Only during a carnival

The genie can no longer be sealed back in the bottle. Empty barrels roll far away like rusty institutions no longer up to modern requirements…

“Here, in the grass, a feast begins, the like of which is not mentioned in the calendars of the oldest republics. The grills crackle, spraying hot, greasy wafts of fragrance into the air like ancient altars on which sacrifices are burned to a protective god. The genie can no longer be sealed back in the bottle. Empty barrels roll far away like rusty institutions no longer up to modern requirements, and in their place new, full barrels are brought in as reforms demanded by the progressive spirit of the age and the vital interests of society.

What fun! What verve! What enthusiasm!…. Ah! Wonderful moments when a martyred people breaks the chains and shackles of oppression and throws them far away, asserting their rights, without hatred, forgetting the hated past, often but sincerely toasting the sacred Liberty! Ah!”

excerpt from Ion Luca Caragiale‘s short story, “Boborul”.

DIRECTOR: Botos Bálint
DRAMATURG: Dálnoki Réka
STAGE DESIGN: Golicza Előd
COSTUME DESIGN: Jeli Sára Luca

CAST:
Király Attila, Kardos Róbert, Honti György, Figeczky Bence, Mikola Gergő, Dévai Balázs, Danis Lídia, Urbán-Szabó Fanni, Maróti Attila, Dávid Enikő, Laczó Glenda

Premiere: 2023. 10. 08

Tatabányai Jászai Mari Színház