actress: Borbély B. Emília
translated by: Csűrös Réka
director: B. Fülöp Erzsébet

'Home…I am not at home. I don’t feel like home either here or there. I’m not at home here and I’m not at home there. I won’t be at home here or there.' (Mady)

The monodrama is about three young Romanians and about self-sacrifice. Mady, living in bad circumstances in Bucharest, is persuaded by her friend Voicu to go and live with him in Ireland. She meets Bogdan at the airport and they continue their journey together. From that point on, the three people’s fate is intertwined. Mady first becomes a tool, then the victim of the boys’ fight for their self-realization, both of them taking advantage of her prostitution.

Mady’s story is based on notions like goodness and sin, descents and redemption, self-interest and sacrifice. It is a demonstration of unselfish love which is basically present anywhere we go: in public spaces, lanes, on buses and in stores, by the road, in hospitals. In others or within ourselves.

Emília Borbély B. won the Award for the Best Actress at the 25th Piatra Neamţ Theatre Festival, the Special Prize at the 8th International University Theatre Festival in Pécs and the Main Prize at Gala Star Festival in Bákó in 2011.

“Emília Borbély B.’s performance is so natural, easy-flowing and free of pathos that I forget I am watching her on stage. This way of acting makes the performance painfully poignant. The actress doesn’t only prove her talent but also shows her amazing skills to improvise. It doesn’t matter how the audience reacts because she never acts out of her character. It seems as if she improvised the text on stage though I know she plays a written role. She switches between the comical and dramatic parts so easily, without any effort, that in one moment I burst into laughter, then in the next one I’m moved to tears.”
(Judit Simon, Transylvanian Report)

Csiky Gergely Hungarian National Theatre of Timisoara supports cultural diversity. Timisoara is a multicultural city so the theatre’s audience is also made up of different nationalities whose expectations are satisfied with a rich repertoire. Classical and contemporary authors’ works, musicals, puppet shows and marionette performances can all be found in the programme. Their productions have been presented at several national and international festivals and won numerous prestigious awards. The theatre takes an active role in the DKTM Euroregion and therefore the performances are often invited to several parts of the region.

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Number of audience is limited.