Independent Theater Hungary

Csaba Gerner & Edina Tallér: Rosszarc - The winning project of the Stand Up Roma call for proposals, launched in collaboration with Trafó and the Independent Theatre Hungary.
2026-04-22 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Budapest) | Hungary
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The winning project of the Stand Up Roma call for proposals, launched in collaboration with Trafó and the Independent Theatre Hungary.
A performance that straddles the line between stand-up and monodrama: an actor gives his audience acting lessons on how to build a character through stories drawn from his life. The “lessons” are both playful and confronting. They show how we look at each other and what we see in others.
The protagonist of the monodrama does not fit into any social “box”: he faces ethnic prejudice because of his skin color, political labels because of his baldness, and distancing because of his physique. His appearance has always determined who he is all his life, even before he can speak. Now on stage, he takes back control of the narrative and tells us what we are like.
The new play by playwright Edina Tallér and actor Csaba Gerner examines how everyday, yet systematically repeated, micro-discriminations shape a person’s life – from shoplifting and “routine checks” to medical examinations and rejections at work.
Rosszarc is a fiction, theater play, and human mirror based on personal experiences: it explores the possibility of whether we are able to distinguish prejudice from experience, whether we have the ability to connect to the community, and to approach each other and thus ourselves without prejudice.
Photo: Máté Kalicz / Trafó

8th Roma Heroes – International Theater Festival - 8th Roma Heroes – International Theater Festival
2026-05-06 07:00 - 17:00 | Eötvös10, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, Budapest, 1067, Hungary, 1067
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The winning project of the Stand Up Roma contest organized by Trafó and Independent Theater Hungary.

A performance that lies somewhere between stand-up comedy and monodrama, in which an actor uses his own stories to show how stage characters are constructed. The scenes are both playful and thought-provoking, shedding light on how we see each other and what we project onto others.

Don’t you think it’s funny when they call you a gypsy in the morning and a skinhead in the evening?
