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We invite the sons and daughters, colleagues and students of the twelve-thousand-year-old Patriarchy to its funeral ceremony. During our multidisciplinary farewell, the stirring nostalgia of remembrance, the painful liberation of laying someone to rest, and countless other emotions speak to the patriarchy living within us, and dance the csárdás with it.
The crisis of the contemporary male role is a widely recognised fact, whilst the responses to it are extremely diverse: the spectrum ranges from the revisionist wife-beater, the modern incel, the guilt-ridden activist, to the depressed father trying to please everyone. This polarisation, however, often does not align with well-known social division lines, so even a close friend might suddenly come forward with a completely different opinion. In fact, we may even surprise ourselves.
Mourning Patriarchy is a constantly evolving artistic process. The collectively initiated Men's Circle, the Vigil for the Patriarchy at the 2025 Ördögkatlan Festival, the Community Human Experiment presented on Hungarian Men's Day at Trafó, and the preview at the 2026 Ördögkatlan Festival all form integral parts of the project. The performance is an experiment in democratic artistic creation: four co-creators come together as a temporary collective, bypassing the traditional hierarchy of theatremaking, to explore performative situations and modes of spectatorship in which contemplation, embodied experience, and shared presence become as significant as understanding and recognition.
Petra Al-Farman is a dramaturg and screenwriter. She graduated in Hungarian Studies from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), and later earned degrees in theatre directing and dramaturgy from Freeszfe and the University of Theatre and Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg (ADK Ludwigsburg). Since 2018, she has been a member of the Soharóza choir. Her research focuses on choral theatre, as well as documentary and site-specific theatrical forms. As a dramaturg, she has worked on community-based theatre and musical performances, where collective creation and voice-based dramaturgy play a central role.
Máté Kőrösi is a documentary filmmaker. He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE), and his first feature-length film, Dívák, was produced by HBO and received awards at international film festivals. Alongside his own projects, he works as a freelance filmmaker and creative collaborator in independent theatre and music scenes. He is particularly interested in social awareness and the representation of reality through personal perspectives. He has collaborated with several civil organizations, including the Autonómia Foundation, Direkt36, and the Piros Orr Bohócdoktorok (Red Noses Clowndoctors).
Ernő Zoltán Rubik is a composer, pianist, and music educator. His work explores the relationship between improvisation, spatial sound, and sonic atmospheres. He is a regular collaborator in theatre and movement-based productions, blending classical and contemporary elements into meditative yet tension-filled musical structures.
Péter Valcz is an actor, director, and carpenter. After studying acting in Kaposvár, he trained at the international Jacques Lecoq school in Paris. He has worked with numerous companies in Hungary and abroad (including Paris, Ingolstadt, Cluj-Napoca, Debrecen, Szolnok, and Pune, India). His work is characterized by a human-centered approach, movement-based character building, humor, and social sensitivity. In 2025, he earned his MA degree with distinction in Theatre Studies at ELTE.
Performed by: Artúr Bárdosi, Máté Kőrösi, András Mészáros, Ernő Zoltán Rubik, Béla Szemán, Sándor Téri, Péter Valcz
Concept: Petra Al-Farman, Máté Kőrösi, Ernő Zoltán Rubik, Péter Valcz
Set design: Lőrinc Rácz
Production manager: Brigitta Varga (Magnum Production)
Assistant: Marcell Bálint
Intimacy coordinator: Bence Marcibál
Coproduced by: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Magnum Production, Ördögkatlan Festival
Supported by: STAFÉTA Programme for Emerging Artists funded by the Municipality of Budapest, FÜGE, The Symptoms, Férfi Fonó (Men’s Circle)
Special thanks to: Tamás Dávid-Barrett, Emcsi, Dora Mester Djamila, Ádám Ulbert, Péter Szil
The production was realized as part of the Staféta program announced by the Municipality of Budapest.
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