The Theatre of the University of Debrecen (called DESZ-Vígkarma in Hungarian) presents “The Universal” stage play in English at 7 pm on the 28th of March. The entry is free.
DESZ-Vígkarma invites everyone to a night of theater in English. They present 4 of the 6 one-act comedies from “All In The Timing” by David Ives in the play “The Universal”. The scenes are connected by the themes of language, communication, and human understanding (or lack of it), with existentialist perspectives of life and meaning (or lack of it).
Players:
- Viola Barta
- Sándor Marton
- Dániel Szabó
- Péter Szurdoki
- Veronika Tar
Directed by:
- Péter Szurdoki
David Ives
David Ives (born on the 11th of July 11, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for his comic one-act plays; The New York Times in 1997 referred to him as the “maestro of the short form.” Critic Vincent Canby wrote, “Ives [is] wizardly… magical and funny… a master of language. He uses words for their meanings, sounds, and associations, spinning conceits of a sort I’ve not seen or heard before. He’s an original.”
Vígkarma
The theatre company “Vígkarma” is one of the most recent independent theater “laboratories” of Debrecen. It was established in January 2014 by independent theater-makers, who had been working together for years by then. They rehearsed and put performances on stage under the auspices of the Theatre of the University of Debrecen. They frequently participate in independent and university theatre festivals. Their play “Ubu FC – The Final Match” has received the István Paál Diploma at the FEST-Feszt (Budapest) in November 2017 and received a Creative Prize for “the surprising and witty re-thinking of classic absurd” at the XXXVI. Imre Madách Literature and Theatre Festival at Balassagyarmat. It was performed in English at Joy Fest in Kyiv in 2018 and the 2019 Mondial of the International Amateur Theatre Association in Saint John, in New Brunswick (Canada).
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