Hungarian actor Péter Kálloy Molnár performed the one-man piece ?Nooky, Man in the Matchbox? at St. Mark?s Unitarian Church next to Edinburgh Castle on August 13 and 14. Although many Hungarians came to see the performance, the audience also included theatre lovers from Poland, France, the US, South Africa and, naturally, Scotland.
?For me, it was the same as performing for a Hungarian audience; but, fortunately, body language and non-verbal acting methods seem to have neutralised cultural differences: in spite of the linguistic difficulties, the foreign audience reacted the same way as Hungarians,? Kálloy Molnár said of the performance.
?Nooky, Man in the Matchbox? is the devastating story of a mentally handicapped boy. It was written by Gyula Böszörményi and Gábor Mészöly, and directed by Gyula Radó. The performance was put on at the Fringe Festival with the support of Hungary?s Albannach Scottish Cultural Society.
This year?s Fringe Festival featured 1,867 performances, of which more than one-third were premieres. The festival attracted almost 1.5 million visitors.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
