In February, we launched the WaitingRoom Theatre Workshop, a series of weekly actor training workshops for pupils in grades 9-12. The result of this intensive work is Váróterem Projekt’s latest production, entitled The Wave. The production was directed by Levente Imecs-Magdó and Andrej Visky, and the 14 student actors are joined by actors known from previous Váróterem performances, such as Emese Erdei and Gergő Mostis, Balázs Mostis, actor of the Puck Puppet Theatre, and Gizella Kicsid, artist of the Hungarian State Theatre in Cluj. The performance is about the eternal possibility of dictatorships, dealing with important themes such as power, order, discipline, manipulation, exclusion or abuse.

Our latest project entitled On stage, supported by the Town Hall and Local Council of Cluj-Napoca Municipality, has come to an end. Within the project we’ve been performing our educational and experimental performances, four in total, mostly for young audiences: Bánk bán? Present! for high school students, Charlie, the Crow for elementary school students, and in our new studio @ ZIZ – art and social area we performed Alcestis and The Sixth Day. During the project we visited 4 Hungarian-speaking high schools: the János Zsigmond Unitarian High School, the Reformed College, the Apáczai Csere János Teoretic High School and, as a final chord of the project, the Brassai Sámuel High School. Our six studio and 15 classroom performances were attended by a total of approximately 581 spectators. Thank you for being with us, thank you for hosting us! And thanks to the Town Hall and Local Council of Cluj-Napoca Municipality for the support!

We are fulfilling an old dream by performing at one of Hungary’s most important summer arts festivals, Ördögkatlan. On 6 August, we will present our production entitled Alcestis twice to the festival audience in the Culture House of Beremend, at the 15th edition of the Festival. We play from 14 and 19 pm, meet us there!

Our operation is funded by the Bethlen Gábor Alapkezelő Zrt.