Nézői szubjektivációk: egy másik Eurüdiké
Viewer Subjectivations: Another Eurydice

Summary/Abstract: The paper studies the processes of viewer subjectivations through the performance based on Elfriede Jelinek Nobel prize winner writer’s drama entitled Shadow/Eurydice says. The performance is a coproduction of actress Kata Pető and director Dorka Porogi. The text is a stream of consciousness type monologue following Eurydice’s thoughts while her husband tries to save her from the underworld, without her consent. The modern Eurydice is a writer, her husband a popstar, but in this case, Orpheus is quiet, he only dances while his partner speaks, sings, and dances. She is surrounded by male characters like the members of the popular Hungarian band called Freakin’ Disco, the musician Árpád Kákonyi, and the well-known choreographer and dancer Krisztián Gergye, as Orpheus. The question that arises at the end of the performance is: who is the I who says “I am”, while the actress, making use of a possibility that only theater can provide, steps outside her role, and joins the audience.

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