Béla Pintér
Our Secrets
Pintér Béla És Társulata (HU)
Running time 1 hour and 55 minutes. No interval.
Performance is in Hungarian with Slovenian supertitles.
Original title Titkaink
Author and director Béla Pintér
Dramaturg Éva Enyedi
Costume designer Mari Benedek
Stage designer Gábor Tamás
Musicians Gábor Pelva, György Póta
Lighting designer László Varga
Sound designer István Simon
Assistant to director Rozi Hajdú
Cast
István Balla Bán Zoltán Friedenthal
Dr Szádeczky Pánczél Eszter Csákányi
Kata Hella Roszik Timike Éva Enyedi
Bea Zakariás Zsófia Szamosi
Imre Tatár Béla Pintér
Szujó, Pogány, Waiter Szabolcs Thuróczy
Ferenc Tatár, Ági Angéla Stefanovits
Borbíró György Póta
Konkoly Gábor Pelva
Budapest of the 1980s. The story unfolds in one of the dancehalls which at the time were the site of the newly discovered and famed Hungarian rural folklore. In spite of the contemporary historically-coloured memories, Béla Pintér’s play doesn’t cherish a nostalgic look back but speaks about the way in which "our secrets” were accepted in the political reality of the present moment. Perhaps somewhat innocent or even naïve, this performance reaches for deeper levels, pointing out mercilessly to the deep wounds in Hungarian society, disclosing the villains and punks capable of surviving within any political system and speaking about the lies that have been swept under the carpet for decades.