Bence Kónya-Ütő has once again won the Theatre Critics’ Award
The Theatre Critics’ Awards were presented yesterday (20th September) evening in Budapest where our company’s actor, Bence Kónya-Ütő, received the award for Best Leading Actor for his portrayal of Bérenger in the co-production Rhinoceroses by the Figura Studio Theatre in Gyergyószentmiklós and the Tamási Áron Theatre in Sepsiszentgyörgy. Last year, Bence won the theatre critics’ award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Caliban in our production of The Tempest.
Among this year’s award winners is another artist from Sepsiszentgyörgy, Magor Bocsárdi, who received the award for best theatre music for the musical score of the Radnóti Theatre in Budapest’s production Forest Spirit, or The Earth Is Mad, Yet Still Carries You on Its Back based on Chekhov’s The Wood Demon. The award for Best Supporting Actress also went to Transylvania: Blanka Moldován won it for her performance in Sopro – Whisper in the Dark, a production by the Harag György Company of the Északi Theatre in Satu Mare, directed by László Bocsárdi.
The performances by the Katona József Theatre in Budapest received the most awards: Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.’s production Némacsend won the awards for Best Direction and Best Set Design. The latter was awarded to set and costume designer Zita Schnábel. Benjámin Lengyel was awarded the prize for Best Male Supporting Actor, whilst Krisztián Gergye received a special award for his choreography in Chicago. The Latinovits Theatre in Budaörs received two awards: The Turnip King was named Best Entertainment Production
Tünde Kókai was named Best Actress for her performance in the Örkény István Theatre’s production of Ostromdressz, whilst the award for Most Promising Newcomer went to Annabella Hodik, an actress at the Dezső Kosztolányi Theatre in Subotica. This is the first time this award has been presented in Vojvodina. The award for Best Independent Theatre Production went to Stúdió K Theatre’s Elengedni nehéz, whilst the award for Best Repertory Theatre Production went to the Weöres Sándor Theatre in Szombathely for its production of Takarásban. The award for Best New Hungarian Drama/Stage Play was presented to Borbála Szabó for her work Száz karácsony.
