Béla Pintér and Compagnie | Hungary


A vicious soap-opera from the country
Irén and Attila are a lovely couple. They run a small organic farm in the Hungarian countryside, are involved passionately in the local amateur theatre group and desperately want for nothing more than a child. When they learn that Irén is infertile, without further ado, they adopt ugly Rószi, and because Rószi goes nowhere without her bosom friend, they also adopt the Roma girl Anita as part of the deal. Once home, the two teenagers send the entire social and emotional fabric of the village community out of kilter and before you know it, the rural idyll has become a hell on earth and the people have turned into monsters.
With Muck Béla Pintér delves into the prejudices that are deeply rooted within each individual but also society as a whole. The wayward style of this award-winning company is a virtuoso mix of uninhibitedly heightened characterisation, ironic self-reflection and subtle earnestness. Here leopard-skin-leggings collide with classical masks, traditional folklore merges with pop-culture and coarse language with the sounds of Transylvanian flutes. With a grotesque sense of humour, the stunning ensemble, including the writer-director Béla Pintér, reflect on the here-and-now of Hungarian society.

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With
Rózsi Zsófia Szamosi
Irén Tünde Szalontay
Anita Éva Enyedi
Attila Zoltán Friedenthal
Onkel Bandi Szabolcs Thuróczy
Onkel Pali László Quitt
Béla Györk Szakonyi
Etus Hella Roszik
Professor, Polizist, Vorsitzender der Jury Béla Pintér

Text and direction Béla Pintér Dramaturgy Éva Enyedi Music Róbert Kerényi Costume design Mari Benedek Assistant costume design Júlia Kiss Set design Gábor Tamás Masks and puppets Sosa Juristovszky Lighting Zoltán Vida Sound Tamás Gresicki Assistant director Rozália Hajdú Financial management Gyula Inhaizer Production management/Touring Manager Anna Hidvégi In co-production with Theater der Welt 2010