On the themes of violence and manipulation, the adaptation of Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis takes place on a television quiz set. It is some time in the future where the world is one big Union. The quizmaster is Frau Plastic Chicken, and she conducts the programme with diabolic peversity. On the set are Madison, the psycopath who terrorises the city and who has just been arrested, and Little Alex, a repentant criminal. The competition of confessions has both men behaving out of character. The play combines the actors on stage with cinema through filmed sequences on celluloid, and a giant screen broadcasts the live television programme. "Live" songs, dance, and music are also thrown in to the show. The connection between the stage and images on film and video is consistent throughout the play.
Distribution
stage direction Árpád Schilling
assistant director : Balázs Erös
choreography : Éva Magyar
stage design :Márton Agh
costumes : Klára Varga
lighting : Tamás Bányai
music : András Monori
accessories : Róbert Noszlopi
video : Péter Hollós
image : András Nagy
production : Máté Gáspár
with : Gergely Bánki, Viktor Bodó, Sándor Csányi, Tibor Eichinger, Adam
Fillenz, Máté Herbai, Péter Jelasity, Zsolt Kovács, Annamária Láng, András
Monori, Zoltán Mucsi, Péter Nagy, Zsolt Nagy, Tivadar Pálóczy, Borbála Péterfy, Lia
Pokorny, Gábor Rácz, Lilla Sárosdi, Sándor Terhes, Dorottya Udvaros, András
Vinnai
Production
Coproduction : Krétakör Szinház (Hongrie), Festival d'Avignon (France), La Rose des Vents-scène nationale de Villeneuve d'Ascq (France), THEOREM
Avec le soutien : du Théâtre Bárka, Nextreme Film, du ministère hongrois du Patrimoine culturel national, de la Fondation nationale pour la Culture (Hongrie), de l'AFAA-Génération/s 2001, de la Fondation Soros Budapest, de la municipalité de Budapest, du Festival d'Automne de Budapest,
de : l'Onda pour les surtitres
et de : Magyart, Saison hongroise en France