The Man Who Could Talk Only What He Read

Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre from Timișoara (RO)

The characters of the show are sitting around a table, discussing some of the most fundamental questions of human life. Is there such crime that can be morally justified? Can a murderer become a hero if the context of his crime justifies his act? Which one is more valuable, the life of a human or the life of an animal? Along with these, Sitaru's text reflects on how our language, the words that we learn as a child, and that we use on a daily basis can change or influence our individual perception of reality, our fantasies and rationality.
"The limits of my language are the limits of my world" - Ludwig Wittgenstein

Adrian Sitaru (b. 1971) is one of the most successful movie directors of the New Romanian Cinema. He is the author of award-winning films such as ”Waves", ”Best intentions",  ”Domestic", "Illegitimate", "Art". In 2018 he directed the performance ”Illegitimate”, produced by the Hungarian State Theatre in Cluj-Napoca, in which he introduced virtual reality technology for the first time in Romanian theatre.
 

Written and directed by: Adrian Sitaru
Set design and costumes: Velica Panduru
Set designer’s assistant: Sabina Reus
Cinematography: Adrian Silișteanu
Video: Mona Szucsik, Sorin Szucsik
Dramaturgy: Balázs Nóra
Music composed by: Cári Tibor
Translated by: Szabó Andor

Performed by: Kocsárdi Levente, Lőrincz Rita, Czüvek Loránd/Jancsó Előd, Vajda Boróka, Lanstyák Ildikó/Hegyi Kincső, Molnos András Csaba, Tokai Andrea, Barti Lehel András, Kiss Attila, Mátyás Zsolt Imre

Duration: 1 h 50 min
Performed in Hungarian with English and Romanian surtitles