Northern Theatre Harag György Company

Árpád Schilling was born in 1974 and started his career as an actor at the age of 17. He founded Krétakör Színház in 1995, before starting his formal directing studies at the Budapest Academy of Theatre. During his studies he continued working with Krétakör, mounting eight acclaimed productions, including Brecht’s Baal (1998); he also staged several productions at the Katona József Theatre, including Tasnádi’s Public Enemy and Chekhov’s Platonov with students from the Strasbourg National Theatre. His stagings of the classics, contemporary drama, devised pieces and adaptations of novels are noted for their focus on the actors and for their careful avoidance of a signature style. His recent productions include Tasnádi’s NEXXT, Molnár’s Liliom, The Possessed (after Miller’s The Crucible), W –Worker’s Circus ( after Büchner’s Woyzeck), Büchner’s Leonce and Lena, Fatherland, my all. . . (Hazámhazám), The Seagull, Molière’s The Misanthrope, BLACKland (FEKETEország), and hamlet.ws for Krétakör Színház; Jerofeyev’s Walpurgis Night at the Berliner Schaubühne; Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Piccolo Teatro, Milan; Hamlet³ at the Burgtheater’s Kasino, Vienna and in Krétakör – each with three male actors; Tasnádi’s Phaidra at the 2005 Salzburg Festival and a devised piece, The Astronomer’s Dream in 2006. His films include NEXXT (2001), No comment (2003), Overborder (Határontúl) (2004) and BLACKland (2006).