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New Wednesday of New Times by Peter Uj.
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In a press release on Friday evening, the Berliner Ensemble, founded by Bertolt Brecht, one of the most famous theaters in Europe, said:
According to the text indicated by Mayor Oliver Reese, “we are seeing with great shock the latest events on the Budapest theater scene. The transfer of management positions from the renowned University of Theater and Film Arts to the recently created Foundation for Theater and Film Arts, close to the government, practically means the loss of the university’s autonomy. With this, the Orbán government takes another step towards the forced standardization of culture, this is reflected in the appointment of the director of the National Theater, Attila Vidnyánszky, as president of the board, whose influence on the Hungarian theatrical profession grows again. The transformation process, which took place without the participation of the old university leadership, is undemocratic in all respects. As a show of solidarity, the Berliner Ensemble today canceled the Medea guest game planned for next year at the MITEM festival directed by Attila Vidnyánszky ”.
The Berliner Ensemble would not have performed at MITEM for the first time, in 2018, for example, artistic director Attila Vidnyánszky also invited two of their presentations. The Berlin company’s move is one of the most radical among the slowly unpredictable number of positions.
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