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It's a bitter comedy - literally! The characters in the play have downed a few "bitter" ones. That's fine; the real trouble came from getting drunk and getting into a car. And if they got into a car, they caused an accident. "Our 'heroes' now have to attend a three-day group therapy session to get their driving licence back. Who are these "heroes"? A wide variety of characters from today's Hungarian society: from nail technician to pie maker, from janitor to small-time mafioso, from restaurateur to project manager and so on. But this group therapy is not just about talking: our "heroes" have to recall, or even act out, the ominous drunk driving that got them here. And then the real bitter comedy begins! Everyone tries to tell the more than embarrassing story of their drink-driving in the best possible light and make themselves look as innocent as possible.
Magyar Színház
The Hungarian Theatre was built in 1897, and has been renovated several times, so between 1966 and 2000 the National Theatre company played in the building. During this period, the directors were Béla Both, Endre Marton, Péter Nagy, János Sziládi, Dezső Malonyai, Imre Csiszár, László Ablonczy, István Iglódi. Its repertoire consisted of classical and contemporary masterpieces of Hungarian and world literature. The artistic directors and directors were Tamás Major, Endre Marton, István Egri, Gábor Székely, Gábor Zsámbéki, Tamás Ascher, Imre Csiszár, László Vámos, Imre Kerényi, Ferenc Sík, István Iglódi, Csaba Ivánka, Géza Bodolay, Miklós Szurdi.
Since 2000, the Hungarian Theatre of Pest has been playing within its well-trodden walls, with a company of artists who have grown up in the traditions of the old National Theatre and who continue to preserve them. For a decade, István Iglódi was the director of the theatre, during this period the directors were Imre Csiszár, Attila Vidnyánszky, István Pinczés, Sándor Guelmino, and the guest directors were Gábor Berényi, János Bruck, Gábor Czeizel, Sergei Masloboichikov, László Vándorfi. Áron Őze became the director of the theatre, Sándor Guelmino the artistic director and Imre Sipos the manager. János Zalán took over the management of the theatre on 1 January 2015.
