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European Family - Independent Theater HungaryEuropean Family
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Background
During the lockdown of 2020 the Independent Theater Hungary invited international Roma artists, with whom they had built professional relationships related to the earlier Roma Heroes Festivals and other activities, to do an experimental work online. International theater productions are usually very expensive, but here it was obvious from the beginning that everyone will stay at home, do the common drafting of the story, the rehearsals and the recording online with the help of Zoom, webcam and close cooperation. The artists participated not only in the drafting of the story - where they involved real stories they had experienced or heard during the pandemic - but they were also their own cinematographers, costume designers and they did all the necessary tasks on their own, although, they receive online instructions from the team members of the Independent Theater Hungary.
The know-how and conclusions reached through different online and outdoor theater work of the Independent Theater- including this play - was also published in a digital methodology: Theater in the Time of Corona.
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Reviews
‘… meanwhile the performance shows the Zoom conversations of a family in meltdown, in reality it was realized by the virtual cooperation of Roma actors living in different European countries.’
szinhaz.net'In this period, which is hard for everyone, we can get some power from the story of the Roma family - although their members face loss, conflicts and secrets, they can move further with the power of love in the end.'
kultura.hu‘It is full on, a tense, powerful drama, with the healing voice of Mama intersected at the end.’
Jess SmithMaterials to read
EXCERPTS FROM THE PLAYIn case you would like to request availability to the full play and/or the full video about the performance, write an email to info@romaheroes.org and describe the aim of your request!
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1: ©screenshot_Sebastiano Spinella, Tamás A. Szegedi
2: ©screenshot_Sebastiano Spinella, Sonia Carmona
3: ©screenshot_Richard R. O'Neill, Sonia Carmona, Lucia Lakatos
4: ©screenshot_Sebastiano Spinella, Richard R. O'Neill, Tamás A. Szegedi, Lucia Lakatos
5: ©screenshot_Sebastiano Spinella, Richard R. O'Neill, Tamás A. Szegedi, Lucia Lakatos