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On the basis of Chekhov’s story Ward No. 6

National Theatre, Budapest, Hungary

Director: Sardar Tagirovsky

In Hungarian with English subtitles

4 hours 40 minutes with 2 breaks.

On the basis of Chekhov’s story Ward No. 6

Chekhov wrote Ward No. 6 in the form of a short story. He did not envision it as a drama for the stage. He clearly had good reason for choosing the narrative as his form over the drama. The story is unbelievably dramatic and yet difficult to dramatize. If we attempt to transform the setting, which the author clearly intended us to envision with our inner eye, into a visual spectacle, we steal the work itself and deprive it of its dreamlike atmosphere. We go against the intentions of the author. Indeed, we do not feel ourselves justified in attempting to perform insanity, since we would create the illusion that we have understood a state of mind the essence of which is perhaps that it cannot be entirely understood.

Thus, we stand uncomprehending before Chekhov’s short story, which seems to elude the grasp of the “normal” mind. And yet we are still driven by a formless desire to immerse ourselves in it and to share this experience with others, much like Dr. Andrei Yefimich Rabin, the doctor in the story, is drawn to the insane Ivan Dmitric Gromov. The most we can do is allow Chekhov to take us by the hand and lead us into this strange world, which is both horrifying and dangerously exciting. Of course, we will only meet him if we are “not afraid of being stung by the nettles.”

Színészek/Actors: Bartók György m.v., Bánsági Ildikó, Beczásy Áron m.v., Béres Miklós m.v., Farkas Dénes, Horváth Lajos Ottó, Katona Dávid m.v., Lukács András m.v., Mátray László m.v., Tompos Kátya, Tóth László, Varga József

Operaénekes/Opera singer: Balogh Zsuzsanna Eszter, Hárfaművész/Harpist: Kriesch Barbara

Fordítás/Translation: Szőllősy Klára; Zeneszerző/Composer: Bartók György, Díszlet-, jelmeztervező/Set and costume designer: Dobre-Kóthay Judit, Fénytervező/Lighting designer: Bányai Tamás, Dramaturg/Dramaturge: Benedek Zsolt, Rendezőasszisztens/Assitant director: Herpai Rita.

György Bartók m.v.

Ildikó Bánsági

Áron Beczásy m.v.

Miklós Béres m.v.

Dénes Farkas

Lajos Ottó Horváth

Dávid Katona m.v.

András Lukács m.v.

László Tóth

József Varga

György Bartók

Dávid Katona

Gobbi Hilda Stage

Sardar Tagirovsky

Born in Kazan (Russia) in 1985, he has lived in Hungary since the 1990s. He studied acting at the Shakespeare Academy of Dramatic Arts in Budapest and later earned a puppetry qualification at the studio of the Budapest Puppet Theatre. He subsequently graduated in theatre directing from the University of Arts in Târgu Mureș (Romania), in the class of László Bocsárdi. He studied the Stanislavski-Strasberg method in Budapest and Rome under the guidance of Paolo Antonio Simioni.

His first official theatre production, “The Cherry Orchard”, staged in Sfântu Gheorghe (Romania), won the Audience Award at the 2015 POSZT (National Theatre Festival of Pécs), and three actors were awarded for Best Performance. His productions in Transylvanian theatres have received numerous awards at the Hungarian Theatre Festival of Kisvárda and at the National Theatre Festival of Hungary.

In 2021, he was invited to the Kazan Tinchurin Theatre, where he staged the award-winning production “Yedesh” and created a dramatic adaptation of “Turandot”.

Since 2024, he has been the Chief Director of the Almetyevsk State Tatar Drama Theatre. His production “The House of My Youth” received the Grand Prize at the Tatar Tantana Festival in Best Experimental Performance category.

At MITEM he achieved great success with his production of Géza Szőcs’s “Rasputin”, staged with the Harag György Company of Satu Mare.

As a mentor and coach, he conducts masterclasses in various countries. He actively participates in theatrical experiments and alternative theatre initiatives and regularly organizes and co-organizes acting workshops.

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