The Statue [Szobor]
ARS (The Participant's Theatre) project for 6-10 years old. This project is part of the "The Drama of the Reminiscence" series. The project is made by the Kava Theatre Association.
Director: Balázs Perényi, Dramaturg: Bori Sebok, Professional Advisors: Alexander Schikowski, Péter Kárpáti
Premier: 2013.

The "Drama of the Reminiscence" is a complex theatre, drama, and fine arts project for high school students. The main goal of this project was to re-establish the framework of social memory through personal (individual and community) experiences and creativity.

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In the spring of 2013, Kava launched a series of programs called "The Drama of Reminiscence", which produced four theatrical performances in parallel. The project treats episodes of Hungarian history with high school students from several points of view. The theatrical plays have created new knowledge with participants, not about history, but about remembering as social actions. We had historical, social themes: Trianon (Blank Sheet), Holocaust (The Compensation), Agent Affairs (The Report), Murder against Roma people (The Statue).

(source of the text: kavaszinhaz.hu)

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"The Statue" is based on the story of a series of murder against Roma people in 2008/2009. The play is inspired by reality, but it is made up of fictitious elements. The problem is real. Emotions are real. The consequences seem to be real. Participants may decide on a framework of an original story, that they set up a monument or not for the Roma victim of the village. They explore this question thoroughly different theatrical forms, and they examine the issue of whether to undertake an open, shared memory of the village's Roma victim.

(Source of the text: katalizatordij2010.blog.hu)

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