• Dauer: 75 Minuten
• Alter: empfohlen ab 16 Jahren
• Sprache: Ungarisch und Englisch mit deutschen Übertiteln
• Am 23.01. im Anschluss Künstlergespräch

Barrierefreiheit des Spielorts

László Göndör - Darsteller, Regisseur, Autor, Konzept
Éva Katona - Darstellerin
Kornél Laboda - Co-Regisseur, Dramaturg, Konzept
Zsófi Bódi - Dramaturg, Autor, Konzept
Alexandra Láng - Audio- und Video-Editor, Konzept
Lili Olga Horváth - Psychologische Beraterin, Konzept
Márk Bartha - Tontechniker
Gabriella Csoma - Bühnen- und Kostümbildnerin
Bence Somoskövi & Bence Kovács- Vajda - Tonmeister
Máté Bredán - Lichtdesigner
Ákos „Papa“ Lengyel - Techniker
Máté Bartha - Dokumentarisches Material, externer Berater
Tamás Ördög - Externer Berater
Zsuzsi Szakács - Produktionsassistentin
Dániel Mayer - Produktionsleiter
Andrea Ausztrics - Kreativer Produzent
Brigitta Varga - Tourneeleitung
 
Besonderer Dank an Ádám Fekete, Tamás Turai, Dániel Daoud, Rozi Szeleczki, Leta Popescu, Péter Hajmási, Zoltán Ásmány, Nelli Orbán, Katalin Farkas, Zsuzsa Bánkuti, Ómama Antikvitás
 
Geldgeber und (Ko-)Produzenten:
Die Produktion wurde im Rahmen des Staféta-Programms realisiert, das von der Stadt Budapest eingerichtet und unterstützt wurde.
Koproduktionspartner: Trafó Haus für zeitgenössische Kunst, Orlai Produktionsbüro, Marom Budapest - Jüdische Kultur 2028
Unterstützer: Fuge Production, Nationaler Kulturfonds von Ungarn, Mozaik Jewish Community Hub, Endre Somogyi

Ein Projekt im Rahmen des Bündnisses internationaler Produktionshäuser, gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien und gefördert durch das Goethe Institut München.

László Göndör is a performer and theatre-maker, based in Budapest and Amsterdam. After studying interdisciplinary performance arts in both the United States and Indonesia, he has continued his adventurous journey in Hungary’s independent theatre scene. His work is known for its bold and sardonic humour and for walking the tightrope between entertainment and rupture of taboos. He is particularly interested in expanding the concept of one-person shows in innovative, self-reflective manners and blending trash aesthetics with conventional beauty. He is currently enrolled in the International Dramaturgy Masters programme at the University of Amsterdam. 

An interesting background might be that during the 32 days I spent in Grandma's apartment between December 16 and January 17, 2020, I recorded about 42 hours of audio and 28 hours of video, capturing all kinds of conversations, everyday moments, and regularly recurring situations like our daily ritual of saying "Good morning!

Grandma and I learnt the lines of the following dialog from the "Diner Scene" of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive and it became part of the show. Lynch's works are very important to me in general, and especially during the time my grandma and I spent together. Learning the following dialog in English was a great reflection for me on the hidden stories, secrets, unspeakable traumas and fears that we've been hiding from each other for a long time. Interestingly, David Lynch died recently, on January 15, 2025, while my grandmother was born on January 16, 1924, which I see as a beautiful coincidence.

Diner scene, Mulholland Drive
David Lynch (1946-2025)

Dan (Laci): I just wanted to come here.
Herb (Grandma): To Winkie's?
Dan (Laci): This Winkie's.
Herb (Grandma): Okay, why this Winkie's?
Dan: It's kind of embarrassing.
Herb: Go ahead.
Dan: I had a dream about this place.
Herb: Oh, boy.
Dan: See what I mean?
Herb: Okay, so you had a dream about this place. Tell me.
Dan: Well, it's the second one I've had, but they're both the same. They start out that I'm in here, but it's not day or night. It's kind of half-night, you know? But it looks just like this... except for the light. And... I'm scared like I can't tell you. Of all people, you're standing right over there... by that counter. You're in both dreams and you're scared too. I get even more frightened when I see how afraid you are and then I realize what it is. There's a man... in back of this place. He's the one who's doing it. I can see him through the wall. I can see his face. I hope that I never see that face, ever, outside of a dream. That's it.
Herb: So... you came here to see if he's really out there.
Dan: To get rid of this god-awful feeling.
Herb: Right, then.

Imre Kertész: Nobel-price winner Hungarian writer, Holocaust survivor

Enikő Eszenyi: Hungarian theatre director, cancelled in 2019 due to her abusive behavior towards her colleagues

Esterházy (Péter): Hungarian writer, Peace Prize (1950-2016)

Nádas (Péter): Hungarian writer, Franz Kafka Prize (*1942)

Krasznarhorkai (László): Hungarian writer, International Booker Prize (1954 - )

From the "Love or hate game":

Henrik Havas: Hungarian publicist, known for his "provocative" style

Kozsó: Hungarian pop songwriter, singer, musician icon from the 90's

Tamás Gyárfás: Hungarian publicist, accused of several crimes

Cini Zalatnay: Hungarian singer, pop diva of the 70's and 80's

Kököjszi and Bobojsza: a Hungarian youth literature book by Sándor Török (1939)

László Gálffy: one of the most respected living Hungarian actor

Oszkár Ascher: actor, famous Hungarian theatre figure, active in the first half of the 20th century

Ede Teller: Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer from the 20th century, the Hungarian father of the nuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. 

The Whiskey Robber: Hungarian famous bank robber who was active in the 90's, he got his name after his habit of always drinking a shot of whiskey before robbing a bank.

Dániel Varró: Hungarian contemporary poet

Bem Cinema: still functioning art house cinema in Budapest, located right under Grandma's old apartment from where she was deported in 1943.

Sándor Fábry: Hungarian showman, most active in the 2010's, right wing comedian

Attila József: one of the greatest Hungarian poet of all time with strong leftist-humanist views

Árpád Göncz: President of Hungary, from 1990 until 2000

The novel Fatelessness: Imre Kertész's world-famous Nobel Prize-winning book based on his experiences in the Holocaust.

Mónika Lampert: ex socialist MP

Frigyes Karinthy: Frigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator (19th - 20th century)

Anna Fazekas: Hungarian writer, literature teacher, Grandma's step-mother figure who took care of Grandma's intellectual developement and socialization after Grandma's mother died of cancer when she was 10

Rajk Show Trial: László Rajk was a communist politician and minister who was killed as a consequence of a manipulated conceptual trial in 1949 by the moscowit wing of Hungarian communists.

Péter Méhes: Grandma's first love who was murdered by the nazis (probably in Auschwitz)

Judith Ilkovics: Grandma's good friend, with whom they survived the women concentration camp in Torn

Magda Szabó: Hungarian writer, 1917 - 2007, known best for her novel 'The Door'

Ferenc Mérei: a Hungarian psychologist and educator, 1909 - 1986. He was the mentor and teacher in pedagogy and psychology professor and mentor  of Grandma and Grandpa in the newly founded Hochschule that Grandma and Grandpa was admitted soon after their liberation from the concentration camps.