Int'l Performances At National Theatre This April
- 19 Apr 2018 8:25 AM
- Hungary Matters
The Hungarian National Theatre’s 5th 'Madách International Theatre Meeting' is hosting 26 performances from 14 countries, along with exhibitions, round-table discussions and other programmes in Budapest until April 29.
Among those invited are the Berliner Ensemble performing The Caucasian Chalk Circle by its founder Bertolt Brecht and Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum. The Chalk Circle’s director, Michael Thalheimer, is to participate in a roundtable discussion on Brecht.
Exhibitions and further talks are centred on Brecht’s impact and relevance in modern theatre, including an exhibition on the Ensemble’s past from Brecht’s own direction of the Chalk Circle in 1954 to Thalheimer’s production and a show of scenery and costume designs of Hungarian designer students.
A roundtable discussion dedicated to Arab theatre in exile will feature outstanding artists such as Iraqi directors Mokhallad Rasem and Muhaned Alhadi, and Syria’s Rafat Alzakut in talks on the choices, topics and prospects of young dislocated artists.
Other performers include Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, the Toneelhuis from Antwerp, Belgium, and Moscow’s Vakhtangov State Theatre.
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