imola Orsolya Benkő, the current artistic director. Their previous productions, based on the literary works of some Hungarian and foreign authors (e.g. Péter Esterházy, Mrozek, Péter Nádas), have achieved success in many theatres in Hungary. The company defines itself as ’research theatre’: they are committed to seeking new forms and communicative channels of theatrical expression. The starting point of their research is the spectator, who is expected to react and interpret, and whose physical presence and reception strategies are part of the performance.

Their latest production draws attention to the problem of social and individual immunity, which is the result of the abundance of impulses affecting us everyday. The performance protests against this phenomena and undertakes the labels of ’provoking’, ’irritating’, ’I don’t like it’, and ’I don’t understand it’ while examining this problem area with the devices of experimental theatre and psychological experiments. The audience is in a special position: they are subject to three thematic experiments.

cast: Czene Zoltán, Daruné Péterffy Andrea, Kondász Rózsa, Seres István
vocals: Szegedi Anna
lights: Szabó Gábor
directed by: Benkő Imola Orsolya

www.focusmuhely.hu