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It is an ordinary day at an average administration office. Extravagant-looking yet familiar figures come into the space of the bureau to present their everyday issues with a spin after which lining up at an office will no longer be the same.

Catwalk Concert Productions was founded by costume designer Fruzsina Nagy and music composer and conductor Dóra Halas, and proposes an innovative and new performing arts genre. Catwalk concerts offer a fusion of theatre performance and choral concert presented in the form of an extreme fashion show.

The Issue is the second performance of the group. The Issue wishes to present an abstract living picture of the current state of Hungarian society and its region through short stories that take place in a typical environment of our urban life: the bureau office. Each scene illustrates a different issue by using creative, story-telling costumes displayed by 30singers. The music of the choir – put together by the members themselves using their trademark methods: choral improvisation and collective composing – goes back to the roots of Hungarian culture and revitalizes folk songs by mixing original lyrics with new texts written by the renowned Hungarian poet Ádám Fekete and accompanied by Márk Bartha's electronic instrumentation. Yet, The Issue is not an authentic folk performance: it brings archetypal elements to tackle modern topics that concern every single one of us in today’s society.

/ PRODUCTION /

COMPOSER / MUSIC: Dora Halas
COSTUME DESIGN: Fruzsina Nagy
TEXT: Adam Fekete
LIVE ELECTRONICS / SOUND: Márk Bartha
STAGE DESIGN: Juli Balázs
DIRECTOR: Dora Halas
DIRECTOR: Fruzsina Nagy

PREMIERE: Saturday, November 10, 2018
DATE OF RECORDING: Monday, December 10, 2018

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