Ladder Art Company: Awakening – circus-theatre show
Non-verbal play for one rope, two characters, and several fairies
Circus-theatre show from Ladder Art Company
Schedule
English friendly
Duration: 75mins
Age: 6+
Venue: Artus Stúdió, 1116 Budapest, Sztregova street 7.
„For many years I mistook myself for someone, who doesn’t exist; and even beyond years, I mistook the impalpable for the impossible. Countless fairies, neither one nor more: that is what I am, the rest is just appearance.”
excerpt from the Hungarian poem “Örvény” (Vortex) by Sàndor Weöres
Awakening brings you to a magic world, where you can tell a story without words.
This awakening is not leading you to the morning wake-up calls, but to a dream that colors up the greyish world. Here, magic doesn’t require anything else, but a pillow, and if it’s too dark, you light up the sky with the stars that you draw with your own fingers.
The performance was presented in 2018 on the stage of the Divadlo Thália Theatre in Košice, within the framework of the Visegrad Fund residency program, and in 2019 in Budapest at Artus Studio. The premieres were followed by numerous international and domestic successes. The production was included in the Istanbul Fringe Festival in Turkey (2019) with the support of the Istanbul Hungarian Institute (2019), and was also selected for the programs of the Bergen Fringe Festival in Norway (2019), the Infinite Dance Festival in Oradea (2020) and the Valley of Arts Festival in 2021. With the support of the Hungarian Institute in London, Voila! At the Europe Festival in London, Awakening represented Hungary, where it received an OffFest award nomination. In the Summer of 2024, the production will be presented at the Festival d’Avignon in France.
Creators and performers: Balázs Kulcsár, Mátyás Marofka
Assistant: Krisztián Kiliti
Light, technician: Péter Molnár
Music: Victor Morató Ribera, Adrián Kovács
Costume and set design: Zsuzsa Szőke
Production assistant: Emese Csoba, Eszter Lovrity
Production manager: Brigitta Kovács
Director: Mátyás Marofka
Supporters: Artus Stúdió, Nemzeti Kulturális Alap (NKA), Sín Kulturális Kulturális Központ,
Magyar Művészeti Akadémia (MMA), Tiszta Formák Alapítvány, Emberi Erőforrások
Minisztériuma (EMMI)
More info about the show: https://ladderartcompany.com/performances/awakening/
Artus
Artus is an open, diverse intellectual and creative workshop, a meeting place for people, ideas and art.
Artus is both Gábor Goda's company, the Artus Studio - a studio in an abandoned factory building of 2000 square metres - and the collective of 30 artists who work there, as well as the Association, which provides the institutional backdrop.
Founded in 1985, Artus is an independent, contemporary, all-arts collective. We have created more than 100 performances and presented them in 25 countries. Since the beginning we have organised international projects, residencies and co-productions.
The Studio's regular programmes include performances by the Artus company, guest performances, visual arts exhibitions, music and other cultural events, as well as self-awareness and movement workshops.