The Cherry Orchard

A. P. Chekhov

Our depleting memories are gathering slowly in the marsh and precarious land of our existence. Do the illusory nostalgia or real feelings awaken true affection in us? Everyone of us has a Cherry Orchard, which we are daily trying to clear. The Cherry Orchard is a metaphor. It represents the unbreakable clinging to us with demon powers. And everything unbreakable is ageless. The Cherry Orchard, as well as its owner, Ranevskaia, are hidden behind a timeless mask. Both are eternal, because they cannot be destroyed. Their power resides in their spirit. It defies time, it creates a communicating bridge between past and future, and suggests that life is probable only for one, long and dilated, moment.

Dramaturgy: Gyarmati Kata

Set design: Csik György

Ciomposer: Cári Tibor

Corepgraphy: Liana Tancu

Stage direction: Kertész Eva

Prompter: Czumbil Marika

Cast:

Ranevskaia – Szilágyi Ágota

Ania – Tar Mónika

Varia – Magyari Etelka

Gaev – Bandi András Zsolt

Lopahin – László Pecka Péter

Trofimov – Vass Richárd

Simeonov-Piscik – Molnos András Csaba

Charlotta – Éder Enikő

Epihodov – Kiss Attila

Duniasa – Szűcs Noémi

Firs – Georg Peetz M.V.

Iasa – Mátyas Zsolt Imre

Servants: Páll Gecse Ákos, Páll Anikó Katalin, Bonczidai Dezső, Kocsárdi Levente

Duration of performance: 2h 30’

Performed in Hungarian with translation in Romanian