GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN APRIL 2023
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN APRIL 2023

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Here is your guide to the performance options in April 2023.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue. All shows begin at 7pm unless otherwise noted.

 

Budaörsi Latinovits Színház (Latinovits Theater in Budaörs)

 

This venue is easy to find, but just outside of town, so it requires an extra bus ticket. The interior is cramped, but charming and reminiscent of community centers from the 1990s.

Rekviem egy álomért [Requiem for a Dream]  This production captures ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN JANUARY 2023
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN JANUARY 2023

 

 

Here is your guide to the performance options in January 2023.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

All shows begin at 7pm, unless otherwise noted.

 

A new year, new resolutions. I hope to bring the blog up-to-date.

Also, I will feature the most highly recommended shows at the beginning.

 

TOP TIPS:

Solness (Ibsen’s The Master Builder ) – István Örkény Theatre

A kastely (Kafka’s The Castle ) – Vígszínház (Comedy Theater)

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GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MARCH 2022
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MARCH 2022

The Hungarian State Opera House is due to reopen.

Here is a photo from their production of  Die Frau Ohne Schatten.

 

 

Here is your guide to the performance options in March 2022.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue. Most shows begin at 7pm, unless otherwise noted.

 

In terms of this blog, it has become a time for soul-searching again. I am sure the guide provides a great help to English-speakers or foreigners trying to navigate the Budapest theatre scene. ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN FEBRUARY 2022
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN FEBRUARY 2022

 

Here is your guide to the performance options in February 2022.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue. Most shows begin at 7pm, unless otherwise noted.

 

Budaörsi Latinovits Színház (Latinovits Theater in Budaörs)

 

This venue is easy to find, but just outside of town, so it requires an extra bus ticket. The interior is cramped, but charming and reminiscent of community centers from the 1990s.

Öröm és boldogsáa [Joy and Happiness]  This examination of ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN OCT.-NOV. 2021
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN OCT.-NOV. 2021

Theatre is getting back on its unsteady feet now that lockdown rules have been loosened – but for how long? This quick guide highlights plays currently in repertory, but it is by no means comprehensive. These are only my tips.  Entries are arranged by theater or venue. Please check for exact times.  

Belvárosi Színház (Downtown Theater)

 

The business model for the Downtown Theater is commercial – proven hits or stage versions of well-known films and musicals featuring ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN SEPTEMBER 2021
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN SEPTEMBER 2021

 

 

With September 2021 upon us, theatre life begins anew!

Here is a sampling of the live performance options.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

 

Budapest Bábszínház (Puppet Theater)

 

Semmi [Nothing]  Climb four flights of stairs to the Lili Ország Studio and try to get a seat in the front row on the left side for this puppet show adaptation of the nihilistic Danish young adult novel by Janne Teller. When 7 th -grade Pierre becomes a ...

ONE DAY AT THE FILM FESTIVAL
ONE DAY AT THE FILM FESTIVAL

 

Magyar Mozgókép Fesztivál 2021

 

Sexuality, Repression, and Theater Takeovers: How Offerings at Baltonfüred’s Film Festival Reflect Hungarian Reality

 

June 2021 has seen the passage of a controversial anti-pedophilia bill in Hungary with thousands taking to the street in protest. No, the throngs were not defending the rights of pedophiles. In fact, the bill was a Trojan horse, designed to force through measures that already exist in Russia, and it is eerily similar to bills under consideration now in ...

Primer on Restoration Era Drama
Primer on Restoration Era Drama

 

Restoration Theatre by Adiyah Warner

 

Primer on Restoration Era Drama (1660 – c. 1710) 

and the So-Called Comedy of Manners

 

Introduction

Excerpts from Restoration and Eighteenth Century Comedy , edited by Scott McMillin (W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1973):

“[These comedies are] about men and women who live in London, care for sex and money, and make fools of one another if not of themselves.”

“The London theatre from 1660 through most of the eighteenth century … was not a ...

BUDAPEST PRODUCTIONS - 2020 OVERVIEW
BUDAPEST PRODUCTIONS - 2020 OVERVIEW

 

Kerékgyártó István: HUROK a Jurányi Inkubátorházban | Kanadai Magyar Hírlap

 

OVERVIEW OF PRODUCTIONS IN BUDAPEST

AS OF THE END OF 2020

 

Theatre is at a standstill under lockdown. However, if you want to imagination yourself back in the színház , or simply wish to prepare for its eventual reopening – here is an overview of the various productions, based on offerings from October and November 2020, when the theaters were briefly active.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Budapest Bábszínház (Puppet Theatre)

Gengszter ...

MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2019
MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2019

 

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Dear readers, this month I am trying something new. I am listing the shows that I would like to see. These are not reviews, since I have not seen these productions (with the exception of one that I would like to see again). They are the entertainment choices I would make on my own behalf.

 

Obviously, I cannot see all of these performances. That would be impossible. Some evenings I have work to do, and other times I am unable to get tickets. However, this may be a more ...

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