1095 Budapest, Bajor Gizi park 1. +361/476-6800
Written by Tamás Olt and Bence Vaszkó based on the works and life of Jenő Rejtő

Shooting the Tiger in the Mouth

Individual performance by Tamás Olt based on texts by Jenő Rejtő, with chansons, plots, twists, legionnaires, adventures, fourteen-carat gold and whatnot!

“When I’d barely turned twenty and won a scholarship at the University of Nice – no, I didn’t win it in a game of chance called Macau, on account of which card sharps still steer clear of me –  I walked into the port a number of times and saw a thing or two. A couple of times, I sat on the very steps to the Palais Royal, where I met people of all sorts. I roamed the halls of Lafayette, where I had the good fortune to make all kinds of acquaintances. I concluded that no international spa can base its business model on people of sound mind. I opened up the novel Fourteen-Carat Car and decided to make this loud-mouthed guy from Budapest my friend for good. And the legacy that we know of is more than enough for us to turn into a hundred evenings, plays, comics and movies. What’s more, it is my duty to speak of my friend whom I never met in person and of whom the bearers of mainstream culture know so little. In other words, I look forward to getting a better idea about the answer to the following question.

Who on earth is this mysterious Jenő Rejtő?”

Premiere:
13 January 2017