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| László Bérczes |
Among the highlights on the programme is France?s Galapiat Cirque, and a number of exhibitors and performers will come from the south of Slovakia, the organisers said.
Deputy director of the French Institute Julien Couzy said the Galapiat Cirque was a young troupe that represented the new circus, in which music and movement were as important as performers.
Organiser László Bérczes said the festival programme was rich with theatre performances and concerts.
Among planned exhibitions, is The Whole ? is Theatre, a selection of photographs by Zsuzsa Kuncz, who died this spring and whom Bérczes described as one of the great theatre photographers.
The Hammer of the Village, with a score by György Ferenczi, will premiere in Nagyharsány on the opening evening.
Béla Pintér and Company will present two shows: the award-winning Muck and the new production Kaisers TV, Ungarn.
The Bárka Theatre will bring East Balkan , and Albert Camus? The Plague will be performed by Géza D. Hegedűs. Caligula?s Governor and Blindness are also on the programme.
As has become a tradition in recent years, the festival will open with a concert by Quimby on the football pitch of Nagyharsány and close with a concert by Kiscsillag.
The French groups Wombo Orchestra and Gran Kino will perform, as will Les Touffes Krétiennes, which will team up with Hungary?s Besh o droM.
The Italian group La Tresca is in the lineup alongside such Hungarian acts as Bori Péterfy, Specko Jedno, Kistehén Melankólikusok and 30Y.
Those who enjoy classical music will get a chance to see the violin quartet Dolce, featuring István Várdai, Kristóf Baráti, Béla Ágoston and Zoltán Mizsei. Jazz and folk music fans can hear Mihály Dresch, Péter Sárik and Tamás Berki, as well as Gábor Juhász and Bálint Gyémánt?s production, alongside Kanizsa Csillagai, György Ferenczi and Félix Lajkó.
A Mediawave film and photography camp awaits visitors in Kisharsány.
Events for families will include shows by Judit Halász, the Bóbita Puppet Theatre, the Kolompos group and MárkusZínház theatre.
Bérczes said around half of the festival budget of about 58 million forints was grant money and the rest was expected to come from ticket sales.
Ticket prices are unchanged from last year.
To see the full festival programme visit www.ordogkatlan.hu
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: Bence Kovács
