Antonio: Gábor Viola / Zsolt Bogdán Bassanio: Balázs Bodolai Gratiano: Ervin Szűcs Salerio: Loránd Farkas Solanio: Szabolcs Balla Lorenzo: Péter Árus Shylock: Zsolt Bogdán / Gábor Viola Jessica: Éva Imre Portia: Enikő Györgyjakab / Andrea Vindis Nerissa: Csilla Albert Stephano / Balthasar: Alpár Fogarasi Launcelot Gobbo: Csaba Marosán Old Gobbo: Attila Orbán Tubal: Róbert Laczkó Vass The Prince of Morocco: Loránd Váta The Prince of Arragon: Ferenc Sinkó / Paco Alfonsín The Duke: Áron Dimény Other parts: Melinda Kántor, János Platz, Bodyguards to the Prince of Morocco: Melinda Kántor, Andrea Vindis / Enikő Györgyjakab
Directed by GÁBOR TOMPA Set and costume design: Dragoș Buhagiar Dramaturg: András Visky Director's assistant: Botond Nagy, Emőke Veres Video images: András Rancz Light design: László Erőss Costume assistant: Gyopár Bocskai Live music: Loránd Farkas, Szabolcs Balla, Ervin Szűcs Choreography: Enikő Györgyjakab, Paco Alfonsín Elocution technique: Márta Papp Stage manager: Emőke Veres, Réka Zongor
The show takes place in the cold world of modern technology, where, in contrast, passions run high. Passions that point, first of all, toward narcissism and selfishness. At the same time, these characters are also prisoners of certain aspects of their own lives. Nobody chooses to give up everything, or to say he or she is not interested in money. They all act according to their own interest, everything being manipulated by a complex network of interests and alliances. Of course, each character bears strong, sincere emotions; there is sex, love, eroticism. But the characters do not decide based on these. They only temporarily believe these things to be more important. Selfishness and self-interest interfere in all decisions reached. If we reflect on this idea, we can create a terribly cruel theatre. Of course, with elements of comedy, with comic situations, but essentially a greedy, cruel chase after “immortality”, survival or happiness. Gábor Tompa