On the themes of violence and manipulation, the adaptation of Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis takes place on a television quiz set. It is some time in the future where the world is one big Union. The quizmaster is Frau Plastic Chicken, and she conducts the programme with diabolic peversity. On the set are Madison, the psycopath who terrorises the city and who has just been arrested, and Little Alex, a repentant criminal. The competition of confessions has both men behaving out of character. The play combines the actors on stage with cinema through filmed sequences on celluloid, and a giant screen broadcasts the live television programme. "Live" songs, dance, and music are also thrown in to the show. The connection between the stage and images on film and video is consistent throughout the play.

CAST

Frau Plastic Chicken: Dorottya Udvaros
Little Alex: Zoltán Mucsi
Rex Madison: Viktor Bodó
Ego Doc: Sándor Terhes
Bounty Van Bosch, Pete, Police officer: Zsolt Nagy
T. B. Pajero, Balfék, Police Officer: Csányi Sándor
Sony Double Junior, O.B. Double Senior: Gergely Bánki
Cherry Coke, Wife: Annamária Láng
Nimfa, Petit Danone, Mother: Borbála Péterfy
Nike, Cardinal: Lia Pokorny
Anna Maggi: Lilla Sárosdi
Attila Puskás: András Vinnai
Pax - Safety officer: Gábor Rácz
Max - Safety officer: Tivadar Pálóczy

Written by István Tasnádi
Directed by Árpád Schilling
Light design by Tamás Bányai
Set design by Márton Ágh
DOP: András Nagy
Video: Péter Hollós
Costume design by Klára Varga
Music by András Monori
Choreography by Éva Magyar
Assistant to the director: Balázs Erős
Production manager: Máté Gáspár
Co-producer: Attila Budaházi

Coproducers: Theatre Krétakör (Hungary), Festival d'Avignon (France), La Rose des Vents-scène nationale de Villeneuve d'Ascq (France), THEOREM.
Supporters: Bárka Theatre, Nextreme Film, Hungarian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage, National Cultural Fund (Hungary), AFAA-Génération/s 2001, Soros Foundation, Municipality of Budapest, Budapest Autumn Festival, Onda for subtitling and Magyart – Hungarian Cultural Season in France.

Photo: Mátyás Erdély

PRESS

• Balázs Lévai: Nexxtreme game, Mediamixonline.hu, 11. 04. 2001.
   
• Árpád Kántor: Show & Chicken, Relax! Magazine, 01. 10. 2000.
   
• Daniel Carraz, La Provence, 23. 07. 2001.
   
• Armelle Héliot, Le Figaro, 23. 07. 2001.
   
• László Bihari: A fiatalok csak várjanak – interview with Árpád Schilling and Máté Gáspár. Magyar Hírlap, 27. 11. 1999.
   
• Melinda Pál: A cirkuszban is leengedik a ketreceket... Népszava, 10. 11. 2001. (interview)
   
• Gyula Balogh: Szürreális tévéshow a Bárkán. Magyar Hírlap, 12. 10. 2000. (interview)
   
• László Bérczes: Attack. Hajónapló, 01. 05. 2000. (interview)
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