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IF YOU SEE A DRAGON COMING, YOU PULL A SWORD

Interview with Robert Wilson

He supports the Freeszfe Association and condemns the curtailment of artistic freedom. We asked Robert Wilson about the why. He also sent a message to young Hungarians. AN INTERVIEW BY PANNI NÉDER. More

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LASTING FRIENDSHIPS

An interview with Philip Arnoult

When someone speaks about US and Hungarian theatrical relationships, you cannot miss his name. Philip Arnoult, head of the Center for International Theatre Development (CITD) says that he spent his whole life in different spaces waiting for something to happen. And it was worth doing it. AN INTERVIEW BY TAMÁS JÁSZAY. More

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LOOK AROUND YOU AND LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE!

AN interview with Deborah Zoe Laufer

Deborah Zoe Laufer's comedy The Last Schwartz was put on stage at Belvárosi Színház in October. We invited the author to talk about tradition, religion, disintegrating cultures and Tchekhov. AN INTERVIEW BY ÁGNES MERÉNYI. More

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IDENTICAL TRACKLISTS

MDLSX / Motus (IT), Trafó

Silvia Calderoni’s show makes us behave like the voyeurs of a peep show. The only difference is that she shows us not only her body, but the anxiety and pain as well caused by her physical otherness. A REVIEW BY PANNI PUSKÁS. More

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REVOLUTION IS A NECESSARY CAUSE, BUT IMPOSSIBLE TODAY

An interview with director Kokan Mladenović

Kokan Mladenović’s name is well known both within and outside the theatre: he is the director who will not keep quiet, and won’t tolerate it from others either. AN INTERVIEW BY ZSÓFI SZERDA. More

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A DOOR

Svetlana Alexievich: Secondhand / Örkény Theatre

Every episode of the show called Secondhand is about the ingloriously deceased (?) Soviet Union, but the performance as a whole is built from us, non-Soviets, it tells our story. By JUDIT CSÁKI. More

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“WHERE THERE IS COWARDICE, WINKING RETURNS”

A conversation with Róbert Alföldi

Fear Eats the Soul (Átrium), The Crucible (Szombathely) and Richard III (Radnóti Színház) – these are only a few of the shows in which Róbert Alföldi worked in the past season. In 2018 his performances were nominated in five categories for the Theater Critics’ Award. AN INTERVIEW BY PANNI PUSKÁS. More