Is it necessary to recount the whole of The Cherry Orchard with its characters who are unaware that the world around them has changed and, desperately attached to their property are going to have to abandon it, heavy hearted ? It is perhaps not useful to go into any more details, especially as Mozgó Ház (The Mobile Home) company and its director László Hudi use Chekhov's play as a mere starting point and subsequently move farther and farther away from it. This Cherry Orchard is not The Cherry Orchard. This Cherry Orchard is an imaginary journey that begins where Chekhov's work leaves off. The author would not recognise his own words, but he would certainly find his mark. In tribute to Chekhov, a trained doctor who discovered that story-telling was often a more efficient cure than sophisticated medical treatment, the troupe, since it formed six years ago, practices "Literary Pharmacy". The stories of each and every one emerge like rabbits out of a magician's hat. The success of this young Budapest-based company demonstrates that it has managed to find a remedy for the lives of its own members. They have tremendous energy which they use to electrifying effect on stage.
Distribution
stage direction László Hudi
written and performed by : Júlia Bársony, Krisztina Birtalan, Adrien Deli, Réka Gévai, Zsolt Móninger, Fruzsina Nagy, Erika Pereszlényi, Elzbieta Sulykó, Iván Tabeira, Balázs Vajna
original score : Simon Gévai
lighting and set design : György Árvai sound Balázs Barna
lighting engineer : Attila Szirtes
video : Balázs Vajna
photos : Hadley Kincade
Production
coproduction : Mozgó Ház (Hongrie), Sophiensæle (Allemagne), Grand Théâtre de Groningen (Pays-Bas), WUK Theater (Autriche), TRAFÓ (Hongrie)
avec l'aide de : la Commission européenne (Programme Kaléidoscope), du Fonds national pour la Culture du ministère hongrois de la Culture, du Conseil de la ville de Budapest, de la Fondation SOROS-Hongrie, du Goethe Institut-Hongrie, de la Fondation Workshop, de l'Association hongroise du Film et de la Video indépendants, de Kulturkontakt (Autriche), du Theater im Pumpenhaus (Allemagne)
avec le soutien de : l'ONDA pour les surtitres
Le programme De la Baltique aux Balkans est réalisé avec l'aide de : THEOREM, du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, de la Mission pour la Célébration de l'An 2000 en France, de l'Association française d'Action artistique-ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Commission européenne.