Fregoli

(Clothes-airer)

- water-level report of general feeling -

A bathroom is an isolated world - a microcosmos.
We bath in the excellent warm water and the light, white lathers overlay. We are fidding in a silent solitude, indulding in day-dreams, and we can not perceive the flight of time - meanwhile the water around us has been gradualy growing cold…
A man is celebrating his birthday. His only companion is his old, worthless radio. He create a mini-Hawaii in his bathroom; his ocean is the bath tub filled with water, his palmtree is made from plastic, the sun is shining from an electric heat-radiator. Our hero looks hapy, the radio intonates joyful Latin-American music. He is drinking, eating, playing; feting and he is trying - once in his life - to enjoy himself. But - of course - he fails this time again.

Written, directed by:

Csaba Méhes

Acting:

Csaba Méhes

Stage:

Csaba Méhes

Light and sound:

Tamás Sólyom

Duration appr. 60 min. 
(the text is available in english and in spanish as well!)

Technical claims:

Stage:

• min. 6m wide, 5m deep, 4m high
• black curtains
• black dancefloor
• possibility for hanging a clothes-airer above the stage
• possibility to be connected to cold and warm waterconduit (1/2 inch) near the stage

Sound:

• 1 CD-player
• amplifier and mixing desk with stereo output
• speakers should be sufficiant size and power to fill the auditorium with clarity and without overload
• 2 monitores

Light:

• appr. 15 projectors (Fresnel, PC, four Profile) 1000-1000W
• colour filters (red, orange blue, green, violet)
• lighting des with 24 cirquits

The light- and soud desk should be in the same place.
The set-up with light- and soundcheck takes 4-5 hours depending on the theatre.

• Dressingroom with shower for three persons.