Secondhand

Svetlana Alexievich is a Belorussian writer, who won the Nobel-prize of Literature for her latest book, Secondhand Time. She travelled all across the Commonwealth of Sovereign States to conduct interviews with the witnesses of the fall of the Soviet Union, the nuclear catastrophe in Chernobyl, the Soviet-Afghan war and World War II. These confessions give us a detailed and complex picture of the traumas and the spirit of the post-Soviet society.Our performance is based on these interviews, and uses the same collage-technique, as the book itself. This special structure gave the idea of this unique collaboration between the Örkény Theatre and the 3rd grade theatre director-class of the Theatre and Film Academy. The performance has eight directors: two teachers, who are also well-known directors, and their six students. The working method results in a colorful, surprising and unique show.