Northern Theatre Harag György Company

The festival began with a performance of The Doctor by the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre in Timișoara. On behalf of the organizers, Bessenyei Gedő István, Festival Director and President of the Proscenium Foundation, Stier Péter, Festival Manager and Vice President of the Proscenium Foundation, Thomas Șindilariu, Deputy State Secretary of the Department of Interethnic Relations (DRI) and Karácsonyi Zsolt, Executive Vice President of the RMDSZ for Culture, welcomed the festival audience.

„For centuries, Satu Mare and Satu Mare County have been a meeting point for different cultures, and it is perhaps not an exaggeration to say that today it is one of the most important meeting points in Hungary. It is hard to think of a better location for the Interethnic Theatre Festival than Satu Mare, where interethnic dialogue is not only a special occasion but part of everyday life. Satu Mare is a land of everyday intercultural dialogue, but time and again - for the third time! - Satu Mare is also a place for inter-theatre dialogue, through the work of internationally renowned artists. (...) It is a pleasure and a pride to host them. And the greatest joy of all is to be able to offer our beloved audiences a new - and extraordinary - theatrical experience by presenting their finest works." - said Bessenyei Gedő István.

Stier Péter summed up the festival's rich offer in numbers: "11 days, 25 companies, 27 performances". As he pointed out, the series of events is organised by a handful of enthusiastic teams, but their efforts bring the experience of the theatre festival to thousands of spectators. He also thanked the MASZÍN Hungarian Theatre Association, co-organiser of the festival, its main sponsor, the Department for Interethnic Relations, and the other partners of the festival: The Harag György Company, the Satu Mare Mayor's Office, the Satu Mare County Council, the UDMR, the Yard and Aquastar.

Thomas Șindilariu, Deputy State Secretary, welcomed the audience in both German and Hungarian, and continued his speech in Romanian, saying that it was a pleasure for him to meet the audience of a multicultural festival in a place that is a „true champion” of the coexistence of different nations. He also drew attention to the fact that, in his view, theatre is the place that fills the gaps of school (education), i.e. it teaches to formulate clear thoughts and can also develop the "www" and "smartphone generation" in self-expression.

Karácsonyi Zsolt started his reflections with a quote from Hamlet: "The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body" - he quoted. ”Every actor, every minority theatre is confronted with the paradox of the duality of presence. How much can we be present in our own national culture as a minority, how much can we be part of the majority culture around us, and, not incidentally, what chance do we have to be present in the theatrical everyday life of minorities who are still active in the same cultural space and who have values that we share?” - he posed the question and concluded with the following thought: “ The 11th Interethnic Theatre Festival gives space to the ordinary body, a chance for the eternal actor's body to present the world, our worlds, as a unified whole.”

During the eleven days of the 11th Interethnic Theatre Festival, in addition to prose performances, the audience is invited to a puppet theatre, book launches, concerts and afterparties.
The first day's programme continued with a "lyrical concert" of Jack Cole's songs by the Transylvanian Bú Boys, who recalled the poetry of Kovács András Ferenc, and ended with an afterparty in the Yard.

Further programme of the festival:

Friday, November 15
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
17.00 - Székely Csaba: 10 (r. Rusznyák Gábor) – Community Centre Hall
Tomcsa Sándor Theatre, Odeorheiu Secuiesc
15.30 – Book Launch - Nagy B. Sándor: Nemes Levente - Buffet
20.00 - William Shakespeare: The Tempest (r. Bodó Viktor) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, Tamási Áron Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe
22.00 - Afterparty: KÜB_beat - DJ-set - Red Hat Yard


Saturdat, November 16
10.00 - Grimm Brothers: Sneeze King’s Empire (r. Nagy Regina) - Craftsmen House, Brighella Puppet Theatre of The Harag György Company
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
17.00 - Martin McDonagh: The Cripple of Inishmaan (r. Bélai Marcel) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, The Harag György Company of The Northern Theatre Satu Mare
20.00 - Jevgenyij Swartz: The Dragon (r. Jurij Kordonskij) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, the State German Theatre, Timisoara
22.30 - Afterparty: Outline - DJ-set - Red Hat Yard


Sunday, November 17
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
17.00 - Rusznyák Gábor: Twillight (r. Rusznyák Gábor) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, Udvartér Theatre, Târgu Secuiesc
19.00 - Georg Kreisler: Nothing happens in the theatre – one woman show by Maia Morgenstern
Hillel Mittelpunkt: Warsaw. Travel guide (r. Eugen Gyemant) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, the State Jewish Theatre
21:30 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations about the performance of the State Jewish Theatre
22.30 - Afterparty: Mish-mash - DJ-set- Red Hat Yard


Monday, November 18
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
17.00 - Mika Myllyaho: Haos (r. Csábi Anna) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, The Harag György Company of The Northern Theatre Satu Mare
19.00 - William Shakespeare: Macbeth (r. Nagy Botond) - The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, the German department of the Radu Stanca National Theatre Sibiu
21.00 - Háy János: The Dead Man (r. Kányádi Szilárd) – Craftsmen House, Csíki Játékszín Theatre, Miercurea Ciuc
22.30 - Afterparty: Pumi - DJ-set - Red Hat Yard


Tuesday, November 19
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
17.00 – Book Launch - Sarány István: Füles. Play on the Scene - Buffet
18.00 - Patrice Pavis: Vanya and Her (r. Patkó Éva) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, a Targu Mures University of Arts
19.00 - Peter Shaffer: Amadeus (r. Alejandro Durán) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, Csíki Játékszín Theatre, Miercurea Ciuc
22.30 - Bocsárdi Magor - solo live act - Red Hat Yard


Wednesday, November 20
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
15:00 - Patkó Éva: Perspectives – Book Launch - Buffet
17.00 - Molnár Ferenc: Liliom (r. Albu István) - Community Centre Hall, Figura Stúdió Theatre, Gheorgheni
20.00 - Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland (r. Zsótér Sándor) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, Szigligeti Theatre, Oradea
22.30 - Afterparty: Tokos Company, and DJ - Red Hat Yard


Thursday, November 21
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
15:30 - Tompa Gábor: Hamlet’s Forehead - Book Launch - Buffet
17.00 - Sara Onham Harter: Hate Variety (r. Bélai Marcel) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, Shoshin Theatre Association, Cluj-Napoca
19.00 - Szőcs Géza: Rasputin (r. Sardar Tagirovsky) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, The Harag György Company of The Northern Theatre Satu Mare
23.00 - Afterparty: Fodor Réka - solo live act - Red Hat Yard
Friday, November 22
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
15:00 - Boros Kinga: Revised edition. Essays on theatre 2015-2024 - Book Launch - Buffet
16:00 - Albert Mária - Boros Kinga - Jákfalvi Magdolna - Kékesi Kun Árpád (ed.): Philther's analysis of Hungarian theater in Romania - Book Launch - Buffet
17.00 - Alexa Băcanu – Martin Boross: Wonders of Transylvania (r. Martin Boross) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, Váróterem Projekt and Reactor, Cluj-Napoca
19.30 - Vecsei H. Miklós: Young Barbarians (r. Vidnyánszky Attila, jr) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, Hungarian Theatre of Cluj
23.00 - Afterparty: Lose Neckties Society - concert - Red Hat Yard


Saturday, November 23
10.00 – Lázár Ervin: The Liar Mouse (r. Szabó Attila) – - Craftsmen House, Brighella Puppet Theatre of The Harag György Company
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
17.00 - Willy Russel: Shirley Valentine (r. Porogi Dorka) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, Aradi Kamaraszínház Theatre, Arad
19.00 - Székely Csaba: Candels of Truth (r. Sebestyén Aba) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, Tompa Miklós Company of the National Theatre Târgu-Mureș
22.30 - Afterparty: David Yengibarian - koncert - Red Hat Yard


Sunday, November 24
11.00 - Professional discussion on the previous day's presentations
15.30 – Book Launch - Bessenyei Gedő István (editor): Seventy years of chronicle - Bufet
17.00 – Four and a half (r. Dobrovszki Dóra) – Ács Alajos Studio Hall, Yorick Stúdió Târgu Mureș
19.00 - La Vie En Rose (r. Gigi Căciuleanu) – The Northern Theatre Satu Mare, Mihai Raicu Company of The Northern Theatre Satu Mare
20.30 - Székely Csaba: Perkucigó (r. Bordás Attila, Dávid Péter, Fekete Zsolt), Pont.ma Cultural Association - Red Hat Yard
21.30 - Afterparty: Pumi - dj set & Fekete Zsolt percussion - Red Hat Yard