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Szerző/Author: Tamás Oláh (Academy of Arts Novi Sad)
E-mail: olah.k.tamas@gmail.com
Rövid életrajz/Bio: TAMÁS OLÁH obtained his bachelor’s degree in 2013 at the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad. In 2015, he graduated from the master’s programme in theatre studies at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Budapest. He received an MA in Hungarian language and literature at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad in 2016. He defended his PhD thesis at the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest, in 2022. He does research work in postdramatic, political, and community theatre. He studies the forms of Hungarian-language minority theatre in Vojvodina. As a dramaturg and director, he participated in several independent and permanent theatre productions in Serbia, Romania, and Hungary. He lives in Kanjiža, in Vojvodina.
How to cite: Theatron, Vol. 17. No. 4. (2023): 53–61.
Cím/Title (ENG): The Self-Definitions of the Hungarian Minority in Vojvodina in the Performances of the Tanyaszínház (Grange Theatre)
Abstract:

The Hungarian travelling theatre company named Tanyaszínház (Grange Theater) was founded in 1978 in Yugoslavia, and it has not stopped since. In their performances, one can observe how successive political systems generated social issues that also affected minorities. These issues are not presented as historical facts but rather as everyday realities on stage. Their productions, which are given in villages and small towns, serve as prisms that directly reflect social experiences back to the community. From the history of the company’s performances, one can discern the infinitely complex narratives of self-definition for the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina (North Serbia), spanning from the late 1970s to the present day. Over the last four and a half decades, they have not only thematized the process of self-identification of the Hungarian community in the province but have also participated in it.

Keywords: community theatre, identity, minority, Tanyaszínház (Grange Theatre), Vojvodina