The  (after)life  of  a  diva.  The portrait  of  an  actress,  of  a  man, of  a  woman  –  her  explorations, errings  and  struggles  with  and for  her  own  fate.  The  thoughts,  the personality,  the  point  of  view  of  an actor,  who  is  our  contemporary.  An unusually powerful  self-revelation,  the confessions  of  a  woman,  her  rise  to heaven  and her descent  to hell.  The  fights and  inner  struggles  of  an  actor,  a man,  for  his artistic and human survival.In  this  unconventional  performance,  Attila Menszátos Héresz puts on  the personality of Mari Jászai, the acclaimed Hungarian actress, both literally and  in a  figurative sense. This way  ’the  two of  them’ talk about  the eternal  issues of human and artistic  fate, about theatre  and  existence,  and  about  male-female relationships, from a very specific point of view.

As Menszátor was looking for a new form of expression, besides  the  similarity  to  Jászai,  he  found  the  genre of  monodrama.  The  diary  is  the  deepest  confession, but  with  some exaggeration  and  self-pity.  Menszátor looks at  the  latter with  irony, he does not escape from it,  but  he  is  not  willing  to  sink  into  the  swamp  of  the unappreciated  artist  either.  The  performance  does  not mourn over the fate of artists […] In spite of the eternal themes, the reflections stay on the level of a confession.
(Bea Selmeczi: Life on the Plaque, Mari Jászai, www.lap.szinhaz.hu)

THE PERFORMANCE WAS SUPPORTED BY THE TRADE UNION OF THEATRE WORKERS.

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