Gengszter nagyi
10+
120 minutes, with 1 break
Puppet technique: bunraku, giant puppet
Schedule
David Walliams is a contemporary English writer who writes novels for young children that explore socio-human issues such as exclusion, marginalisation, acceptance or rejection of difference. The protagonists of Grandma Gangster are a seemingly boring old woman, neglected by her family, and her 11-year-old grandson Ben, who is struggling with self-doubt. The boy is terribly bored at Grandma's on Friday nights, and Grandma can't seem to find a rapport with the teenager who has just grown out of childhood. But one day Ben makes a surprising discovery: his grandmother is hiding diamonds in an old biscuit tin. Maybe Grandma isn't who she seems?
The play is a sensitive and humorous account of the strange friendship between grandmother and grandson, and how, although it's not easy being 11 and 78, it's never too late to start playing.
Adapted and produced with the permission of Independent Talent Group Ltd.
Written by David Walliams
Adapted for stage by Dóra Gimesi
Composer.
Scenic Designer: Károly Hoffer
Choreographer: Szőllősi András
Assistant directors: Anna Rigó, Maresz Csonka
Director: Károly Hoffer
Cast:
Ben: Tibor Szolár
Ben's grandma, the "Black Cat": Gyöngyi Blasek
Linda, Ben's mother: Edina Ellinger
Pete, Ben's dad: Ács Norbert
Erzsébet; head nurse: Ibolya Juhász
Mr. Parker: Gergő Pethő
Detective Inspector Fudge: Csaba Teszárek
Flavio Flavioli: Péter Wagner-Puskás m. v.
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