TOGETHER!

This project presents a unique, site-specific and interdisciplinary interpretation of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, unfolding within the iconic spaces of the Eiffel Art Studios in Budapest – from the locomotive hall to the sports arena and backstage corridors. The production takes the form of a promenade performance, in which the audience moves through different locations as the story progresses, from the overture to the climactic confrontation between Titania and Oberon.
At the heart of the production is collaborative artistic creation: students from four major institutions – the University of Theatre and Film Arts, the Liszt Academy of Music, the University of Fine Arts, and the Centre for Circus Arts – work together with the Hungarian State Opera’s Children’s Chorus. The children portray the fairies and serve as liminal guides – like passengers arriving on a magical platform nine-and-three-quarters – leading the audience through this layered dreamworld.

Director: Máté Szabó 
Conductor, music director: Ádám Cser 
Coreographer: Kitty Fejes
Proze director: Lóránt Nagy (UTFA)
Dramaturg:  Noémi Orosz-Bogdán

Hermia: Fanni Hevesi (UTFA)
Helena: Liza Tarjányi (UTFA)
Demetrius: Szabolcs Varga (UTFA)
Lysander: Gábriel Horváth (UTFA)
Puck: Vilmos Lehel (UTFA)
Theseus: Dániel Fejel-Tóth (LA)
Hippolyta: Emma Vámos (LA)
Helena: Laura Garics (LA)
Hermia: Laura Gőgh (LA)
Lysander: László Havas-Horváth (LA)
Demetrius: Ádám Csák (LA)
Tytania: Ramóna Veleczki (LA)
Oberon: Donatella Hunyadi (LA)
Zettel: Tamás Vasvári (LA)
4 craftsman: Dániel Szaniszló, Ádám Szálkai, Mihály Döbörhegyi, Botond Gulyás (LA)

Aerial Acrobats:
Dominik Bakon, Zoé Budavári, Zita Vargha, Regina Németh, Anita Mészáros, Miriam van der Neut (BCACDC)

Circus Dancers:
Kata Somlyai, Éva Novotta, Alisa Astapova (BCACDC)

Contemporary Dancers:
Adél Jácinta Benedek, Sára Csaba, Katalin Huszár, Simona Lazurová, Veera Annika Laurila (BCACDC)

Elfenchor: the Hungarian State Opera Children's Chorus

In collaboration with:
- University of Theatre and Film Arts
- Liszt Academy
- Hungarian University of Fine Arts
- Budapest Circus Arts and Contemporary Dance College

Location: Eiffel Art Studios (Eiffel Hall, Oasis, József Járay Hall, Set storage, Miklós Bánffy Stage)