Emooke Kiss-Végh as Gerda and Tamás Ordoog as Axel. Photo by Csenge Ligetvári.
The second show of the trilogy, loosely based on a Strindberg play, The Pelican, is presented by a small group of young theater makers usually performing in a small, very sterile environment like a rehearsal room or ballet room. An intimate and intensive experience, very much based on the art of the actor, of a rarely produced drama about familial politics and economic inequality that resonates in the same way as when the play was first staged in 1907.
OTTHON (HOME). Directed by: Tamas Ordog. Cast: Krisztina Urbanovits, Mate Deszo Georgita, Emoke Kiss-Vegh, Tamas Ordog. Presented by: dollardaddy’s, Budapest.
dollardaddy’s (Dollár Papa Gyermekei) are one of the youngest Hungarian ensembles, true risk-takers in every sense: experimenting on the boundaries of real life and theatre in a minimalistic style with very little set or costume, re-narrating Ibsen and other classic playwrights while keeping the characters, the situations and the conflicts, but speaking the lines in their own words. Their original acting style, inspired by the Dogma films, invites the audience to be part of a uniquely intimate relationship with the performers: they are seated inside the “living-room”, everything is happening just within their grasp.
The show will be performed in Hungarian with English subtitles. Please note that the production does contain partial nudity.
The talkback after the performance will be guided by Attila Szabó, followed by an Afterparty in the Ballroom Bar.
“The actors sometimes sit down next to the spectators to comment on scenes they don’t have to play in, while other times they burst into laughter in the middle of a sentence. The show {HOME} is defined by exaggerated triviality and abstraction as well as very recognisable ordinariness. The characters are (almost) typical, the situations are (almost) ordinary. The result: pure theatre.”