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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary, the International Club of DC together with the Embassy of Hungary and The Great British Pine Mine is pleased to present Hungary’s outstanding theater company for a delightful evening of theatre.
Radnóti Színház of Budapest
György Spiró: PRAH
A contemporary Hungarian play
(in Hungarian with English supertitles)
We invite you to join us for this special evening of Hungarian culture at its best!
We are all waiting for the day when fortune favors us. Week by week we trust in five numbers, five small crosses, which should bring our fortune, and we hope our numbers will be the winners on the lottery. We are planning in advance how to spend that money, what to buy, with whom should we share it.
It all happens to the two characters of György Spiró’s latest play, Prah: they won the biggest price on the lottery. It’s easy to dream about something, but difficult to be really happy about it. The couple can not cope with the unexpected fortune: they can not buy their past years back, and they also can not purchase their future. In that certain minute they do not know what to do, but while they are thinking about it, planning the future: just to make sure they hide away the sweep-ticket in a box labeled KAKAO-PRAH. This box is from an old summer holiday at the Croatian seaside, and it contained “kakao prah” – cocoa powder.
So the box is like the past, in which they imprison their future, which will be soon only powder, only dust – like the sweep-ticket itself.
Business or cocktail attire requested.
We kindly request that you arrive 30 minutes prior to the performance time to ensure that you have time to check-in and locate your seat. Out of respect for the performers and the audience, late arrivals will be seated at the discretion of the theater.
Tickets and Registration
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Please note that general admission ticketholders do not have access to the post-performance reception at the residence of the Hungarian Ambassador.
After the performance we invite you to a delightful reception at the residence of the Hungarian Ambassador. Please note that only Benefactor ticket holders will be able to attend the post-performance reception. After you purchase your benefactor ticket, kindly e-mail ambassador.was@kum.hu for the address of the the Hungarian Ambassador's residence. |
Please note that all online ticket sales are final. We are unable to offer cancelations or refunds on line ticket purchases.
Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
916 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Website: http://www.flashpointdc.org/venues/theatre_lab.html
After you purchase your benefactor ticket, kindly e-mail ambassador.was@kum.hu for the address of the the Hungarian Ambassador's residence. Kindly
The story of today's Radnóti Theatre began in 1985 when András Bálint became its artistic director and started off a major change in its profile. In place of the then existing literary stage (but taking its traditions into account as well) there evolved the repertory type, high standard civil art-theatre. Its presence is an important factor in the theatrical scene and cultural life of Budapest and Hungary.
The company of the theatre is rather small, yet it is regarded as one of the strongest professional teams in the country. They regularly invite guest actors, always the most suitable for each role, who later gladly come back again to take part in new projects. The work of the company can be characterized by its collectiveness, stability in creating values and by the salutary effect of its mobility.
The theatre has an average of 4 premieres each theatre season, and the repertoire is filled by about 8 plays which all run on a full house – with an average of over 100% attendance. Our audience consists mainly of civil intellectuals and young people who have come to form an understanding and loving base of our theatre throughout the years.
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