Opernhaus Bratislava/Pressburg - Asche und Leidenschaft

Embers is a theatre adaptation of a novel Embers written by the Hungarian writer Sándor Márai. It is a fascinating reconstruction of betrayal, friendship, hunt and passion. This magic story about two old friends’ meeting attracts the theatregoers and they become part of the story of these two old men: self-confident general Henrik, supporting the values of the ‘old world’, and his childhood friend, the globetrotter Konrad. Forty years ago something happened between these two men what made Konrad to leave the family seat and the fellowship of his best friend and his beautiful young wife Christine. Konrad’s visit after forty years makes the embers to catch fire again.

The world premiere of the play took place in Duke of York’ Theatre on February 15th 2006, initiated and produced by Eric Abraham and Robert Haggiag.

The production was nominated for the DOSKY award in 2007 in the Best Production category, the Best Director category (Roman Polák) and the Best Male Actor (Martin Huba as Henrik).

Running time: 2 hrs 30 mins with one interval

programme

Asche und Leidenschaft
Autor: Christopher Hampton
Nach dem Roman von Sándor Márai Die Glut. Eine fesselnde Rekonstruktion von Verrat, Freundschaft, Jagd und Leidenschaft.

Place

Le théâtre national slovaque (slovaque : Slovenské národné divadlo) est l'une des principales institutions culturelles slovaques. Le théâtre a été fondé en 1920 peu après l'indépendance de la Tchécoslovaquie. Actuellement, le théâtre national slovaque se produit dans 2 bâtiments de Bratislava, l'un construit en 1886 l'autre en 2007. Le théâtre est la résidence de trois troupes professionnelles, théâtre, ballet et opéra.