Zoltán Balázs
Cluj, Romania, 03. 07. 1977
EDUCATION:
1989 – 1991 Children Dance Theatre – Budapest 1991 – 1995 Horváth Mihály Secondary School/drama faculty – Szentes 1995 – 1998 Actor’s Academy – National Theatre 1998 – 2003 University of Theatre and Film Arts – Budapest
/actor and director DIRECTIONS DURING AT THE UNIVERSITY: Bertolt Brecht: The Caucasian Chalk Circle Sophocles: Antigone Babits Mihály: The second song Wooden Animals – a short story based on personal experiences titled
WORKS OF DIRECTION:
1999 – Fernando Pessoa: The Ancient Anxiety – Merlin Theatre 2001 – Eugene Ionesco: Jack, or The Submission – Maladype Theatre 2003 – Michel de Ghelderode: School for Buffons – Maladype Theatre 2004 – Sándor Weöres: Theomachia, Maladype Theatre – Bárka Theatre 2004 – Jean Genet: The Blacks – Maladype Theatre 2004 – Maurice Maeterlinck: Pelléas and Mélisande, Bárka Theatre, Maladype Theatre 2005 – Friedrich Hölderlin: Empedocles – Bárka Theatre – Maladype Theatre 2006 – Babits Mihály: The second song – Krétakör Theatre 2006 – Stanislaw Wyspiański: Acropolis – Maladype Theatre 2007 – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky: The Storm – Bárka Theatre, Maladype Theatre 2007 – Gilbert-Sullivan: The Mikado – University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest 2007 – The Great March: Co-production with Nitra International Festival, Slovakia 2008 – Georg Büchner: Leonce and Lena – Maladype Theatre 2008 – Heinrich Marschner: The Vampire – Opéra de Rennes, France 2009 – Egg(s)Hell: Maladype Theatre – Thália Theatre 2009 – Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust I-II. – Budapest Puppet Theatre 2009 – John Webster: The Duchess of Malfi – National Theatre, Budapest 2009 – Alfred Jarry: King Ubu – Maladype Theatre 2010 – Homer – Sándor Márai – Claudio Monteverdi: Return of Ulysses – Csiky Gergely Theatre, Timisoara, Romania 2010 – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: Platonov – Maladype Theatre
2011 – Arnold Wesker: The Kitchen – Divadlo Andreja Bagara, Nitra, Slovakia 2011 – Alighieri Dante: Inferno – Maladype Theatre, Trafo House of Contemporary Arts 2011 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Budapest Puppet Theatre 2012 – Jean Cocteau: Tristan and Isolde – Mini Teater, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2012 – Friedrich Schiller: Don Carlos – Maladype Theatre 2012 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Egmont – Maladype Theatre 2013 – Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov: Master and Margarita – Radu Stanca National Theatre – Maladype Theatre, Sibiu Romania 2013 – William Shakespeare: Macbeth/Anatomy – Maladype Theatre, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts 2014 – Anna and the Barbies – 10th Anniversary Concert – SYMA Hall 2014 – Raymond Queneau: Exercises in Style – Maladype Theatre 2015 – Sándor Weöres – László Sáry: Great Sound in the Rush – Maladype Theatre, Qaartsiluni Ensemble 2016 – Matei Vişniec: How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients – Trap Door Theatre, Chicago, USA 2016 – Matei Vişniec: Dada Cabaret – Maladype Theatre – Átrium Film-Theatre
2017 – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: Three Sisters – Maladype Theatre 2017 – Eugene Ionesco: The Lesson – University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest 2017 – Mihály Vörösmarty: Csongor and Tünde – Maladype Theatre – Castle Theatre, Gyula 2018 – Bruno Schulz: August – University of Arts, Târgu-Mureş, Romania 2018 – Elżbieta Chowaniec: Gardenia – Odeon Theatre, Bucharest, Romania
MAIN ROLES:
2000 – William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens – Radnóti Miklós Theatre (d: Sándor Zsótér) 2001 – Sławomir Mrożek: The Hunchback – The Hunchback, Ódry Stage (d: Miklós Benedek) 2001 – Jean Cocteau: Mischievous Kids – Paul, Szigligeti Theatre (d: Tamás Réczei) 2002 – Albert Camus: Caligula – Lepidus, Pastel Theatre (d: Mónika Balatoni) 2002 – Ede Szigligeti: Large Pothole in the Host – Gyuri waiter, Bárka Theatre (d: László Keszég) 2002 – Arthur Miller: View from the Bridge – Rodolphe, Szigligeti Theatre (d: Géza Tordy) 2003 – William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliette – Romeo, Bárka Theatre (d: János Csányi) 2003 – Harold Pinter: Moonlight – Fred, Barka Theatre (d: László Bérczes) 2003 – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: Three Sisters – Tuzenbach, Bárka Theatre (d: Catalina Buzoianu) 2004 – Friedrich Schiller: Mary Stuart – Robert Dudley, Bárka Theatre (d: Sándor Zsótér) 2005 – William Shakespeare: Hamlet – Hamlet, Bárka Theatre (d: Tim Carroll) 2006 – Kurt Weil – Bertolt Brecht: The Treepenny Opera – Mack the Knife, Bárka Theatre (d: Róbert Alföldi) 2008 – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: The Seagull – Treplyov, Bárka Theatre (d: János Szász) 2015 – Victor Kravchenko: I Chose Freedom – Victor Kravchenko Maladype Theatre (one-person manifesto performed and directed by Zoltán Balázs) 2016 – William Shakespeare: Richard III – Richard III, Maladype Theatre (d: Zsótér Sándor) 2017 – Jean Genet: The Balcony – Chief of Police / Roger, Maladype Theatre (d: Zsótér Sándor)
WORKSHOPS:
1996 – Joseph Nadj workshop in Avignon 1997 – Anatoly Vasiliev workshop in Avignon 1999 – Robert Wilson’s course in Paris 2002 – UTE stage directing course Stuttgart
MOVIE ROLES:
2018 – I Chose Freedom Tour (documentary film)
2009 – Report (d: Dénes Nagy)
2009 – 1 (d: Pater Sparrow)
2007 – Who broke this kid (d: Róbert Alföldi)
AWARDS:
2018 – Best Director (Gardenia) – International Theatre Festival, Oradea, Romania 2018 – Hevesi Sándor Award 2017 – Best Director (How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients) – ATELIER International Theatre Festival, Baia Mare, Romania 2014 – Best Performance (King Ubu) – FIAT International Theatre Festival, Podgorica, Montenegro 2009 – Grand Prize (Egg(s)Hell) – INFANT International Theatre Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia 2009 – Nádasdy Kálmán Award 2008 – Jászai Mari Award 2008 – Őze Lajos Award (Best performance for Hamlet and Mack the Knife) 2006 – Gábor Miklós Award (for Hamlet) 2005 – Súgó Csiga Award (for Hamlet) 2005 – ARARAT Award (for Hamlet) 2005 – Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian State 2003 – Critic’s Award, Best Alternative Performance (School for Buffons) 2003 – Best Alternative Company (Cultural Committee of Budapest General Assembly) 2002 – Üstökös (Comet) Award 2001 – Best Actor- Paris (Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil)
