Stars – Like pins on the sky – eng

Stars - Like pins on the sky

Stars, like pins in the sky are scratching our eyes, there’s trouble on earth, there’s trouble in the sky, and folks, we’ve really screwed something up. We have not taken care of the treasures entrusted to us, the earth, nature, animals, plants, and we have not taken care of each other. We are in the penultimate minute, and if we don’t wake up, the sky will fall and the earth will be deserted, and we will be left to wonder why no one warned us in time! But we still have a minute, now, and we can wake up to save ourselves and learn again to take good care of all our values, all our treasures, our land, our loved ones, our heritage and our humanity!

The summer show “Stars, Like Pins in the Sky” by Capital Circus of Budapest is about our planet and the stars that care for it, the Sun and the Moon that care for us, the whole universe that looks after us humans as caring parents!

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And at the same time, the circus ventures into new territory: the show is transformed into a dazzling and lavish super-concert, with choreographed artistes and dancers giving new interpretations and dimensions to the best Hungarian and world hits! The songs of Rúzsa Magdi and Queen, Anna and the Barbies and David Bowie, Tamás Cseh and Michael Jackson have perhaps never been performed together in one concert – complete with artists, dancers, live orchestra, video clips, video and light technology!

And what do they have in common? What do we have in common? They have all felt what we feel: it’s up to us to protect each other and our beloved planet. And that we humans have a responsibility when we see the tear slowly rolling down the face of our Earth: “Watch out for the bird, if it flies over your shoulder…”

Meet the performers in our show

Zsolt Szlavkovszki | aerial strap | Hungary

Multiple national team athlete, former student of the Imre Baross Academy of Artistic Training, aerial gymnast, handstand specialist and sports coach. Since the age of 16 he has been actively performing in TV shows, concerts and shows in Hungary and abroad.

Vladimir Erofeev | rola-bola | Russia

Balance, both physical and spiritual, is a priority in our lives. Finding and maintaining balance is developed to an artistic level by Vladimir Erofeev in his impressive and gorgeous rolla-bolla act. Previously, in 2022, he performed with great success in the summer show RAIN of the Capital Circusof Budapest.

Troupe Addis Abeba | hand voltige | Chinese pole | Ethiopia

The young artists of the Addis Abeba group started their world tour from the Ethiopian Circus Academy, and in 2023 they worked with great success at the world famous Blackpool Tower Circus, before being invited to the Christmas show at Circus Krone in Germany. Their hand voltige act earned them the Bronze Clown Award at the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year.

Arina Ermakova | dog act | Russia

Arina Ermakova is a professional dancer of folk and classical dance. Winner of many dance festivals, including Tanzolimp in Berlin. She began her circus career with a bicycle Pas-De-Deux. She has been working with and caring for dogs for 6 years. But now it will be her debut with the dogs in the arena. On stage she will try to combine elements of dance and training. animal trainer with his production of The Dog School. His charming and funny production, with its emphasis on playfulness, has brought smiles to the faces of circus audiences. The fun act was awarded the Bronze Prize at the 15th Budapest International Circus Festival.

„Old Circus” School Ukraine | handstand | Ukraine

The Capital Circus of Budapest gave a home and training to artists who are refugees fleeing from the devastating war in our neighborhood. The group, whose members are between the ages of 5 and 20, found a home here after leaving their circus schools and lives behind in Kharkiv and Kyiv in March 2022. More than 100 young circus performers still hold intensive daily training sessions. The group, led by Svetlana Momot, has already performed several times in Hungary, and now some of them will be making their debut at the Stars Like Pins on the Sky show.

IN YOUR HANDS Grigorij & Elvira Sergienko | russian Cradle | Russia

In this beautiful lyrical choreography, male and female energy are formed into one. Flowing power, courage and heroism are combined with an embracing tenderness in a production full of impressive stunts and tricks, performed by the artists of the Nikulin Circus.

Duo Reflection | aerial ring | Uzbekistan

Fire and water, light and shadow, good and evil… Can the conflict be resolved? Can black and white complement each other to create a better world? Why war, which only tears us apart? Why not unity and peace? In the aerial ring act of two young Uzbek artists, two bodies, two worlds collide on the stage, only to become one through the cathartic forces of art, in the infinite embrace of a higher dimension.

Andrejs Fjodorvs | pidgeon and dog act | Latvia

After six years, the Latvian artist is back with his stunning pigeons. The 12th Budapest International Circus Festival was the first time the audience of the Capital Circus had the chance to meet this outstanding artist. Andrejs is a lover of animals, his pigeons are his family, he spends almost all his time taking care of them, playing and learning together. His production is a perfect example of the harmonious coexistence of human and animal, his birds can be made to do almost any trick, he can’t ask them to do anything they can’t do.

Simet László, Lakataos Zsuzsanna, Horvtáh Míra Gréta | giant semaphore | Hungary

“You have to be fanatic, you have to set the biggest goals and work for them through fire and water” – says László Simet, a Merited Artist, who has been awarded the Károly Hortobágyi Prize, the Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit and the Hungarian Cross of the Order of Merit. On 15 April 2023, at the age of 63, he made circus history by being the first person to cross the Danube from one bank to the other without a safety rope (on a 22 mm thick, 300 m long wire). László Simet returns to the stage of the Capital Circus with a unique performance: he will show us the state of weightlessness in space on an 8 m high rotating prop combining the death wheel and the high wire number.

Meet the singers in our show

Bernadett Becz

She works as a freelance actor. She is one of the main actors in the Puskás Musical, but she has also played the main role in the Budapest Operetta & Musical Theatre. She likes horses and is also skilled in trick riding.

Anita Gábor

Anita Gábor is an actress and singer. She began her career at the Jókai Theater in Békéscsaba, since then, she has appeared in several theaters in Budapest, in prose and musical roles. A recurring character in the performances of the Capital Circus of Budapest, she has already enchanted the audience with her voice in several circus productions.

Tünde Misurák

Actress and singer. She has played roles such as Chekhov’s Nyina, the passionate Aldonza in The Knight of La Mancha, Iluska in John the Valiant, and the celebrated singer Mary in The Kid. In the television show “I’m going to be a Star in a Star!” she has performed as a number of singers.

István Csiszár

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Márkó Gábor

The audience has already seen him in many roles, he has also played the main role in the Madách Theatre and the Szeged Open-Air Festival. He won 3rd place in the second season of the television talent show called “I’m going to be a Star in a Star”, and also appeared in the show called „The Song” on Duna TV.

Zoltán Tóth-Székely

Among other things, he works as an actor and voice actor. He is currently starring in the opera production “The Tiny Magic Flute” at the Rátonyi Róbert Theatre.

Stáblista / Cast and Crew

Énekesek / Singerers: Becz Bernadett, Csiszár, István, Gábor Anita, Gábor Márkó, Misurák Tünde, Tóth-Székely Zoltán

Zenei vezető / Musical Director: Szakál László, Magyar Ezüst Érdemkereszttel kitüntetett

Zenekar / Orchestra: Bálint Károly (zongora/piano), Duka Tibor (basszusgitár/bass), Fehér Géza (gitár/guitar), Adamecz József/ Földesi Attila (dob és ütőhangszerek/drum and percussion instruments), Babindák István (alt szaxofon/alt saxophone), Oláh Antal (szoprán és tenorszaxofon/soprano and tenor saxophone), Pípis Zoltán (trombita/trumpet), Román Iván / Szakál Tamás (hegedű/violin)

Koreográfus, Balettkarvezető / Choreographer, Ballet Choir Leader: Fejes Kitty

Balettkar / Ballet Choir: Bódis Márk, Bodó Zsombor, Dévai Fanni, Dringó Orsolya, Farkas Kámea, Horváth Bence, Lovász Réka, Menyhárt Enikő, Szöllősi Gréta, Ureczky Lilien

Bohócok / Clowns: Egyed Brigitta / Kőrösi Áron / Roszik Hella / Virga Tímea

Porondmester / Ringmaster: Varga László

Porondosok / Ring boys: Babicz János, Babicz Mihály, Csürke Ádám, Dóczy Dániel, Kovács Attila, Nagy Máté, Szabó Lajos Attila, Végh Sándor

Jelmeztervező / Costume Design: Martonosi Attila

Hangtechnika / Sound Design: Kövér Lilla, Bontó Richárd

Fénytervező / Light Designer: Szimeiszter Balázs

Világosítók / Light Design: Balla Dávid, Kis Róbert, Pánczél Gergő, Szűcs Gabriella, Tóth István

Vizuál / Visual: Kardos Zsolt, Nagy Attila, Pilgermayer Henrietta, Szilczer András, Zángó Tamás

Műszaki vezető / Technical Leader: Pánczél Lajos, Magyar Ezüst Érdemkereszttel kitüntetett

Cirkuszszakmai vezető / Circus Profession Leader: Graeser József, Magyar Arany Érdemkereszttel kitüntetett

Dramaturg / Playwright: Pál Dániel Levente

Rendezőasszisztens / Production Assistant: Csicsely Zoltán, Magyar Bronz Érdemkereszttel kitüntetett

Rendező / Director: Fekete Péter, Jászai Mari-díjas