Crossroads

The Maladype Theatre launched its “Crossroads” project in 2011. The program’s main goal is to present artistic directions, theatres and workshops that represent new trends in cultural life, enhance new artistic initiatives, help in establishing new ways of contacts with the audience and foster ties among different countries. That way the European independent theatres are given the possibility to cooperate and establish a network that helps them in creating new meeting points for dialogue and interaction.

The Maladype Theatre has benefited a lot from its international ties: by establishing them it has the possibility to get acquainted with various theatrical troupes, traditions and institutions. We consider our important task also to present new trends, and young talents to our spectators. We invite theatres and performances that can adapt easily themselves to our location and technical conditions.

25.05.2023.

Elżbieta Chowaniec

GARDENIA

d.: Zoltán Balázs

The characters of Elżbieta Chowaniecz's play are anonymous women, whom the author designates only with numbers. Gardenia is a partial family history: the drama of four generations of Polish women - the oldest was born in 1920, her daughter in 1942, her daughter in 1962, and the youngest in 1982. As they go through almost the entire history of the twentieth century in peace and war, wealth and poverty, their complicated and simple relationships between mother and daughter, grandmother and granddaughter, great-grandmother and great-granddaughter are also revealed.

24.04.2023

Based on the poems of Iris Eliya Cohen

MATERNITY

d.: Hanna Vazana-Greenwald

The contemporary Israeli work Maternity deals with the fate of children who have disappeared and are still in unknown places and the mothers who search for them. After the establishment of the State of Israel and later in the 1950s, thousands of babies disappeared from newly immigrated families placed in refugee camps. Two-thirds of the parents of the missing children immigrated to Israel from Yemen. The performance "Maternity" presents the long-term ordeal of the parents of kidnapped children, as well as the connections between their tragedy and the fate of today's women and mothers. "Phenomenal and striking performances shape this documentary theater into a deep artistic experience." (Rutie Stern, Haokets, Israeli magazine)

WHISTLE - My Mother was Mengele's Secretary

19. 03. 2022.

Written by Ya'acov Buchan

WHISTLE - My Mother was Mengele's Secretary

d.: Hanna Vazana-Greenwald

"As a child I was never hugged or kissed, I think my parents did not even see me. I wrote this story to stop being an invisible child” (Yaakov Buchan)

Tami, the only child of Auschwitz survivors, discovers at the age of 45 that she has not yet ever really lived. This startling revelation comes to her through a stranger, who suddenly enters her life and opens up locked doors to her soul. Tami feels that this is her 'last chance'... but is she capable of loving as she dreams? Who should she ask for permission from? Can she even believe she deserves love?

18. 03. 2022.

Written and performed by Maayan Kilchevsky

THIS IS (NOT) HOW YOU WALK ON STAGE

d.: Itay Plaut

“Unfortunately, there’s nothing more we can do. The diagnosis is cerebral palsy; she’ll walk until she can’t walk anymore. And then – a wheelchair”. This prophecy is the starting point of my story. Behind the scenes of the theatre, between performing mandatory physiotherapy exercises, my struggles of coping with cerebral palsy will be exposed. This is an account of battles – against my body, against an environment of hostile glances, against the men in my life; and then there’s the dream to be exactly as I am, walk the way I know how to, stand on my own two feet, be an actress and, more than anything else, have no one telling me that “this is not how you walk on stage”. The show won the Tarin Shalfi Audience Favorite Award and an honorable mention at Theatronetto Festival.

13. 6. 2021.

FISHEZ

d.: Krisztina Sipos

The Waitingroom Project from Cluj Napoca (Romania) was celebrated its 10th birthday in 2020. Maladype will also join the celebration with the presentation of the FISHEZ performance in Budapest on June 13rd at TRIP - Ship Theatre on the Danube river- within the framework of the Crossroads program.

8. 6. 2021.

ELEVATOR - boys will be boys

c: Ferenc Fehér

The elevator is a narrow space where people get on and off, going up and down without getting in touch with each other. The elevator is always on the move. But if suddenly it gets stuck on the way, anything can happen.
Elevator explores the possibilities of a small, tight space and creates a dynamic and intense atmosphere for the three performers.

9. 6. 2019.

Bálint Botos

ZERO

d: Bálint Botos

At the end of the theater season on June 6th Waitingroom Project - one of the most exciting independent theaters in Romania - presented performance Zero at TRIP Ship Theatre on the Danube river within the framework of the Crossroads program. The performance Zero was written and directed by Bálint Botos.

Freedom: The Most Expensive Capitalist World

30. 3. 2018

Maja Pelevic and Olga Dimitrijevic

Freedom: The Most Expensive Capitalist World

d: Maja Pelevic and Olga Dimitrijevic

On March 30 at TRIP Ship Theatre the Crossroads programme presented Freedom: The Most Expensive Capitalist World one of the most original Bitef festival productions in these 50 years. The production it has been conceived and performed by dramaturges Maja Pelevic and Olga Dimitrijevic, based on their research trip to Pyongyang. In the form of a well-controlled guided trip, the authors face and question the propaganda patterns and stereotypes of the North Korean totalitarian regime and Western neoliberal democracies, how the idea of freedom is represented in this context and how it is manipulated.

22. 4. 2018

Unknown Friend’s Circle or Picnic on a Japanese Rug

d: Misi Fazakas

On April 22nd the Osono Theatre from Saint George will present the perfomance Unknown Friend’s Circle or Picnic on a Japanese Rug at 4 pm and 7 pm at the Maladype Base. After the performance - as the followers of the Crossroads programme have been accustomed - we will hold a public meeting with the creators.

30. 1. 2018.

Csaba Székely

MaRó

d: Andi Gherghe

On January 30 at 7 pm an unusual "Romanian-Hungarian match" will take place in the Ferencváros Cultural Center Theatre Hall. The special event with the title of MaRó is written by Csaba Székely and will be presented by the Yorick Studio from Târgu Mureş. After the performance - as the followers of the Crossroads programme have been accustomed - we will hold a public meeting with the creators.

13. 6. 2017.

Attila Bartis

Directing

d: Attila Bartis

As part of Maladype’s Crossroads program series, the performance Directing by National Theatre, Tompa Miklós Company, Tărgu-Mureş is shown at the Ódry Stage (Padlás/Attic) of the University of Theatre And Film Arts on June 13. Maladype launched its Crossroads series in 2011 with the aim to present artistic trends, theaters, and workshops that strengthen cultural innovation, linguistic diversity, and networking among audiences between our countries. As part of the series, Maladype Theatre hosted, among others, Teatr Baza, Theatro Potlach, Mini Teater, adn Teatrul Act.

How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients

8. 6. 2017.

Matei Vişniec

How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients

d: Zoltán Balázs

Zoltán Balázs’s direction from Chicago in Budapest

The play by Matei Visniec premiered in Chicago at Trap Door Theatre company in March 2016, directed by Maladype artistic director Zoltán Balázs. The artistic director of Maladype Theatre is visiting the Windy City upon the invitation of the American workshop's founding director, Beata Pilch. After the debut, the performance received one of the most notable recognitions of American critics, a nomination for JEFF Awards, opening the door to many more performances. At the end of the season, the play did received the JEFF Awards for Original Music. The unanimous public and professional success encouraged the company to consider a multi-station European tour already last year, and they eventually begain their fundraising campaing in 2017. The company arrives in Budapest with such history on 8th of in June as a guest of Maladype and the play’s director; it then will also be showcased at the SIBIU International Theatre Festival as well as Baia Mare, Brasov and Constanta.

17. 7. 2016.

BHUDOO - Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US

d: Jp Jordan

Touchstone Theatre’s Bhudoo (pronounced BOO-doo), a musical fable from a far-away land that tells the story of three wizards vying for the title of Royal Grand Vizier, and for the audience's favor at the annual Bhudoo Games. Who will emerge victorious? Can the game truly be won? Will they learn to peacefully coexist or battle to the end?
A note on the content: While live performances are by their very nature subject to change, audiences should take special note that no two performances of Bhudoo will be exactly alike, and choices that are made will have consequences...

Urbi et Orbi - Kosztolányi Dezső Theatre - Urbán András Company, Subotica, Serbia

19. 12. 2016.

János Pilinszky:

Urbi et Orbi - Kosztolányi Dezső Theatre - Urbán András Company, Subotica, Serbia

d: András Urbán

As part of Maladype’s Crossroads program series, the performance Urbi et Orby by the Kosztolányi Dezső Theatre of Subotica and the Urbán András Company is shown at the Ódry Stage (Padlás/Attic) of the University of Theatre And Film Arts on February 19. Maladype launched its Crossroads series in 2011 with the aim to present artistic trends, theaters, and workshops that strengthen cultural innovation, linguistic diversity, and networking among audiences between our countries. As part of the series, Maladype Theatre hosted, among others, Teatr Baza, Theatro Potlach, Mini Teater, adn Teatrul Act.

26. 9. 2016.

S. I. Witkiewicz:

The Mother

d: Tomasz Zadróżny

Teatr Baza, Warsaw, Poland

On Saturday, October 26 at 7 pm, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's drama The Mother is presented to Maladype’s audience at its Mikszáth Square base by one of the most exciting theater workshops, the Warsaw-based Teatr Baza. During the post-show discussion, the creative team of Teatr Baza will talk about one of the most original artists of 20th-century Polish theater, the genius and eccentric Witkacy (who was born 130 years ago this year).

1-2-3. 12. 2013.

Hurricanes/Uragani - Actor’s concert Teatro Potlach

d: Pino Di Buduo

The 37-year-old Teatro Potlach (from Italy) is on tour with their performance Hurricanes/Uragani. Daniela Regnoli’s actor-concert directed by Pino di Buduo will be presented on 2nd and 3rd of December, 7 p.m. on Maladype Base. The performance with songs by Brecht and Kurt Weill reflects on our everyday struggles through the unusual destinies of women living between the Wars.
The theatre not so well-known in Hungary is going to make a presentation with screening on 1st of December in Maladype. This free programe gives the chance for those who are interested to get an insight into the everyday work and art philosophy of Potlach based in Fara Sabina and closely related to the famous Odin Theatre.

10-19 June 2013.

Intercultural Festival of Master Classes

Between June 10 and 19, 2013, the Intercultural Festival Laboratory of Theatre Practices was organized in the picturesque town of Fara Sabina near Rome by Teatro Potlach in cooperation with Eugenio Barba's I.S.T.A. (International School of Theatre Anthropology). Zoltán Balázs and three Maladype actors arrived at the Fara Babina residence upon the invitation of Pino Di Buduo, the head of Teatro Potlach. At the festival showcasing various theater workshops and creative methods, Zoltán Balázs led a workshop about the technique of “the games of chance” method, employing the exercises in Maladype’s Egg(s)Hell.

13. 3. 2013.

Equilibrio - Visegrad Artist Residency Program, Performing Arts

10:00 – 11:00 Physical Training based on Martial Arts / Tai chi, Chi kung /
14:30 – 17:00 Adam Hanuljak – Selection of Documentary Materials and Researches in Performing Arts (screening)
19:00 – 20:00 Open rehearsal EQUILIBRIO "work-in-progress"

27-28. 1. 2012.

Mini teater

Ma és Al (Ma and Al)

d: Ivica Buljan

Based on the inspiration of the texts by Bernard-Marie Koltès and J. D. Salinger

Director and text: Ivica Buljan
Actors: Senka Bulić and Marko Mandić
Costumes: Ana Savić-Gecan
Scenography: Slaven Tolj

Amelie’s sigh (Teatrul Act) Teatrul Act, Bucharest, Romania

20-21. 2. 2011.

Alina Nelega:

Amelie’s sigh (Teatrul Act) Teatrul Act, Bucharest, Romania

d: Mariana Camarasan

At the invitiaive of the Maladype Theatre three independent theatres from three different countries will perform guest shows in each other's capitals. The Teatrul Act Bucharest, the Mini Theatre Ljubljana and the Maladype Budapest will present their best performances in Bucharest, Ljubljana and Budapest.
At the invitation of the Maladype Theatre Testrul Act Bucharest will present Alina Nelega's awards wining monodrama, Amelie's Sigh in the Merlin Theatre Budapest on the 20th of February 2011.