The 10th Theater Olympiad will be organized in Hungary in 2023. The program includes performances by two hundred companies from nearly fifty countries, including productions by Transylvanian theaters. A press conference was held on Tuesday in Budapest, at the Nemzeti Színház, about the prestigious theater event taking place between April 1 and July 1.
In 1995, in the spirit of tradition and modernity, and in the spirit of the ancient Olympics, the theater meeting called the Theater Olympics was organized by directors and playwrights, Greek, Japanese, American, Spanish, English, Russian, German and Brazilian. One of the largest and most prestigious events of the world theater finds its home from time to time in a city or country.
The committee entrusted Attila Vidnyánszky, the head of the National Theatre, with organizing the events in Budapest and Hungary in 2023. In the framework of the 10th Theater Olympiad, 550 performances await the audience at 70 locations, and performances by such influential creators of the world's theater life as Theodórosz Terzopulosz, Tadashi Suzuki, Romeo Castellucci, Krystian Lupa, Szlava Polunyin, Heiner Goebbels, Silviu Purcărete, Eugenio Barba, Tiago Rodrigues, Alessandro Serra, Christoph Marthaler, Liu Libin, Declan Donnellan or Ivan von Hove. At the same time, dance, puppetry and street theater performances, a total of about three hundred programs await those interested.
The central events of the Olympics will be held at the organizing National Theater in Budapest, the IX. They can be seen in the framework of the Madách International Theater Meeting, MITEM. The motto of the Olympics: "I said, man: fight and trust with confidence!" (Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man). There is real joy and emotion in my heart and soul that we are here. Thanks to everyone who participates in the work - said Attila Vidnyánszky. He added that the success of the MITEM festival, which has been operating for almost a decade, was a serious argument that they were able to get the right to organize the Olympics.
The full article from Szekelyhon.ro can be read here
Author: Beáta Péter
Picture: Máté Steirer
