5 October 2014
Studio performance in the main hall
Is there such a thing as ubu-ness? If so, what is its nature? What
could Alfred Jarry’s Ubu, thought up as a school prank, mean for today’s
viewer? Ubu was molded into one archetypal figure by Jarry from the obtuseness,
cowardice, denseness and greed of the late XIXth century’s
philistine. The social context that inspired Ubu nevertheless let loose a whole
myriad of first, second and third rate tyrants and power-mad buffoons on
history. Figura’s play used various parts of the Ubu plays and unfinished
fragments to create its own Ubu world. This is how the enraged and exploited
masses of people or even Prince Boggerlas who vows to avenge his father’s death
become just as prominent actors in the play as Jarry’s immortal character.
Father Ubu
Mother Ubu
Captain Bordure
King Wneceslas / Jack
Queen Rosemond
Prince Boggerlas
Lord Canbivalbass
Russian hero
As well as students of the Hungarian Theatrical Institutes Theatre and Television Department, UBB
Dramaturgy:
Prezsmer Boglárka
Costume designer:
Bocskai Gyopár
Music:
G SZ G, Kovács Áron
Choreographer:
Sándor Csaba
Director`s assistant:
Miholcsa Zsombor
Directed by: Márkó Eszter