The Ladder Within

The performance The ladder within is a poetry theatre production based primarily on the gems of Sándor Weöres' poem The Tattered Carpet, in which poems come and go, join together, separate, find each other, conflict, and contradict each other. They provide a space and an opportunity to create old and new forms of expression, with the central idea of the poem as a broader theatrical medium. The characters are the words, the plot is their relationship to each other.

The miniatures in The Tattered Carpet are characterised by a duality: serious and profound philosophical content is usually combined with playfulness and light rhythmic musicality, which Sándor Weöres based on the traditions of European poetry, Eastern philosophies and Hungarian folk songs.
Choreography, musicality and animation are essential formal elements of the production, creating a sense of the dense atmosphere of the scenes, associating images with the text and also functioning as an important means of expression.

The program is part of the 10th Theatre Olympics.