A famous psychiatric institute was shut down only a few months ago; the building is run-down, weeds have taken over the garden, and only a handful of people are still vegetating on the fourth floor. They live in the world of forgetfulness, while we have countless questions to face; can a society profit from elongating the lives of people with psychiatric disorders? What's the point in helping those who suffer if in the end all that awaits is death? Does suffering make us humans? In the progressing world of modern medicine do we tend to forget about religion and philosophy that both have been providing shelter for humans since the beginning of time? Is it possible that death is a person's only hope and most major freedom?
The freshest play of
Proton Theater
moves from the documentarian-realist portrayal towards the more abstract world of the subconscious, hiding operetta-reality in a
melodrama
, which is frighteningly similar to our everyday world. As all societies are characterized by how they treat their fallen fellows after all.
The play, directed by the famous Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter Kornél Mundruczó, is performed with English subtitles.
More information and tickets are available
here
(in Hungarian).
