The Beggar’s Opera
Kokan Mladenović–Góli Kornélia
“The world’s a whore or so it seems
Sell your body, that’s all you need
If everyone’s a whore, then who are we?
Then who are we?”
(Quotation from the show)
Kokan Mladenović (1970, Niš) is a Serbian director. He graduated from the University of Performing Arts in Belgrad, where he studied radio and theatre directing in the class of Miroslav Belović and Nikola Jevtić. He moved to Belgrade in 1993. He was the manager of the Atelje 212 Theatre for several years until he decided to work only as a freelance director. His shows were awarded at several festivals from Central and Eastern Europe. His performances deal with political, social and cultural issues of today, most of the times through the adaptation of a classical text. He is outspoken, funny and has an exceptional knowledge of theatre – this all makes him one of the most innovative and significant director of our times.
The Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre is a young, enthusiastic and internationally reknown company, always in search of new forms of artistic expression. It was founded in 1953 as part of the Romanian State Theatre and since 1957 it functions as an autonomous institution. The name Csiky Gergely was given to the institution in 1990. The theatre hosts bold projects in a rich and varied repertory that includes classical and contemporary theatre, non-verbal performances, musical shows and puppet theatre. One of the most important projects of the institution is TESZT, the Euroregional Festival of Theatre of Timișoara, organised for the eighth time in 2015. This international event aims to promote multiculturalism and to inform the public about the latest directions of theatre in the region. The festival works as a platform for cultural exchanges, sharing and communication for the artists and theatre professional invited.
Directed by: Kokan Mladenović
Composer: Irena Popović
Lyrics: Kokan Mladenović
Hungarian lyrics: Góli Kornélia and Szerda Zsófia
Setdesigner: Marija Kalabić
Costume designer: Tatjana Radišić
Choreography: Andreja Kulešević
Dramaturg: Góli Kornélia
Assitant director: Szerda Zsófia
Translation of the original text into Hungarian: Orbán Enikő
Cast:
Aszalos Géza
Balázs Attila
Bandi András Zsolt
Borbély B. Emília
Csata Zsolt
Kiss Attila
Lőrincz Rita
Magyari Etelka
Mátyás Zsolt Imre
Molnár Bence
Molnos András Csaba
Kocsárdi Levente
Simó Emese
Tar Mónika
Tokai Andrea
Orchestra:
Cosmin Hărşian
Dragalina Cristian Csaba
Szabó Csongor-Zsolt
Ilko Gradev
Marcelle Poaty-Souami
Stage manager: Kertész Éva and Molnos András
Prompter: Czumbil Marika
Poster: Benedek Levente
Photo: Bíró Márton
Running time: 100 minutes
