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MAYFLY GUEST AT THE THEATER HOBBIT. She only has one day. And yet a whole life - dense and bulging. Hardly anyone lives as intensely as "Die Eintagsfliege" by "pohyb's and friends". In just under 90 minutes, Stefan Ferencz conjures up a 24-hour biography - not chronologically - on the stage, which has it all. Motherly love, learning to walk or fly (complex), departure, toward the light or the promise, searching, landing, arriving, trying, letting go, happiness and sorrow. Just the whole range of a whole life, which maybe ends with death, but doesn't really end. There's something going on... One of the poetic goosebump moments of the piece. The fact that this fly sees the stage as her vocation fits wonderfully, is a convincing metaphor and gives not only her, but also Stefan Ferencz the opportunity to express herself comprehensively, forcefully, humorously and meaningfully; without - in Slovak. That surprises at first. What is even more surprising is that it is not alienating. Ferencz also succeeds in this: to show the audience in the truest sense of the word that there are words beyond language - understanding is possible. And yet there is this loneliness. It can always be felt, but never depresses, rather touching, because it transports the deeply concentrated wanting to come to oneself to be with oneself of the mayfly. And besides, you know that, crucial, existential things you often have to endure alone and deal with yourself. One of the great things about the program is that everything, even if it concerns something profound and existential, is pervaded by a lightness (even the most physically demanding moments) that corresponds to the small, delicate creature of the mayfly and enchants the viewers. Stefan Ferencz does not play a flash in the pan - also thanks to the direction of his partner Maike Jansen - but is one. At the end you leave and wonder if "pohyb's and the like" didn't just show us that our lives aren't that different.

One day, one life... The small theater space is occupied to the last seat by "Pohyb's and company". With an ingenious mixture of slapstick, pantomime and clowning, Stefan Ferencz captivates and inspires the audience for more than one and a half hours in the one-act play "The Mayfly". adventure of life and gives himself to every single moment with all his heart. Initially stammering and trembling with stage fright, the fly develops into a great actor. In a heart-warming love story, the wildly beating hearts fly back and forth between "Romea and Julio". It becomes highly dramatic when "Telmah" torments himself with the existential question "byt ci nebyt" and - as if he had flipped a switch - the acting talent is amused seconds later by a joke he has played himself. Stefan Ferencz does not play - he is the mayfly, who loves and fights unbridled and full of passion, torments himself and is happy. And the audience loves and fights and suffers with them. Stefan Ferencz acts expressively and with great intensity, playing his way into the hearts of the audience with his mayfly. When the fly's clock finally runs out, the most important stages of her life appear again in fast forward: the death of her mother, the argument with her strict father, first love and success on the stage. This lively mayfly, which courageously ventured into the world and undauntedly fulfilled its dream, fitted in wonderfully with the end of the year. With her humming, she certainly made one or the other thought vibrate in the heads of the audience. With plenty of applause, they thanked the actor for his great performance. Everyone was happy to accept the invitation from Maike Jansen, who directed the event, and Stefan Ferencz, and ended the evening with goodies and lively conversation.

HOFHEIM (gk). Stefan Ferencz thrilled the audience in Hofheim as a flash in the pan. Luckily the story wasn't about an ordinary housefly - after this performance none of the viewers would be able to slay one, no matter how much it tormented him. Abyssal despair, exuberant joy, childlike amazement – Stefan Ferencz captivated the audience with the entire spectrum of emotions with a mixture of pantomime, slapstick and clowning. "The Mayfly" is the name of the piece that could be seen in a performance of the mobile theater "Pohyb's and Co." in Hofheim. But unlike the flying insect Ephemeroptera (from Greek ephemeros = one-day and pteron = wing), this mayfly does not use its short life span exclusively for mating and laying eggs. She boldly escapes her busy everyday life and sets out to explore the world. At the same time she is in constant dialogue with a pocket watch that shows her inexorably dwindling lifespan. Finally the fly fulfills her big dream and becomes an actor. It is indescribable how Ferencz served all genres - from love stories to drama to humor - and all roles in rapid succession. Hearts flew back and forth between "Romea and Julio", Telmah philosophized about the question "To be or not to be" and the joke teller was hilarious about a Porsche driver joke. And even if no viewer was able to speak Slovak, everyone understood every word of the actor's expressive gestures and facial expressions. But at some point the last hour of the fly had struck. Before she finally said goodbye to the world, she went through the most important stages of her life again. Ferencz became a baby fly, happily recognized his mother, despaired of her death, quarreled with his uncomprehending father, lived through his first love, finally broke into an unknown world and once again enjoyed the applause of the audience as an actor. In the play "The Mayfly", the pantomime Stefan Ferencz, who comes from Slovakia, uses a large number of autobiographical elements. The spectators thanked the artist for the fantastic performance with long applause.

...touched and enchanted... The mayfly in Hofheim yesterday was a very nice experience! We are touched and enchanted, also went home a little sad. I felt sorry for the helpless little fly, she would have wished for an enthusiastically applauding audience in her good times, not just at the end. The kids loved it too, especially the "lightsaber fight" that little mucha did. Thanks for the nice evening... But then we all discussed the flashbacks and the order of our short life under the mosquito net over the big bed. I love seeing you! You are great artists with big hearts! Thanks for the nice experience.

Mobile theater "pohyb's and friends" inspires audiences in Damme Damme (tim) Mucha loves the audience. He dreams of applause and fame and being an actor. But Mucha is a flash in the pan, and they have – nomen est omen – a short life. A day to be exact. But that's enough for the little mayfly, played by Stefan Ferencz from the mobile theater "pohyb's and friends", for a full life. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes funny, Ferencz plays the insect that communicates with the clock of life. But the mayfly cannot be stopped from living her dream. As a musketeer, she defeats imaginary enemies. Wildly beating hearts find each other in Romoeo and Juliet. In the tragedy Hamlet, the mayfly asks the crucial question "To be or not to be?", before she is hilariously amused by a Porsche driver's joke. Expressive, intense and rousing, Ferencz plays with a mixture of slapstick, pantomime and clowning. It is surprising that he only speaks Slovak, which doesn't bother him much, because his gestures and facial expressions say more than 1000 words. Then the clock is up. With a few aids, reduced to physical effort, "pohyb's and the like" took the audience on an imaginary journey into the life of a mayfly, which is not so different from a human life.