Performance(s)
Venue and date:
National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest – Gobbi Hilda Stage
2023. 04. 19., 19:00
2023. 04. 20., 19:00
2023. 04. 21., 19:00
2023. 04. 22., 19:00
Company:
State Hungarian Theatre of Cluj - Gyula Castle Theatre
Festival:
9th MITEM
Theatre

Young Barbarians

Performance(s)
Venue and date:
National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest – Gobbi Hilda Stage
2023. 04. 19., 19:00
2023. 04. 20., 19:00
2023. 04. 21., 19:00
2023. 04. 22., 19:00
Company:
State Hungarian Theatre of Cluj - Gyula Castle Theatre
Festival:
9th MITEM
Author:
Inspired by the lives of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, based on Miklós Vecsei H’s text and the improvisation of the company
Director:
Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.
Stage Designer: 
Csaba Csíki
Costume Designer: 
Zsuzsanna Cs. Kiss
Choreographer: 
István Berecz
Music: 
Dávid Mester
Director's assistant: 
Emőke Veres
Stage manager: 
Enikő Albert
Synopsis

The performance presents the friendship of world-famous Hungarian composers Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, exploring the motivations and experiences of their first folk song collection trips, and bringing the audience face to face with the ever-topical issues of Hungarian and national identity. The young creative team has, once again, joined forces with seasoned performers whose example, faith and dedication help transcend pain and navigate the mazes of the 21st century. As usual, the performance is fast, inventive and youth-oriented, featuring the outstanding actors of the State Hungarian Theatre of Cluj.

Its title became Young Barbarians. Our intention is not to recount the lives of Bartók and Kodály, which would be impossible here, and we certainly do not  intend to tell a story or write a musical either. The performance has no set destination, it’s not going anywhere particular, we find no spedific message, there will be no protagonists or any lessons to learn at the end; we try to talk as little as possible. We were seeking echoes that would reverberate today as they did a hundred years ago.

Cast
The Girl - Zsuzsa Tőtszegi
Barbarian B. - Éva Imre
Barbarian K. - Ervin Szűcs
Voice: Balázs Bodolai
Béla Balázs, Benny Goodman, Endre Ady, Eminem, women and men, bugs, alongside everyone else: Lóránd Váta, Csilla Albert, Zsuzsa Tőtszegi, Zsolt Gedő, Loránd Farkas
Young Dancers: Katalin-Bíborka András, Ágnes Lakatos, Nimród-Károly Kacsó, Hunor Vincze-Pistuka
TOKOS band - Csongor Attila Tókos, Albert Vajas, Gyula Bálint Szép, Kristóf Szakács, Zsombor Bálint
Infos
Runtime: 180 min
Language: Performed in Hungarian with English subtitles
Acts: 2
The Director

Attila Vidnyánszky Jr. was born in Berehove (Ukraine) in 1993. In 2010, he was admitted to the class of László Marton, Géza Hegedűs D. and Péter Forgács at the Department of Acting of the University of Theatre and Film Arts.

During his university years, he directed several productions at the Ódry Stage. He spent his internship at the Vígszínház, to become a company member in 2017; he has been active there as a director, too. In recent years he has directed at the National Theatre, the Radnóti Theatre, and also in Budaörs, Debrecen, Moscow and Prague.

Along with Miklós Vecsei H. and Gábor Osváth, he is a founder of the theatre workshop the Sztalker Group.

Inviting Theater
National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest
Awards and prizes
Éva Imre – Őze Lajos Prize, Gyula Castle Theatre, 2022