Premiere
In 2017, the family musical Dream Traveller was presented to great acclaim, and a year later it returned to the BOK Hall. The enlightening story with unforgettable hits was seen live by more than 100,000 spectators, and was watched by another 400,000 people via online broadcasts. In 2021, the play returned to the RAM Theatre for a more homely, theatrical performance, and was also broadcast on TV. Described as "reminiscent of the spectacular world of Broadway", the play will now be staged at the Erkel, a revival of the musical theatre, in December 2025. "We are proud that among the best-known musical productions, Dream Traveller will be staged at the Erkel Theatre under the direction of Vajk Szente", said Gabriella Illés, the producer of TulipánTündér Produkció, who conceived the play.
Description
A delicious, honeyed milk before bedtime. Then curling up in a fluffy, soft bed and listening to Mum read a story from the storybook she got for Christmas. Then curl up under the covers with our favourite sleeping pet and snuggle up by the Christmas tree lights until morning. Tomi - the story's young schoolboy protagonist - has no knowledge of these cosy things. He lives in a world where there is no honeyed milk, fluffy bedding or sleeping pets. But Tomi's star scientist dad's invention, the Brain Turbocharger, works effectively and has long since made mankind forget about cosy togetherness, rest, sleep and dreams. Artificial intelligence controls every aspect of life, and even blinking is a crime against efficiency. But Tomi and his friend, the Lamb, set out to prove that sleep and dreams are important, and that nightmares are nothing to fear...
Unique visuals - The creative consultant for Dream Traveller was Gábor Herendi, the highly successful director of the Valami Amerika films, a Társasjáték and Kincsem. The visual design was the brainchild of Balázs Rajcsányi, a Bass Awards silver and bronze prize-winning set designer who is known for his work as set and visual designer for X-Factor, Csillag születik and Megasztár, among others. The costumes are designed by Nóra Bujdosó, winner of the Costume Designer of the Year Award.
Amazing creators - The director and choreographer of Dream Traveller is Kossuth Prize-winning dancer, choreographer and director Tamás Juronics. The play was written by András Vinnai, Ernő Szép Prize-winning writer, whose humour is also known to the audience from the Dumaszínház. Bálint Hegedűs, screenwriter of Kincsem and Liza, a rókatündér, also contributed to the work. The dramaturg was András Almási-Tóth, former literary director of the Szeged National Theatre.
The best hits of the year in one play - Tamás Orbán and Viktor Rakonczai have previously proved that they make an excellent, close-knit pair in the similarly successful play A Játékkészítő, and this was no different in Dream Traveller.
