Romeo and Juliet | Madách Nemzetközi Színházi Találkozó

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet 12

Co-production between National Theatre of Košice, Košice, Slovakia and National Theatre, Budapest, Hungary

Director: Attila Vidnyánszky

Slovak and Hungarian with Hungarian and English subtitles

3 hours 40 minutes with 1 breaks.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is one of the cornerstones of our theatrical and dramatic history, continuously inspiring theatre makers for centuries to approach it from ever-new perspectives and to stage interpretations that engage in dialogue with our present.

The unique collaborative project between the National Theatre of Košice and the National Theatre of Budapest presents a contemporary approach, directed by the renowned Hungarian director Vidnyánszky Attila. This production provides an opportunity to once again explore the present-day contradictions between duty and emotion, obedience and freedom. The distinctiveness of this joint endeavour lies not only in its artistic vision but also in its bilingual Slovak-Hungarian staging. The primary aim of the performance is to reach audiences of all generations, building a bridge between past and present, tradition and modernity.

CAST

Romeo: Herczegh Péter
Juliet: Janka Balková
Father Laurence: Stanislav Pitoňák

Juliet`s nurse: Adriana Krúpová
Capulet: Peter Cibula
Capulet`s wife: Henrieta Kecerová
Montague: Rubold Ödön
Mercutio: Berettyán Nándor
Benvolio: Pallag Márton
Paris: Bordás Roland
Escalus, prince of Verona: Schnell Ádám
Peter, servant of Julia`s nurse: Rácz József
Tybalt: Martin Stolár
Samson, servant of Capulet: Peter Čižmár

Ballet dancers:
Anne Marie Greve Myhrvold, Kristína Zemanová, Sofia Arriaga Heald, Vlada Shevchenko, Emiliia Berezina, Kei Hirozane, Sayuri Koike, Klaudia Skopintsev, Dalibor Fabian, Marcel Barnabás Medvecz, Mykhailo Denysenko, Oleksandr Tishchenko, Viktor Mikulišin, Denys Yevdokymov, Volodymyr Feshchenko, Oleksandr Chepelenko

Directed by: Vidnyánszky Attila
Translated by: Mészöly Dezső
Set design based on the ideas of Cziegler Balázs: Tóth Kázmér
Costumes: Berzsenyi Krisztina
Director`s assistant: Kernács Péter
Coreography: Dalibor Fábián
Stage manager: Hedviga Cifráková
Suffleur: Iveta Vinclavová

Director

Attila Vidnyánszky

Main Stage

20 May 2025, 18:00

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Attila Vidnyánszky

Hungarian theatre and opera director, teacher.

He was born in Berehove (Ukraine) in 1964.

He graduated in Hungarian literature and linguistics from Uzhhorod State University (1985). He taught literature and history for two years. In 1992, he graduated in theatre directing from the Karpenko-Kary State Academy of Theatre and Cinema in Kyiv.

In 1993, he founded his own company, the Gyula Illyés Hungarian National Theatre in Berehove, of which he is still the Principal Director.

In 2004, he was appointed Principal Director of the Hungarian State Opera House. In 2006 - 2013, he was Director of the Csokonai National Theatre in Debrecen.

Since 2013, he has been the Director General of the National Theatre. In 2014, he founded the National Theatre's MITEM festival (Madách International Theatre Meeting).

Since 2023, he has been a member of the International Theatre Olympics Committee and Artistic Director of the 2023 Budapest Theatre Olympics.

He has also directed at the National Academic Theatre in Kyiv (Leszya Ukrayinka Theatre), the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St Petersburg) and the Hungarian State Opera House.

His performances have toured Europe from Stockholm to Moscow and Tbilisi, from Strasbourg to Nancy and Kyiv.

He has received many awards, including Ukraine's Artist of Merit (2002), the Meyerhold Prize (2009, Moscow) and the Kossuth Prize (2011).

His films include Liberté 56, The Boy Who Turned into a Deer.

He has taught acting at the Karpenko-Kary State Academy of Theatre and Cinema in Kyiv and at the University of Kaposvár. Since 2020, he has been the master of a directing class at the University of Theatre and Film in Budapest.

He has been a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts since 2005. In 2008, he co-founded the Hungarian Theatre Society and has been its President since. Between 2010 and 2013, he also served as Chairman of the Theatre Arts Committee under the Minister of Human Resources. Since 2020, he has been Chairman of the Board of the foundation operating the University of Theatre and Film in Budapest.

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