“Words alone are not enough to express the pain of suffering, miracles, great happiness or joy. They always end up sounding like clichés.

Fosse says at a certain point that to write is equivalent to praying. What helps us in our daily lives, or in survival, is knowing that we are heading from darkness towards the light. There is so much in that darkness; even the things we don't understand and all the blind alleys we get into throughout our lives. Physically we all disappear, the question is whether we have faith in Resurrection or not.

I dedicate this production to the memory of my wife, Tekla Tordai.” – Gábor Tompa

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Tours
• 37th Festival of Hungarian Theatres in Kisvárda, 2025
• 10th Reunion of Romanian National Theatres, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, 2025
• 1st Black Sea International Theatre Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2025
• Sfumato Theatre Laboratory, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2025

Awards
• Best Performance Award – 37th Festival of Hungarian Theatres in Kisvárda, 2025
• Best Actor Award to Loránd Farkas – 37th Festival of Hungarian Theatres in Kisvárda, 2025

In the performance entitled I Am the Wind, hovering on the border between existence and non-existence is a defining feature, and yet the transcendent dimensions that are incomprehensible to all living beings somehow become "tangible" and perceptible to the senses. Gábor Tompa's production uses a certain "lyrical" theatrical language to speak about that which cannot be put into words, and about the paths that may open up for us toward the unfathomable mystery of existence. – Judit Kiss, Krónika Online

I Am the Wind is a very special production; so special that afterwards I walked down the street for minutes on end as if something had hit me in the solar plexus; I stopped at least three times because I couldn't breathe. Strange, because sitting in the theater I felt I could endure the suffering, that I could understand and decipher it, that I could make sense of it. I can't remember the last time a theater performance moved me so deeply… – Nona Rapotan, bookhub.ro

The One – Zsolt Gedő
The Other – Loránd Farkas
Women – Andrea Kali, Emőke Kató, Gizella Kicsid, Anikó Pethő, Júlia Laczó, Csilla Varga

Set and costume design: Gyopár Bocskai
Choreography: Enikő Györgyjakab
Music composed by Csaba Boros
Correpetition: Zsolt András
Director's assistant: Dorottya Képíró
Stage manager: Réka Zongor
Light design: Romeo Groza

English translation: May-Brit Akerholt

The production was made possible with the permission of Colombine Teaterförlag, Stockholm and the Mayer-Szilágyi Artistic Management Agency, Budapest.

Photos: István Bíró

Duration: 01:10

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