Bobigny director Patrick Sommier recently saw the production in the Tündergyár, a courtyard pub next to Budapest?s Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, on a recent trip to Budapest. The director had worked for years with the capital?s legendary Krétakör theatre company and was curious to see what former member Zsolt Nagy was up to since the troupe disbanded.
The script was written by Péter Kárpáti, but the performance was jointly directed by the author, the actors and the dramaturge Bori Sebők.
The piece is about the arrival of a prophet in the Hungarian capital, Füge says on its website.
?The furious prophet of the ancient legends, after thousands of years of roaming, has arrived in Budapest this morning. He got off the international train , came out of the Keleti and threw himself into the city, like a pit bull into the playground, and tonight we are going to see him?? Füge says.
The Bobigny MC93 has organised Le Standard Idéal, an international theatre festival, since the 1990s. The Krétakör has been a guest several times. This year, troupes from Berlin, Lisbon, Prague and Barcelona are on the programme. Among the highlights will be the world premiere of David Marton?s Le clavier bien temple, based on works by Bach and the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai?s novel The Melancholy of Resistance.
