Every theatre group that participated at the festival, hosted by the Thália Theatre and the Budapest Puppet Theatre, received an award.
The best director award went to László Gergely for a performance of Ottó Tolnai's play Bayer Aspirin by the Cervinus Teátrum Slovak Theatre of Szarvas. The best male lead award was granted to Fishchenko Mihailo for his work in the play Preparing for Revision by the First Ukrainian Theatre in Hungary. The best female lead award went to Gabriella Hadzsikosztova for her role in Elada Pinyo and the Time by the Bulgarian Malko Teatro. The Teatrul Vis - Hungarian Romanian Theatre was acknowleged for their choice of Zoltán Egressy's play Sorrel, Fried Potatoes.
The 7th Arcusfest, which took place between February 26 and March 6, featured the Croatian Theatre of Pécs with Ephraim Kishon's play Marriage Lines, the VERTIGO Slovak Theatre of Budapest with Július Brac-Ivan's play Two People, the Karaván Roma actor training studio with László Garaczi's play Wonderful Wild Beasts and the Serbian Theatre in Hungary with Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Source: Hungarian News Agency
Photo: Arcusfest
