Schedule
In 1348, during a pandemic, ten young people flee to the countryside to escape the plague. They lock themselves in, wait and tell stories to pass the time. This is the basic setting of Boccaccio's Decameron. His novellas entertain, move and delight, while giving an accurate impression of the times in which they were written.
In the year 2023, in the shadow of a pandemic, a war and a crisis, we all know this state of affairs. The agonising waiting, the constant uncertainty, the no-man's land between life and death. So we thought it was time to create the Decameron of the 21st century. Not just to wait, but to tell.
Ten stories by ten contemporary Hungarian writers - Péter Fábián, Dóra Gimesi, János Háy, Sándor Jászberényi, Sári O. Horváth, Lajos Parti Nagy, Csaba Székely, Rémusz Szikszai, István Tasnádi and Péter Závada - will be brought to life on the Budapest Puppet Theatre's Main Stage. Entertaining and poignant, horrifying and delightful, these stories may leave a mark on the times in which they were born. Stories worth retelling. If there are any left to tell.
First story | Sándor Jászberényi: Seeds
Second story | Péter Závada: Letter to Mantova from the quarantine in Verona
Third story | János Háy: Gottháta
Fourth story | Csaba Székely: Our own little crown virus
Fifth story | Lajos Parti Nagy: Sybles and his son
Sixth story | István Tasnádi: Numids
Seventh story | Dóra Gimesi: O. returns home
Eighth story | Péter Fábián: Hiddel Béla
Ninth story | Sári O. Horváth: Maybe this is the last one
Tenth or the frame story | Rémusz Szikszai
Writer:
Péter Fábián, Dóra Gimesi, János Háy, Sándor Jászberényi, Sári O. Horváth, Lajos Parti Nagy, Csaba Székely, Rémusz Szikszai, István Tasnádi, Péter Závada.
Dramaturg.
Composer: Dániel Dinyés
Movement by Henrietta Hojsza
Puppet designer: Károly Hoffer
Set designer: Zöldy Z Gergely
Costume designer: Szelei Mónika
Motion Picture Designers: Vince Varga, Máté Horesnyi
Assistant Director: Anna Regina Aradi
Motion Design Assistant: Eszter Bánky
Director: Rémusz Szikszai
Cast:
Ács Norbert
Zsombor Barna
Bartha Bendegúz
Gyöngyi Blasek
Edina Ellinger
Tamás Fodor m.v.
Zoltán Hannus
Judit Kovács
Mara Pallai
Pethő Gergő
Podlovics Laura
Spiegl Anna
Zsolt Tatai
If the performance starts at 19:00, the expected end time is 22:15.
Budapest Puppet Theatre
Budapest Puppet Theatre dates back more than 70 years, and generations have grown up with its performances. We have had great eras, emblematic performances, and have been able to respond to the changes and cultural influences that have surrounded us. We are the only established theatre in Budapest that specialized in the genre of puppetry.
