At the night after a show celebrating the 50^th anniversary of a theatre, the actors stay in the theatre building, waiting for the morning. In the hungover fog they hallucinate (or not?) the audience, the music, the ghosts of the past and the india… indigenous Americans. Once Upon a time in Novi Sad is a lot of dance and singing, but also looking at the mirror and seeing who we are and why do we make theatre.

Banka Lívia

Crnkovity Gabriella

Szalai Elor Emina

Faragó Edit

Ferenc Ágota

Figura Terézia

Giricz Attila

Gombos Dániel

Kőrösi István

Krizsán Szilvia

László Judit

Magyar Attila

Mészáros Árpád

Német Attila

Ozsvár Róbert

Pongó Gábor

Sirmer Zoltán

Szalai Bence

Students of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad: Bagi Natália, Dedovity Tomity Lea, Greguss Lilla, Gusztony Endre, Sadiković Marijo

And: Tibor Bába and Darko Kolbas

Dramaturgist: Tamaš Olah

Composer: Arpad Serda

Choreographer: Kristijan Đenge

Scenographer: Marija Kalabić

Costume: Senka Ranisavljević

Director's associate: Lénárd Róbert, Puskás Zoltán

Poster design: Baráth Ferenc

Répétiteur: Klemm Dávid

Stage manager, prompter: Čila Lovaš

Light engineer: Majoros Róbert

Band: Ozsvár Róbert, Szalai Bence, Dienes Ákos, Klemm Dávid

Lights: Stefan Milošević

Sound: Zelenka Antal, Vukašin Vojvodić

Photos: Srđan Doroški

Makeup/hairdresser: Bojana Kolarević

Notes

About the show

The talent of this ensemble is, as mentioned, incredibly impressive. They act, dance, and sing (all at the same time!). Once Upon a Time in Novi Sad is a celebration of theatre and a tribute to the theatre, a magnificent cabaret party that also speaks about the problems of cultural institution in a non-pathetic way, acknowledging its flaws, even mocking them, criticizing its mistakes, delighting with its charm, and admitting that the theatre needs the audience as much as the audience needs the theatre. This performance is, ultimately, a great thank-you note for the theatre and the audience. - Divna Stojanov, SeeStage

Funders of the show: The Cultural Council of the City of Novi Sad, Hungarian National Fond