Synopsis
DÖMDÖ- DÖMDÖ-DÖMDÖDÖM – THE GREAT POETS’ COMPETITION
With lots of music
Based on the tale by Ervin Lázár Adapted for the stage and directed by: Andrea Pass
Being a child is no easy task. There’s so much to learn about the world, about each other, and about ourselves. So many fascinating things surround us! And everything has a name! There’s a word, an expression for everything. Even for our feelings. Anger, fear, sadness, joy, love—anyone who has heard a poem knows this!
At the Great Poets’ Competition, the inhabitants of the Square Round Forest try to put their feelings and thoughts into words. Even Dömdödöm, though the only thing he can ever say is: Dömdödöm.
The Square Round Forest is Ervin Lázár’s best-known and most frequently published storybook. It is a series of independent tales which, thanks to their recurring setting and characters, can also be read as a fairytale novel. The Square Round Forest is a mythical space—the land of the impossible, the strange, the everything-is-possible. It is both square and round, enclosed yet homely, a place of retreat for its characters.
All of them are outcasts of the “real” world, the disappointed, the rejected—collected into the forest by Mikkamakka, a kind of “fisher of men.” Each episode offers them the chance to rediscover themselves, to experience belonging and community through shared effort—or by consensus they decide who the winner is, just as it happens in the story of Dömdödöm, the poetic contest we chose to stage.
Cast & Creative Team
Bruckner Szigfrid (Lion) – Rozi Kocsis
Aromo (Rabbit) – Ádám Urszinyi
Vacskamati (Cat) – István Vitányi-Juhász
Lajos (Monster)– Tamás Szukenyik
Dömdödöm – Viki Rab
Maminti (Fairy)– Júlia Dunai
Mikkamakka – Dávid Bársonyosi
Serafin (Horse) – Sára Bánky
Zoárd (Pine tree) – Emőke Darvas
Géza (Cheetah) – Bernát Sebestyén
Costumes: Kata Pető
Set Design: Anna Fekete
Music: Ágoston Szabó Sipos
Choreographer: Barbara Bombicz (Gyula Harangozó Award winner)
Lighting Designer: György Szondi
Director: Andrea Pass
Production Photos
Photos by Balázs Csapó
Synopsis
DÖMDÖ- DÖMDÖ-DÖMDÖDÖM
A NAGY KÖLTŐ VERSENY
With lots of music
Based on the tale by Ervin Lázár Adapted for the stage and directed by: Andrea Pass
Being a child is no easy task. There’s so much to learn about the world, about each other, and about ourselves. So many fascinating things surround us! And everything has a name! There’s a word, an expression for everything. Even for our feelings. Anger, fear, sadness, joy, love—anyone who has heard a poem knows this!
At the Great Poets’ Competition, the inhabitants of the Square Round Forest try to put their feelings and thoughts into words. Even Dömdödöm, though the only thing he can ever say is: Dömdödöm.
The Square Round Forest is Ervin Lázár’s best-known and most frequently published storybook. It is a series of independent tales which, thanks to their recurring setting and characters, can also be read as a fairytale novel. The Square Round Forest is a mythical space—the land of the impossible, the strange, the everything-is-possible. It is both square and round, enclosed yet homely, a place of retreat for its characters.
All of them are outcasts of the “real” world, the disappointed, the rejected—collected into the forest by Mikkamakka, a kind of “fisher of men.” Each episode offers them the chance to rediscover themselves, to experience belonging and community through shared effort—or by consensus they decide who the winner is, just as it happens in the story of Dömdödöm, the poetic contest we chose to stage.
Cast & Creative Team
Bruckner Szigfrid (Lion) – Rozi Kocsis
Aromo (Rabbit) – Ádám Urszinyi
Vacskamati (Cat) – István Vitányi-Juhász
Lajos (Monster)– Tamás Szukenyik
Dömdödöm – Viki Rab
Maminti (Fairy)– Júlia Dunai
Mikkamakka – Dávid Bársonyosi
Serafin (Horse) – Sára Bánky
Zoárd (Pine tree) – Emőke Darvas
Géza (Cheetah) – Bernát Sebestyén
Costumes: Kata Pető
Set Design: Anna Fekete
Music: Ágoston Szabó Sipos
Choreographer: Barbara Bombicz (Gyula Harangozó Award winner)
Lighting Designer: György Szondi
Director: Andrea Pass
Production Photos
Photos by Balázs Csapó
Synopsis
Is the Cricket Getting Married?
Recommended age 4+
The play was created by adapting the audio drama I wrote, and it was developed within the framework of the Hungarian Academy of Arts Scholarship Program.
The play was inspired by the folk song Is the Cricket Getting Married? I often sing it with my little son, and one day, while walking past the Vadvirág Guesthouse, I thought how interesting it would be to trap these insects in a guesthouse—a cricket secretly planning to get married, keeping the parasitic ugly bugs away. But what kind of cricket wouldn’t want to invite guests to its own wedding? And what makes a bug “ugly”?
It’s true that the folk song has two known versions: in one, the cricket marries and asks for the mosquito girl; in the other, in the Green Forest, the cricket embraces the fly. From this came the idea for a comedy based on misunderstandings. At the center is a bug-fearing guesthouse owner cricket who secretly wants to marry his beloved, the mosquito girl. Naturally, the guesthouse is soon overrun with insects. But how did they hear about the wedding? Who ordered the 120-slice cake if not Mr. Cricket? Who could have sent an invitation to Mr. Louse, Mr. Flea, and Mayor Stag Beetle? And what was Mr. Cricket doing in the neighboring Green Forest, where the Fly Girl lives, who is also preparing for a wedding? Before it’s too late, and before Mr. Worm accidentally sets the guesthouse on fire, the Other Cricket arrives with his bride, the Fly Girl, by his side.
Roles
Mr. Cricket
Uncle Moth
Aunt Moth
Mr. Worm
Mr. Potato Beetle
Mr. Louse
Mr. Butterfly
Mr. Spider
Mr. Flea
Miss Mosquito
Ladybug
Miss Dragonfly
Miss Fly
Mayor Stag Beetle
Captain Snail
Lieutenant Colonel Ant (and many ants)
The Other Cricket
Production Photos
Synopsis
Is the Cricket Getting Married?
Recommended age 4+
The play was created by adapting the audio drama I wrote, and it was developed within the framework of the Hungarian Academy of Arts Scholarship Program.
The play was inspired by the folk song Is the Cricket Getting Married? I often sing it with my little son, and one day, while walking past the Vadvirág Guesthouse, I thought how interesting it would be to trap these insects in a guesthouse—a cricket secretly planning to get married, keeping the parasitic ugly bugs away. But what kind of cricket wouldn’t want to invite guests to its own wedding? And what makes a bug “ugly”?
It’s true that the folk song has two known versions: in one, the cricket marries and asks for the mosquito girl; in the other, in the Green Forest, the cricket embraces the fly. From this came the idea for a comedy based on misunderstandings. At the center is a bug-fearing guesthouse owner cricket who secretly wants to marry his beloved, the mosquito girl. Naturally, the guesthouse is soon overrun with insects. But how did they hear about the wedding? Who ordered the 120-slice cake if not Mr. Cricket? Who could have sent an invitation to Mr. Louse, Mr. Flea, and Mayor Stag Beetle? And what was Mr. Cricket doing in the neighboring Green Forest, where the Fly Girl lives, who is also preparing for a wedding? Before it’s too late, and before Mr. Worm accidentally sets the guesthouse on fire, the Other Cricket arrives with his bride, the Fly Girl, by his side.
Roles
Mr. Cricket
Uncle Moth
Aunt Moth
Mr. Worm
Mr. Potato Beetle
Mr. Louse
Mr. Butterfly
Mr. Spider
Mr. Flea
Miss Mosquito
Ladybug
Miss Dragonfly
Miss Fly
Mayor Stag Beetle
Captain Snail
Lieutenant Colonel Ant (and many ants)
The Other Cricket
Production Photos