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Eszter Orbán is a translator, theatre dramaturg and jazz singer. She has been involved in many theatrical genres from opera to children’s plays. She has an ironic outlook on life, ever present in her humour. But regardless the irony, she still believes in the power of good theatre, even though this notion may seem a bit too idealistic and sometimes out of date in this day and age.
Education:
2007- now DLA course, Academy of Theatre and Film, Budapest
1998-2003 MA in Dramaturgy, Academy of Theatre and Film, Budapest
1997-1998 Course in Theatre Theory, Academy of Theatre and Film, Budapest
1992-1997 MA in English, ELTE University, Dept. of Humanities
Work
Theatre experience as dramaturg
2007-2008
Tovább is van [There is more…] – a children’s play (co-writer and literary editor)]dir: Mária Harangi National Theatre, Budapest
2006/2007
McDonagh: Lonesome West Dir: Sándor Guelmino, Vörösmarty Színház, Székesfehérvár
Koljada: Murlin Murlo Dir: Sándor Guelmino, Örkény István Színház, Budapest
2005/2006
Miller: View from the Bridge Dir: Sándor Guelmino, Petõfi Színház,Sopron
Albee: A Delicate Balance Dir: Péter Galambos, National Theatre,Szeged
2004/2005
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dir: Péter Galambos, Vörösmarty Színház, Székesfehérvár
Dezsõ Kosztolányi: Édes Anna Dir: Sándor Guelmino, Vörösmarty Színház, Székesfehérvár
2003/2004
Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (new stage version based on the translation by Dezsõ Mészöly) Dir: Péter Galambos,
Vörösmarty Színház, Székesfehérvár)
Ákos Németh: Müller’s Dancers Dir: Péter Galambos, Petõfi Színház, Veszprém)
McDonagh: The Beauty Queen of Leenane Dir: Sándor Guelmino,Madách Kamara)
Péter Müller: Részeg józanok (the stage adaptation of Péter Müller’s novel was written by Eszter Orbán and Péter Galambos)
Dir: Galambos Péter, Budapesti Kamaraszínház Shure Stúdió)
Tom Johnson: The Four Note Opera Dir. Gergely Romvári, Millenáris
Invited to the competition programme of the Meeting of Alternative Theatres in Szeged
2002/2003
Böll: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Dir: Galambos Péter, Gárdonyi Géza Színház, Eger Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci Dir: Gergely Romvári, Ódry Színpad
2001/2002
Cassavettes: Husbands (a variation on the film Husbands by Cassavettes (Translator and dramaturg) Dir: Péter Galambos,
Gárdonyi Géza Színház, Eger
László Sáry: Adoriáns and Jenõs (opera) Dir: Mária Harangi, Millenáris
László Király: The Blind (opera) Dir: Gergely Romvári, Millenáris
Theatre experience as translator:
Michael Frayn: Copenhagen
April de Angelis: A Laughing Matter premiered Dec 16, 2005 in Vörösmarty Színház, Székesfehérvár
Hanoch Levin: The Labour of Life
Other translations
Numerous screenplays of feature and documentary films, from English to Hungarian and from Hungarian to English
Publications
Editor and translator for the monthly newsletter of ITI Hungary
Interviews and reviews in theatre journals
Articles on various topics in magazines
Membership:
2003- Member of the Guild of Hungarian Theatre Dramaturgs
2004- member of the Preparatory Committee of the Open Forum of Contemporary Hungarian plays
Languages
Fluent: English, Italian Intermediate: German, French
