The troupe will perform the piece ten times at the theatre which will reopen on September 1, after a more than one-year renovation.
Metropolitan Theatre production chief Naito Minako said the Örkény Theatre was invited to bring the piece to Tokyo on the initiative of the playwright, director and actor Hideki Noda, who saw the troupe perform in Seoul. The piece impressed Noda to such a degree that he visited the Örkény Theatre in Budapest. He picked Shockheaded Peter after seeing a recorded performance of the piece.
The Metropolitan Theatre seeks to continue its cooperation with the Örkény Theatre.
Shockheaded Peter, adapted into Hungarian by Lajos Parti Nagy and directed by Tamás Ascher, premiered in 2009. It is based on the German children?s classic Der Struwwelpeter (1845), by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Örkény Theatre director Pál Mácsai said he hoped the trip would satisfy both a professional and a personal curiosity, this being his first visit to Japan.
The Metropolitan Theatre is covering a large part of the cost of the trip, but the local council of Budapest is also contributing 10 percent of the total.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
