The “Cream of the Figura Studio Theatre” Fodor Alain
Leonard, Kolozsi Borsos Gábor and Moșu Norbert-László present on 10
July The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. The boys’ stage performance is
directed and assisted by Barabás Árpád, Freddy, who was born in Gheorgheni. We
asked the director about the comedy and the preparations.
How did Barabás Árpád and the cast meet with the
text?
- This started last year, when Kolozsi Borsos Gábor
contacted me with the idea of the play Sorrel, French Fries; where they were
looking for a director who is familiar with the hockey. The original text
is about football judges, we transformed it a little bit, but unfortunately the
author did not agree. After this, Albu István asked me if I am in the mood to
make The Complete Works of W. S. taking advantage of this situation.
The team has not changed. How do you describe the
workflow?
- The cast was clear in the very first moment, these
three actors’ personalities are totally different, which is absolutely alright,
and somehow that is what determines what the performance became like. In the
person of Fodor Leo, the theatre history has finally a “real” dark-skinned
Othello, I wrote for him a nice monologue and I think this is a great source of
humor.
Anyway, it mattered a lot, that I know these people, I
did not come among strangers. It is really important condition, that the
chemistry has to work between the three actors who are playing this performance,
otherwise the play cannot be born. Actually, we shaped the performance along
this line, there is a lot of work in it, because I insisted that we do everything,
we wrote the music, the atmosphere is our own work. It was hard work, but I think
all of them will be proud, that basically everything is their work except the
lights.
How much did it affect the work, that you planned the
play for the tiny outdoor stage?
- Actually, we made this production to the
outdoor stage. It did not complicate our work, since the studio-hall’s stage is
proportional with the outdoor one. The only bittersweet thing is that this kind
of performance would require an audience of 50-100 people, right now they can
be just 20-30, but we hope, that these 20-30 people can create a good
atmosphere too.
10 July 2020