Performance • Budapest
TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR: INTRODUCING AN OUTSTANDING V4 AUTHOR TO HUNGARIAN READERS
A crucial part of the project is introducing outstanding authors of V4 to the festival audience and wide public, in form of public readings of their works and open round-table discussions with the authors. Every year, we invite a new contemporary V4 author, each time from a different V4 country and introduce him/her and their work and unique worldviews to the Hungarian audience. This year Petr Zelenka (CZ) will be our special VIP guest to lead the cultural dialogue with. Petr Zelenka needs no introduction to lovers of theatre and film. He is responsible for the cult hit Tales of Ordinary Madness, Beckham! and the brilliantly absurd Shot. Zelenka's films and plays are masterpieces of sharp humour, ironic social criticism and unexpected twists and turns, evoking both the tradition of the Czech New Wave and the spirit of Woody Allen's films.
PREMIER! Fifty
Zelenka's latest play, in which we follow the drift of David in his fifties in a burnt-out yet bitterly humorous story. The play also touches on burnout, the #metoo movement and porn addiction, accompanied by the author's trademark grotesque humour and social criticism. Performers and contributors: Petr Zelenka (CZ); Batti Varga (HU) directors: Keszég László, Vicei Zsolt (HU)
Actors: Babinszki Virág Bodnár Erik Cselóczki Boglárka Duró Áron Gali Petra Gulyás Ádám Horváth Ábel Olivér Kormos Anni Zsófia Megyesi Pálma Nagy Lídia Rónai Sára Rózsa Gabriella Sipőcz András
Szanka Levente Szegedi Áron Szirony Kornél (HU)
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