A harsh critique in the face of consumer culture directed by Péter Fekete
vamosbenceAll year round we rush after a to-do list, unable to catch up with ourselves in our fast-paced world. We don’t have time to rest, we don’t pay enough attention to ourselves or our loved ones.
We chase after our happiness, hoarding material goods and often times measuring love in gifts. We judge and rank our fellow human beings by their clothes, their houses and their cars. A persons appearance has become more important than their inner worth. To strangers, we live in a perfectly decorated bubble of approvement, hunting for likes. We are empty mannequins in the window display of social media. Sometimes we ask ourselves, “Am I happy?” And then we quickly shush away the ever more occasional emptiness and loneliness with a few designer clothes and completely useless knick-knacks. We wonder, is this right? Is this really how we should be living? Are only the wealthy and successful really worth anything? Can only those bank accounts full of money be rich, or is there another kind of wealth on a more spiritual level? This is the question Péter Fekete, Jászai Mari Award-winning director, will answer in his Christmas show at the Capital Circus of Budapest. The all-arts production is a harsh critique in the face of consumer culture, using the diverse tools of circus, music and theatre. Based on the short story “Which of the Nine?” by Mór Jókai, it not only helps us to get in the festive mood for the most sacred family holiday, but also helps us return to ourselves. To the values that make us human, maybe even happy.
Zsuzsanna Szekáry
Translated by Lili Konyot
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