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European Family

| TreasuryEuropean Family – Independent Theater HungaryEuropean FamilyThe members of a Roma family live in different points of Europe when the lockdown comes. They can only communicate on video chat, must face losses, challenges in their isolated lives, and the hidden conflicts and secrets among each-other are also revealed. It seems that only magic can help. The story is based …

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Village Day

| TreasuryVillage Day – Independent Theater HungaryVillage DayFalunapLápos can be any village in Hungary today: with inhabitants who struggle for their daily living, better or worse but they are lovable residents.  Misery-tourists visit the village day every year and the participants of the gastro-theatre performance meet real human tragedies in the pokey but inventive village. How much chance does a …

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Shoddies

| Treasuryshoddies – Independent Theater HungaryshoddiesselejtesekWhat are the general experiences about the health care health care system? How embarrassing is it to just wait and wait when we are ill and vulnerable? What are our experiences or stereotypes of the on the Roma, addicts, or extremist youngsters who might that who might be our neighbors in a ward? Health care …

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The Hardest Word

| TreasuryThe Hardest Word – Independent Theater HungaryThe hardest wordIt tells about the civil activity of Jess Smith, a writer, poet, and storyteller belonging to the Gypsy Traveler community in Scotland. The goal that Jess sets for herself is nothing less than to demand the country’s first minister to apologize for the long centuries of persecution that Travelers had to …

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Independent Theater Hungary

| TROUPESIndependent Theater HungaryIndependent Theater HungaryFüggetlen színház Magyarország Year of foundation of the theater2007 Place:Budapest, Hungary Leader of the theater: Rodrigó Balogh Main artists:Rodrigó Balogh – director, artistic leader Márton Illés – dramaturg and director Emília Boda-Novy – actor and director Tamás András Szegedi – actor, director, drama instructor and trainer István Babindák – actor, musician and music composer Máté …

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Balogh, Rodrigó

| STARSRODRIGÓ BALOGHRODRIGÓ BALOGHPlaywright, Director, ActorBorn: 1978, Marcali, Hungary Place of living: Budapest, Hungary Height: 177 cm Spoken languages: HungarianAWARDS2012 Ibsen Awards, Ibsen Scholarship for the writing and directing of Peer Gynt’s Children (Peer Gynt gyermekei) 2009 Best set design, Arcus Theater Festival for László Garaczi: Wonderful Beasts (Csodálatos vadállatok) 2007 UNHCR “Refugee-price” for directing Mirad, a Boy from Bosnia …