Three generations of one family. One small flat in Budapest. The grandmother is declining to accept a medal of honour as a Holocaust survivor; the daughter needs proof of her Jewish identity to secure a school place for her son in their new home in Berlin; the adult son is seeking out his own identity as a homosexual man. They all have the same questions: can we liberate ourselves from inherited identity ascriptions? When is identity a privilege, when is it a burden? It all depends on the point of view. With PARALLAX (the term describes the apparent change in the position of an object at different angles of view) the Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó and his independent company Proton Theater develop an epic family tale and in doing so draw a deeply touching picture of conventions situated between Eastern European Judaism and the LGBT+ community who are enduring innumerable restrictions in Hungary.
Direction Kornél Mundruczó Text Kata Wéber and ensemble With Lili Monori, Emőke Kiss-Végh, Erik Major, Roland Rába, Sándor Zsótér, Csaba Molnár, Soma Boronkay Artistic collaboration Dóra Büki Dramaturgy Soma Boronkay, Stefanie Carp Set design Monika Pormale Costumes Melinda Domán Music Asher Goldschmidt Choreography Csaba Molnár Assistant director Soma Boronkay Light design, Technical direction András Éltető Production Dóra Büki Financial and production assistance Henrietta Horváth Artist manager Miklós Kékesi Light Zoltán Rigó Sound Zoltán Halmen, Janós Mazura Props Gergely Nagy Camera Máté Takács, Mihály Teleki Stage master Tamás Hódosy Stage technician András Viczkó Dresser Melinda Domán
Production Proton Theatre Coproduction Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien, Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (Paris), Comédie de Genève, Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Athens Epidaurus Festival, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, International Summer Festival Kampnagel – Hamburg, CNDO Orléans, La Bâtie - Festival de Genève
Premiere May 2024, Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien
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