Because sometimes in the theatre everything does come together: the award-winning production of I Wanted to Rebel With You, which was also touring festivals, was created at the right time, in the right place, with the right material, thanks to the dedicated work of the best possible creative team. The poignant literary source material, already successful at the time of its release, is transformed this evening into a stirring and thought-provoking theatrical experience. And the viewer tries in vain to distance himself from the events that took place decades ago in another country, but the experience is so intense that it is impossible to escape it for long.

Le a diktatúrával! – Lázadni veletek akartam a Városmajorban [Down with dictatorship! – I Wanted to Rebel with You in Városmajor], papageno.hu

The performance is very accurate about how much we need to understand in order to truly comprehend something: people's seemingly unjustified but highly legitimate fear, the desire to live, the artificially created Hungarian-Romanian conflict that seeped into our blood, the adolescent impulse that accompanies opportunism, the adventurous spirit - and the adult disillusionment that is sold as wisdom.

Péter Demény: Lázadni veletek akartam [I Wanted to Rebel with You], Játéktér
 

The story takes place during the final weeks of the Ceaușescu dictatorship. The author reveals the deepest and darkest aspects of this hopeless period through the eyes of one of the most sensitive age groups — teenagers. Three boys, just before graduation, rebel against the harshness of life and engage in anti-regime actions. Though the motivations of the rebellious Péter, the conformist Zoli — torn between authority and his friends — and Áron, who struggles with both the world and himself, are entirely different, their initial successes are intoxicating for all of them. Thirty years later, at a class reunion, they must confront the true consequences of their actions. As the experiences of that historical period fade and fewer people reflect on how such events could have happened and what their true consequences were, it becomes crucial to talk about them again. To remember, to tell the story, and to reflect on it. To hold up a mirror.

Supporters: Ministry of Human Resources and the Bethlen Gábor Fund, with additional partners and supporters including the University of Arts Târgu-Mureș and AceTech.