"Turns" – under the title Figura 40, the company of the Figura Stúdió Theatre in Gheorgheni opens an exhibition celebrating its forty-year anniversary. This unconventional retrospective can be viewed on Saturday, December 21, from 17:00 and 19:00 at the “Öntöde” building.

The hybrid theatrical exhibition aims to showcase the past four decades, the nearly 170 performances, the festivals organized by the theatre, and the life of the figurative theatre – blending a traditional exhibition with theatrical elements. The exhibition also serves as a kind of backstage tour, as visitors will not observe the performance from the usual perspective, but instead, as they wander through the corridors of the “Öntöde” building, they can discover the forty-year history of Figura. In some moments, they may even become part of the whirlwind of scenery, costumes, and wigs.

The theatre, as a fusion of the arts, is difficult to present in a traditional exhibition format, so by incorporating the theatre's technical and artistic attributes, the idea of showcasing forty years of history becomes more approachable. – said Annabella Orosz, visual artist and curator of the exhibition. Turns embodies the symbolism and reality that without a cycle, there is no progress. The co-curator of the exhibition is Eszter György-Tálas, a member of the theatre company, but, as usual, this project is also the result of teamwork.

The realization of the Turns – Figura 40 exhibition's professional program was supported by the Hungarian Academy of Arts in 2024.