The story takes place in a small Czech town. Here lives Francin, the brewery's caretaker, who is a quiet, restrained, serious man. His wife Maryska, on the other hand, is a hectic, cheerful personality for whom all the men in the town go crazy. One day they are visited by Francin's relative Uncle Pepin and everything is on top…
I confess, knowing the film, I set out for him a little hesitantly for the premiere of Veres1Theatre’s latest performance at the Capriccio Brewery. I didn’t really like the film, but since it was a rental performance, I had a ticket for it anyway, so I thought I’d give the play a chance and I made the right decision. The mood of the concept and the performance was completely different, and what wasn’t appealing about the film was a good laugh here. The play, based on a novel by Bohumil Hrabal, can be seen directed by András Schlanger.
The performance is accompanied by pleasant melodies throughout, with live music in each scene thanks to the piano that is part of the set. There was plenty to laugh about. Uncle Pepin’s funny lyrics, funny props, or the rolling adult actor dressed as child Bohumil. There are also plenty of witty scenes from Francin and Maryska’s opposite personalities. I especially liked the play of József Kerekes, who played Uncle Pepin. In fact, the audience laughed at almost every speech he made, bringing the figure very well. Eszter Földes also played a narrative role as Maryska and László Janik as a child Bohumil, which was a kind of guide for the viewers in understanding the unspoken emotions. One of my favorites in the play outside of Uncle Pepin was the chimney scene. Not only because of the text, but also because Eszter Földes moved so easily at the top of the high ladder. My other favorite was Enikő Zorgel's song sung in Czech, accompanied by Tamás Pál on piano. Unfortunately, I didn't understand the lyrics of this, but I hope that the Hungarian lyrics of the song will be shared with us one day. What was special was that the set was moved by the actors in front of our eyes as the different locations changed and these operations did not break the performance of the performance at all. In addition, the story goes a little further than the movie and doesn’t end with Maryska cutting her long hair for a jack hairstyle.
So I didn’t regret watching it and I’ll probably still rehearse from it later.
Cast: Eszter Földes, József Kerekes, Tamás Mohai, László Janik, Enikő Zorgel, Tamás Pál, Gábor Krajnik-Balogh, Domonkos Fellinger, Tibor Pásztor, Linda Fekete, Edina Csáki, Erika Csányi.
Director: András Schlanger
Photos were used from the Facebook page of Veres1Színház.
