Climate Crisis–Themed Performance and Conversation About 999 by Chance of the Hunter

Theatre company Chance of the Hunter (Hungary) presented the climate crisis–themed performance 999 followed by a live conversation about climate anxiety, livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network Wednesday 12 April 2023 at 9 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles, UTC -7) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 5 p.m. BST (London, UTC +1) / 18:00 CEST (Budapest, UTC +2) / 19:00 EEST (Bucharest, UTC +3).

After the performance, Péter Vigh, project manager and editor of Másfélfok, spoke with Gábor Viktor Kozma (director), Marcel Bélai (co-director), and the online audience.

999: An Apocalyptic Dark Comedy

Produced and Presented by Chance of the Hunter

Donald Tenborogh has decided to give up nature documentaries and join a hibernation program to wake up in a better future. In his dreams, he meets his fears and desires: a polar bear dancing in a nightclub, an advertisement for the latest Galvanized Cylinder Bunker, and an unborn child who wants to live. 999 is an apocalyptic dark comedy from Chance of the Hunter, making their international debut.

The show is recommended for anyone above the age of sixteen who connects to the following topics: climate crises, climate anxiety, and environmental crises. The company considers these issues as some of the most urgent questions of global society. This is the main reason they started to work on their devised theatre performance and searching ways to present it abroad as well.

Performed in Hungarian with English subtitles. 75 min.

Cast and Production

Actors in the performance recording: Blanka Szekeres, Eszter Csépai, Fanni Balogh, Fanni Zádor, Gedeon András, and Zoltán Nagyhegyesi.

Recent cast members of the performance: Boróka Kovács, Emese Nagyabonyi, and Gábor Viktor Kozma.

Previous cast members: Luca Pelsőczy.

Dramaturg: Krisztián Kiliti.

Set and costume designer: Zsuzsi Szőke.

Assistants of the set and costume designer: Réka Oláh and Fanny Nagy.

Mask: Kató Huszár.

Composer: Márk Pásztor.

Technician: András Váradi and Mercédesz Selmeczi.

Assistants of the director: Barbara Ágh and Anett Balla.

Co-director: Marcel Bélai.

Director: Gábor Viktor Kozma.

Supported by Trafó Contemporary House of Arts, National Cultural Fund of Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Arts Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology, Liszt Institute - Hungarian Cultural Centre of London, Greenpeace Hungary, Artists for Climate Awareness group, SÍN Arts Center, and Utcaszak-Spec.Street Creative Community.

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