DRIVE

Jurányi House (Budapest)
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HochX (Munich)

Since the 1990s there has been a growing presence of German automotive corporations in Hungary, while the car industry itself has become a core symbol of the highly complex capitalist system. It shapes all of our lives. The assembly line never stops, the pace keeps increasing, and our performance is continuously being optimised. Every two minutes, a car leaves the factory; every two months, a new theatre production premieres. Consumption creates jobs that further fuel consumption, while the gap between social classes continues to widen.
An actor and two union workers from two German premium car factories operating in Hungary turn their gaze toward this structure. Three personal stories that now intersect. In this state of constant acceleration, could it already be an act of solidarity and resistance to take time to get to know one another—and to imagine ourselves in someone else’s position?

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“I find myself thinking that there are performances that shouldn’t be labeled ‘English-friendly,’ but simply ‘friendly.’ In all caps. Because everyone should come and see them—young and old alike. I’m talking about productions that don’t invite us into museum-like text-based theatre, however original or exciting it may be, but into life itself: into a kind of bubble we might not normally dare to enter, or that—even if we are somewhat familiar with it—offers us a different perspective.”
(Zsófia Molnár, Élet és Irodalom)

“Drive helps us forget our prejudices—if we let it. It also encourages us to dare to ask questions again, of others and of ourselves. And even to have the patience and faith to find the answers.”
(Gyula Balogh, Népszava)