In the depth of our actions there we are, the free ego, the wonderful freedom.
’There are four microphones, a kitchen stool, a lamp, a cradle-like
half barrel and four people on stage. Two women and two men. Nothing
else. More precisely, there is no need for anything else if one manages
to express the inexpressible. A vast space for a lonely person sitting,
standing or kneeling, being interrogated from three points of the stage
or of the auditorium. The questions are raining down, they are becoming
more and more uncomfortable and intolerably revealing. The definite and
elaborate message falls apart, the speaker, who is now already being
interrogated, loses control, and the interrogator unavoidably becomes
superior. … The purity of the stage is paired with the barrenness of
the lack of music, the deeds and the words harshly, and sometimes
mercilessly, undress human frailty, and open up the Dante-esque
circles, rings and depths of soul and spirit which capture those who
want to break free by spinning a strong and sticky web. To look in the
mirror and to see the disgusting patches, to be shaken by the
seriousness of what has been said, to obsessively search for a way out
of loneliness and despair, these are all the elements, formed
into a dramatic message, of an ontological approach which open the door
to let important, but continuously dismissed ideas in. There is no
point in anything without truth and honesty, be it painful or
ridiculous’
(Arnold Török: A play with nightmares, Magyar Szó, 13th June 2007.)
cast: Béres Márta, Erdély Andrea, Mészáros Árpád, Mikes Imre-Elek
costume: mindenki abban alszik, amiben akar
technical assistant: Úri Attila
sound: Gál Attila
directed by: Urbán András
Above 18 years of age.
www.urbanandras.com
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