Sfântu Gheorghe, 1982

Loránd Farkas

Place and date of birth:

Sfântu-Gheorghe, 5 September 1982

Studies:

1997-2001 Mikes Kelemen Highschool, Sfântu-Gheorghe
2001-2003 Ion Mincu University, Arhitecture, Bucureşti
2003-2007 Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre and Television, Acting Class, Cluj Napoca (Leading Professor: Csaba Szilágyi-Palkó) 

Since January 2007 - actor at the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj



Played parts at faculty:

COUNT - Arthur Schnitzler: Round Dance, directed by Zalán Zakariás 
NICK BOTTOM - W. Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Lehel Salat
CLIFFORD BRADSHAW - John Kander, Fred Ebb: Cabaret, directed by Csaba Szilágyi-Palkó
TITTA NANE - Goldoni:The Chioggia Scuffles, directed by Keresztes Attila
MR. JACKSON - John Arden: Live Like Pigs, directed by Csaba Szilágyi-Palkó
ROMAN - M. Gorky: Children Of The Sun, directed by Zalán Zakariás 
LILLY, FICSUR - Ferenc Molnár: Lilly, directed by Csaba Szilágyi-Palkó
FALU - Jean Genet: The Blacks, directed by Csaba Szilágyi-Palkó
CHEBUTYKIN - Chekhov: Three sisters, directed by Áron Dimény 
LAD B  - S. Mrozek: The Party, directed by István Albu
 
Current parts

2023/2024

- Hans Christian Andersen: The Nightingale, directed by Traian Savinescu

2022/2023

Martiny / Mándy Bálint - After Móricz Zsigmond: Relatives, directed by László Bocsárdi

2021/2022

Balázs Béla, Benny Goodman, Ady Endre, Eminem, women and men, bugs, so everyone else: - Inspired by the lives of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, based on a text by Miklós Vecsei H. and improvisations of the company: Young Barbarians, directed by Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.
Horatio - William Shakespeare: Hamlet, directed by Gábor Tompa

2020/2021

Paris - Based on William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, directed by Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.
Snowball, the pig - After George Orwell: Ervin Erős – Dávid Klemm – Róbert Lénárd: Animal Farm, directed by Zoltán Puskás

2019/2020

Perchik, the Student - Sheldon Harnick – Jerry Bock – Joseph Stein: Fiddler on the Roof, directed by László Béres
Parts at the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj:

2024/2025

- Inspired by the life of Jenő Janovics, based on a text by Miklós Vecsei H. and Nikolett Németh, and the improvisations of the company: Janovics, directed by Attila Vidnyánszky jr.

2022/2023

Village notary - Tamási Áron: Ancestral Comfort, directed by László Béres

2021/2022

Creon - Robert Icke after Sophocles: Oedipus, direction and lighting design by: Andrei Șerban

2019/2020

- Don’t be a stranger, musical coordinator: Ábel Tompa
Alwa Schöning, writer - Frank Wedekind: Lulu, directed by Enikő Eszenyi

2018/2019

- Ernesto Anaya: Las Meninas, directed by Andrei Măjeri
- (In)visible, directed by Leta Popescu
Salerio - William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, directed by Gábor Tompa

2017/2018

Second Music Master - Molière: The Bourgeois Gentleman, directed by Mihai Măniuțiu

2016/2017

Stanley - Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Tom Dugdale
- The Blind, directed by Botond Nagy
Török János - Zsigmond Móricz – Tibor Kocsák – Tibor Miklós: Be Faithful Unto Death, directed by László Béres
Kleeshtsh - Maxim Gorky: The Lower Depths, directed by Yuri Kordonsky

2015/2016

- Pour toujours, directed by Dominique Serrand
Djinn Fizz - Pál Békés: The Lubberly Wizzard, directed by László Béres
Trebonius - William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, directed by Silviu Purcărete

2014/2015

Prime Minister - Evgeny Shvarts: The Shadow, directed by Niky Wolcz
Baloo - László Dés – Péter Geszti – Pál Békés: The Jungle Book, directed by Zoltán Puskás
Examiner - Vivian Nielsen: Breaking the Waves, directed by Tom Dugdale
Fritz - Franz Xaver Kroetz: Desire, directed by István Albu
Hoby, the eigth housband - Friedrich Dürrenmatt: The Visit, directed by Gábor Tompa
Aranyos Mihály - Nagy Ignác: Local Elections, directed by István Kövesdy
Séraphin - Georges Feydeau – M. Desvallières: The Lovers of Loches, directed by Alexandru Dabija

2013/2014

Adolfo Pirelli - Stephen Sondheim - Hugh Wheeler: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Dragoş Galgoţiu
Misha Pestrov, seventy-six-year-old boy - Al. I. Vvedenski: Christmas at the Ivanovs, directed by András Urbán
Tibor - Péter Demény: Bolero, directed by István Albu
Death on holiday / Byzantine / Corsican Death - Johannes von Tepl: Death and the Ploughman, directed by Mihai Măniuțiu

2012/2013

Balázs, landowner - Zsigmond Móricz: I Can't Live Without Music, directed by András Hatházi
Adolphe Friedrich, policeman, nurse - Friedrich Dürrenmatt: The Physicists, directed by Lori Petermann
Rahat - Freefall adaptation after Caragiale: Leonida Gem Session, directed by Gábor Tompa

2011/2012

Bob - Charles Mee: A Perfect Wedding, directed by Karin Coonrod
Kálmán Mikszáth -
Tin Man - Frank L. Baum – Zalán Tibor: The Wizard of Oz, directed by Zoltán Puskás
Papa Ubu - Alfred Jarry: Ubu the King, directed by Alain Timar
Lars - Thomas Vinterberg – Mogens Rukov – Bo Hr. Hansen: Celebration, directed by Robert Woodruff
Mr Grotta - Róbert Lakatos, Cecília Felméri: Draculatour or The Brand Stroker Project, directed by Róbert Lakatos

2010/2011

Szörnyeteg Lajos - Ervin Lázár: The Four-square Round Forest, directed by István Albu
The generalissimo / The Father - An evening with Matei Vişniec - Richard III. forbidden, directed by Éva Patkó
Sadi - Marin Držić: Dundo Maroje, directed by Robert Raponja
Father Kalman / The Young Angel - András Visky: Alcoholics, directed by Gábor Tompa

2007/2008

Marco II - Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, directed by Silviu Purcărete

AWARDS:
Artistic Award for perfomances Young Barbarians and Relatives
Artistic activity at the Hungarian Theatre

2018/2019

live music - William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, directed by Gábor Tompa

2017/2018

orchestration, musicians - A. P. Chekhov: Short story of a Double Bass, directed by Paco Alfonsín