Translator: Róbert Bognár
Director: Zoltán Balázs

A noted figure amongst French avant garde artists, Queneau was the co-founder (alongside Alfred Jarry) of the Pataphysics Society - a society dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. Amongst other subjects, Queneau also studied mathematics at Sorbonne which tangibly seeped into his writing. Exercises in Style is the same story retold in 99 different variations. Its language and mathematical structure is the perfect material for Maladype Theatre; the ceaseless variabilities allow space for adventure, experimentation and new challenges. As with Leonce and Lena or King Ubu, Exercises in Style also invites the audience to actively participate in the show, adding an external element of creativity. Director Zoltán Balázs has cut the piece into filmic segments, or 'frames'. Each 'frame' is performed by Maladype’s four actors depicting the individual style of a particular film director, which could be anyone from Bergman to Charlie Chaplin. These rolling ‘frames’ along with the unique dramaturgy create an extraordinary theatrical experience for theatre lovers and film lovers alike.

Players:
Ágota Szilágyi
Ákos Orosz
Erika Tankó
Zoltán Lendváczky

Creators:
Dramaturg: Zoltán Balázs
Set designer: Zoltán Balázs 
Scenists: Students of Budapest University of Technology
Costume designer: Beáta Milák
Coreographer: András Szőllősi
Props: Judit Tölli
Production manager: Katalin Balázs

Opening Night: 14 December 2014, Maladype Base

Duration: 120 minutes

THE DIRECTORS WHO INSPIRED THE SCENES OF THE PERFORMANCE, PERFORMERS AND STYLES:

Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Wong Kar Wai, Francis Ford Coppola, Jirí Menzel, Mr. Bean, François Truffaut, Andrej Arszenyjevics Tarkovszkij, Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodóvar, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Charlie Chaplin, Takeshi Kitano, Lars von Trier, Tarr Béla, Bob Fosse, Jim Jarmusch, Milos Forman, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Peter Greenaway, Marco Ferreri, Werner Herzog, David Cronenberg, Franco Zeffirelli, George Lucas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, George Czukor, Ridley Scott, Jean Cocteau, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Szabó István, Tim Burton, Carlos Saura, Kim Ki-duk, Michelangelo Antonioni, Brian De Palma, Sergio Leone, Derek Jarman, Gene Kelly, Ed Wood, Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Akira Kuroszawa, Leni Riefenstahl, Szergej Ioszifovics Paradzsanov, Emir Kusturica, Luc Besson, Bollywood, Steven Spielberg, Jackie Chan, Michael Moore, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Fritz Lang, Szergej Mihajlovics Eisenstein, Robert Altman