Acclaimed Artists and Young Talents at the 6th HolnapUtán Festival

Szigligeti Theatre Oradea is organizing the sixth edition of HolnapUtán Festival, between 20—25 March 2018. During the six days of the festival, 11 companies from Transylvania and Hungary will present 13 shows. Besides the guest performances, there will be discussions, workshops, concerts, and an exhibition opening. This year's edition was presented on 15 February, in a press conference.

“The number of spectators a last year's edition, as well as the feedback from the public and from theatre professionals have made it clear that the new concept of “HolnapUtán” Festival is attractive and successful. In this context, it was obvious that this year, too, we would be continuing to present young and talented artists, as well as to collaborate with the acting academies of the Carpathian Basin” – Katalin Czvikker, managing director of Szigligeti Theatre has said. She added: “Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to offer a more diverse line-up than ever before. Also, we are lucky enough to have some of the most acclaimed Hungarian theatre companies as our guests, such as Tamási Áron Theatre Sf. Gheorghe, Vörösmarty Theatre Székesfehérvár, and also Katona József Theatre Budapest, one of the top-notch theatre companies in Europe, who have never played in Oradea before”.

About the artistic concept, Márta Fazakas, main organizer of the festival declared: “In our selection, we were and are interested in the way young artists approach classic plays. In this year's program, there are contemporary adaptations of texts by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Büchner, Katona and Wedekind, among others, put to the stage by acclaimed young directors such as Kriszta Székely, named Best Director at the Pécs National Theatre Reunion in 2017, Dániel Kovács D., winner of the Junior Prima Award, or Sardar Tagirovsky, winner of multiple festival prizes. At the same time, we are happy to announce that Bálint Botos, born in Salonta, will present his show for the first time in Szigligeti Theatre, besides the first shows directed in an official theatre institution by Anna Horváth and Péter Tasnádi-Sáhy.

Studio Performances

On the first day of the festival, Szigligeti Company will perform its show Goalpost and Own Goal, which premiered in September 2017. The performance is about the cruelty of bullying in school as well as love that conquers all. The next studio performance in the schedule will be Liget (Grove) by Waitingroom Project Cluj Napoca, at 7 PM on 21st of March. The show presents the story of an actress who visits her family's home and is forced to face her past. On 22 March, it will be time for a classroom performance by Waitingroom Project, Bánk Bán? Jelen!.

 

It's All About the Academies

On 21 March, at 5 PM, the nonverbal performance by the University of Arts Tg. Mureş, August opens the series of guest performances presented by the acting schools of the Carpathian Basin. On 22 March, also at 5 PM, students of the University of Kaposvár present their show Mission Bánk Bán in Szigligeti Studio, whereas on 24 and 25 March, at 5 PM, third year acting students from Babeș–Bolyai University Cluj will play two Shakespeare adaptations—first, As You Like It, and then Romeo and Juliet. On 24 March, at 7 PM, students the Academy of Theatre and Film from Budapest will take the stage with their own rendition of As You Like It, directed by Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.

Big Stage Performances

On the second day of the festival, on 21 March, at 9 PM, Duna Ensemble presents their dance theatre performance Otthon (Home), directed and choerographed by Nagyvárad Ensemble's own Csaba Györfi. On 22 March, Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre takes the big stage with Spring Awakening—the text by Wedekind was adapted to the stage by Anna Horváth. On 23 March, at 5 PM, Vörösmarty Theatre from Székesfehérvár presents the ever-valid love story Leonce and Lena by Georg Büchner, followed by the comedy The Chioggia Scuffles by Carlo Goldoni, presented by the theatre company from Sf. Gheorghe, at 7 PM. On the closing day of the festival, the acclaimed Katona József Theatre will perform its multiple award winning play Nora – Christmas at the Helmers, with Eszter Ónodi in the title role.

Other events and further info

The second module of Hungarian Theatre Union's technical workshop will also take place during the festival, as well as another workshop featuring the acting students of the Carpathian Basin, whose result will be presented in the form of a play on Sunday, in the White Room of Szigligeti Studio. On the first day of the festival, Zsuzsa Ozsváth opens her exhibition of paintings at 6 PM in Szigligeti Studio. At the opening, the young authors of Oradea Live Movement will read their works. Besides all the above mentioned events, organizers have prepared countless other surprises for the audience, about which those interested can find out more on the official pages of the festival and the theatre ((holnapután.szigligeti.ro, www.szigligeti.ro), as well as our official Facebook pages.

This is the first year when the entire schedule of the festival, along with loads of additional info, will be accessible via smartphone, with the help of FestivApp available for Android and iOs as well. Through the app, we will be able to inform the audience in real time about any changes in the program.

 

Tickets and Festival Tickets

Tickets for the shows of the 6th HolnapUtán Festival are already available at the theatre's booking office (open Monday to Friday 2—7 PM, and one hour before the start of the shows), as well as online, at www.biletmaster.ro.

At the same time, we offer two typed of festival tickets for the event:

HolnapUtán Festival Ticket: valid for three optional big stage shows. Price: 60 RON

Shows to choose from: August, Home, Spring Awakening, The Chioggia Scuffles, Leonce and Lena, As You Like It (SZFE), Nora – Christmas at the Helmers

HolnapUtán Studio Tciket: valid for three optional studio performances, price: 40 RON

Shows to choose from: Goalpost and Own Goal, Grove, Mission Bánk bán, As You Like It (BBTE), Romeo and Juliet (BBTE)

 

Schedule and Ticket Prices

Tuesday, 20 March 8 PM, Szigligeti Studio

KAPUFA ÉS ÖNGÓL | GOALPOST AND OWN GOAL

D.: Tasnádi-Sáhy Péter

Szigligeti Theatre Oradea

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

Subtitled in Romanian

 

Wednesday, 21 March, 5 PM, studio format on the big stage

AUGUSZTUS | AUGUST

non-verbal performance

d.: Balázs Zsoltán

Târgu Mureş University of Arts

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

Wednesday, 21 March, 7 PM, Szigligeti Studio

LIGET | GROVE

D.: Botos Bálint

Waitingroom Project, Cluj Napoca

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

Wednesday, 21 March, 9 PM, studio format on the big stage

OTTHON | HOME

dance theatre performance

d.: Györfi Csaba

Duna Ensemble

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

Thursday, 22 March, 12 AM (organized performance)

BÁNK BÁN? JELEN! | BÁNK BÁN? PRESENT!

Classroom performance

d.: Visky Andrej

Waitingroom Project, Cluj Napoca

 

 

Thursday, 22 March, 5 PM, Szigligeti Studio

BÁNK BÁN MISSZIÓ | MISSION BÁNK BÁN

Classroom performance

d.: Vidnyánszky Attila

University of Kaposvár

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

Thursday, 22 March, 7 PM, Arcadia Theatre

A TAVASZ ÉBREDÉSE | SPRING AWAKENING

d.: Horváth Anna

Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre Timisoara

Discount price (school and university students): 20 RON

Full price: 25 RON

Subtitled in Romanian

 

Friday, 23 March, 5 PM, Culture House (studio format on the big stage)

LEONCE ÉS LÉNA | LEONCE AND LENA

d.: Kovács D. Dániel

Vörösmarty Theatre, Székesfehérvár

Discount price (school and university students): 20 RON

Full price: 30 RON

 

Friday, 23 March, 7 PM, Szigligeti Theatre

CHIOGGIAI CSETEPATÉ | THE CHIOGGIA SCUFFLES

d.: Sardar Tagirovsky

Tamási Áron Theatre, Sf. Gheorghe

Boxes, stalls: 30 RON

Balcony: 20 RON

Subtitled in Romanian

 

Saturday, 24 March, 5 PM, Szigligeti Studio

AHOGY TETSZIK | AS YOU LIKE IT

d.: Keresztes Attila

BBTE Cluj, Department of Theatre and Television

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

 

Saturday, 24 March, 5 PM, Arcadia Theatre

AHOGY TETSZIK | AS YOU LIKE IT

d.: Vidnyánszky Attila Jr.

University of Theatre and Film Budapest

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

Sunday, 25 March, 5 PM, Szigligeti Studio

RÓMEÓ ÉS JÚLIA | ROMEO AND JULIET

d.: Keresztes Attila

BBTE Cluj, Department of Theatre and Television

Discount price (school and university students): 15 RON

Full price: 20 RON

 

Sunday, 25 March, 7 PM, Szigligeti Theatre

NÓRA – KARÁCSONY HELMERÉKNÉL | NORA – CHRISTMAS AT THE HELMERS

d.: Székely Kriszta

Katona József Theatre, Budapest

Boxes, stalls: 35 RON

Balcony: 25 RON

Subtitled in English