The night after a show celebrating the 50th anniversary of a theater, the actors stay in the theater building, waiting for the morning. In the hungover dust they hallucinate (or not?) the audience, the music, the ghosts of the past and the... indigenous Americans. “Once Upon a Time in Novi Sad” is a lot of dance and singing, but also looking at the mirror and seeing who we are and why we make theater.
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Author: Urbán András
Directed by: Urbán András
Text: Urbán András with the contribution of Lénárd Róbert and Oláh Tamás
Music by: Szerda Árpád
Choreography: Gergye Krisztián
Scenography: Marija Kalabić
Costumes: Senka Ranisavljević
Assistants of the director: Lénárd Róbert and Puskás Zoltán
Cast: Banka Lívia, Gabriella Crnkovity, Szalai Elor Emina, Faragó Edit, Ferenc Ágota, Figura Terézia, Giricz Attila, Gombos Dániel, Kőrösi István, Krizsán Szilvia, László Judit, Magyar Attila, Mészáros Árpád, Német Attila, Ozsvár Róbert, Pongó Gábor, Sirmer Zoltán, Szalai Bence
Students of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad: Marijo Sadiković, Bagi Natália, Lea Dedovity Tomity, Greguss Lilla, Gusztony Endre
And: Darko Kolbas and Bába Tibor
Sponsors: The Cultural Council of the City of Novi Sad, Hungarian National Fond
Trigger warning: smoke, dry-ice, heavy lights and stroboscope
Running time: 2 h (no intermission)
Performed in Hungarian, with English and Romanian translation