Portugal by Zoltán Egressy
Anton Pann Theatre, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Country: Romania
Directed by: Tavi Costin
Cast: Bianca Cuculici, Ștefan Pavel, Radu Constantinov, Kostas Mincu, Constantin Dogioiu, Andrei Cătălin, Cătălina Sima, Cosmin Pană, Réka Szász, Alexandru Beteringhe, Tudor Andronic, Vasile Marinoiu, Mădălina Mihai (scenography).
About the performance: The Hungarian playwright Zoltán Egressy’s play takes us somewhere far from Budapest, in Irgács, a poor village with poor people but with beautiful dreams. The action of the play takes place in the pub of Lajos and his daughter, Fundă. At the village pub, where people tell their happy or less happy stories, enters an intellectual, a writer from Budapest who, running away from his wife in search of freedom, dreams of reaching Portugal. His stories about Portugal and the “state of saudad” make Fundă fall in love with him. Sympathetic characters who think their lives would be better in Budapest meet almost daily in the pub in Irgács. Beet, a cop kicked out of the police force, but who still plays the cop from time to time; Satană, known as the village drunkard; Clamă, another loser always wanted by his wife; the priest who would have liked to be a footballer; and others represent the typical characters of a village nowadays, all of them without having a clear horizon. Like any show, the theme of this play is one of reflection.
About the theater: The Anton Pann Theatre Company, as a public theatre institution supported by the Vâlcea Country Council, has the social and educational mission to present to the local audience high-quality educational and entertaining productions. At the same time, our theatre, due to its already established fame, is a place where original and innovative staging ideas are tried. It is our wish to attract directors, performers, designers, and other artists who, starting from less conventional views of the world and of the theatre itself, will offer outstanding productions.
Duration: 135 min
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