theatre // J: L: BORGES: ASZTERIÓN HÁZA

For a long time, we had been working on this theatre project, which we called The House of Asterion after Borges' short story. The short story and Bertolucci's film The Dreamers serve as a starting point for exploring our own relationship to themes such as home, helplessness and being an outsider. At the centre of our story, written from improvisations, are a pair of sisters, Flower and Dani, who live in their childhood friend's apartment and are looking for a third co-creator for a theatre production they have been working on for ages.

Throughout the performance, we invite the audience to join us as we explore the various corners of our venue, the Open Workshop. We want to create a shared and trusting space where we can take off our masks and reveal ourselves to the audience.

The audience for our performance is limited due to the special location. You can book tickets via the booking form below:

https://forms.gle/4KhjSszGuN3s1byf6

Creators:

Played by Viktor Baradlay, Noémi Hódi Virág, Dániel Lakatos, Jakab Sebestyén, Pál Nyáry

Production Manager: Emma Elefánti

Stage design by Anna Molnár

Music by Viktor Baradlay and Emma Elefánti

Assistant director: Gabriella Cselle

Photo by Nence Tóth

Written and directed based on improvisations by the players: Pál Nyáry

Lyrics by Pál Pál Pál, based on Jorge Luis Borges' novel The House of Asterion, Gilbert Adair's novel The Dreamers, Bernardo Bertolucci's film of the same title, Federico García Lorca's Untitled, improvisation by the players.

Special thanks: Nacsa Lilla, Ilyés Lénárd, Takács Lacek, Czap Gábor, Dér Marus, Kós Matyi, Bodor Panna, Tóvaj Ági, Heilig Andris, Molnár Dávid Márk, Tarczali Dorina, Finta Laci and Margulius Dávid

Supported by: the SÍN Cultural Centre

Criticisms of the performance:

"This is an unending story of searching, of arrival and non-arrival, which can only ever be continued and begun again. Because that is the secret of this production: unconsciously precise in its hesitancy, conscious and inexpressibly searching and longing in its boldness - because while the characters are "searching", we have time to search, to feel like searching within ourselves."

Gábor Csatádi

"The validity of the performance stands despite the fact that what it intends to present is precisely the creative and life crisis of these young people, their failure to connect with reality. Throughout the performance, the spaces narrow and widen, the focus of our attention becomes infinitely sharper or even blunter, and we go deeper into the lives of these four people, as in a frank conversation at 3 in the morning. The filmmakers invent and shape the scenes with real diligence and masterly precision, and every one of them authentically articulates the problems, joys and fears of the people in this world."

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