The Dirt

A powerful intimate story with elements of ballad and folklore, but with a good dose of irony and skilful social criticism. The story is set in a Hungarian village during four seasons. Irena and Attila have been trying to start a family for a really long time. However, they learn that due to complications during a routine surgery, they have lost any possibility of conceiving children of their own. They decide to resolve the situation by adoption, but because of the two-year waiting period, they end up adopting two teenage girls. Rose, whom everyone nicknames Dirt, and her friend Anita, who they claim made a blood pact together. The village environment is initially hostile to the two inmates. With the new parents, the love between them is not exactly equally shared either. What can the lack of it all lead to? The tendency towards extremism, nationalism and intolerance begins to seem trivial compared to the gradually surfacing tragedies of the characters. But can there ever be anything really banal about all this?

The production team:
Translation by Gertrud Korpič
Director – Ján Luterán
Dramaturgy – Daniel Majling
Set and costumes – Diana Strauszová
Movement collaboration – Ladislav Cmorej
Music – Daniel Fischer, Adam Ilyas Kuruc

✨ Cast:
Irena – Monika Hilmerová
Attila – Alexander Bárta
Ruža – Anežka Petrová
Anita – Jana Balková (as a guest)
Bandi Šulek – Emil Horváth
Pali Kováč – Vladimír Obšil
Béla – Ondrej Kovaľ
Etuška – Ivana Kuxová
Professor / János Regos / Policeman – Richard Stanke
Educator / Serge – Gabriela Dzuríková

Venue: Slovenské národné divadlo, Pribinova, Old Town, Slovakia

Performance dates:
Wednesday 23 March 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday 24 March 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday 29 Mar 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 9 April 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 23 April 2022 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Admission: 20 €

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