In The Tempest by William Shakespeare one of the playwright’s last and most enigmatic works director Viktor Bodó offers a radical and analytical stage interpretation in which theatre itself becomes a metaphor for power. Shakespeare’s story of betrayal, exile, and magic unfolds as a layered theatrical reality, in which illusion is a tool and staging transforms into authority. In Bodó’s reading, Prospero is both creator and destroyer of realities, orchestrating the fates of others until he himself must confront the necessity of relinquishing his power.

Viktor Bodó is among the most recognizable directors on the contemporary European stage. He is known to Bulgarian audiences from the 2017 guest performance of Diary of a Madman after Nikolai Gogol, presented as a part of the Varna Summer International Theatre Festival. Founder of the theatre company Szputnyik Shipping Company, Bodó works across Hungary, Austria, and Germany, and has received numerous awards, including the prestigious European Theatre Prize – New Theatrical Realities(2016).

The Tamási Áron Theatre is a professional state theatre of the Hungarian minority in Romania, founded in 1948. Áron Tamási (1897–1966) was a writer of Hungarian origin born in Romania, author of novels, short stories, and plays.

Awards:

• 2025 – UNITER Award for Best Lighting Design –BAUMGARTNER Sándor
• 2025 – Hungarian Theatre Critics’ Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor – KÓNYA-ÜTŐ Bence, for the role of Caliban
• 2025 – Gábor Miklós Award – KORODI Janka and PÁLFFY Tibor
• 2026 – First place in the 2025 theatre ranking by the cultural portal Kulter.hu – The Tempest

Performed in Hungarian with Bulgarian and English subtitles.