Director: Zoltán Balázs

In many tales, we read about heroes who feel the need to learn to be afraid. Their stories gradually shape our psyche, fostering the development of our consciousness: in order to become a mature personality, we must end our repressions in the final phase. We have to accept that fear is necessary because it prepares us for situations and events that require higher neural activation. We’ve overcome most of our childhood anxieties by adulthood, but there are some that take root in us that we’re not really able to deal with, and we’d rather accept them than do something against them. However, one who strives for freedom and a higher level of self-realization cannot be a slave to either the instinct self or the superior self, it must mobilize its defensive capacity to ensure its survival. For this process, we need stories that provide guidance on the most important issues in our lives and also put the shadowy side of our personalities in the foreground.

Zoltán Balázs's directing is based on the brute force and extensive fantasy world inherent in Grimm's tales, focusing on the associative aspects of the unconscious. He interprets the infantile projections of fairy tales as models of human behavior that, - as Mircea Eliade puts it -, bring meaning and value to life. Inspired by fairy tale fragments, the type-game, which presents even the most amazing encounters in a relaxed, casual style, shows the process of self-integration, the symbolic rebirth of the self-image of the players. The struggle for self-realization can also be interpreted as an initiation procedure in which viewers can observe how the actors relate to their own dreams and desires, how they deal with their problems. The stage coordinates articulated in the performance place the kaleidoscope-like story not in the space and time of external reality, but in a particular state of mind, so in order for the multi-threaded action to gain its importance, the associations of the spectators are also needed. Immersed in the special atmosphere of the performance, the world of unconscious substances is revealed to the audience, the content of which is both mysterious and familiar, dark and fascinating, and at the same time arouses in us the wildest anxiety and the greatest hope.

Players:

Zoltán Adorjáni Nagy
Gedeon András
Edina Bajkó g.a.
András Lehel Barti
Noémi Becsey-Imreh
Előd Jancsó
Kata Milla Kovács
Tamara Pascu
Boróka Vajda
Erika Vincze

Creators:

Director, scenography: Zoltán Balázs
Musical leaders: Edina Bajkó and Erika Vincze


Opening night: 5. december 2021. University of Arts, Târgu-Mureş, Studio Stage

Tour:
Festival of Hungarian Theatres in Kisvárda, Kisvárda - 2022
SIBFEST International Theatre Festival, Sibiu, Romania - 2022
Unscene - Festival of Universities of Arts, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania - 2022
Szín-Tár International Theatre Festival, Kecskemét - 2022