GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MAY 2019
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MAY 2019

 

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Here is your guide to the performance options in May 2019.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)

 

This former cinema retains its classy, nostalgic interior, and there is a great buffet with tasty cakes, coffee, and drinks. Still, expect steeper than usual prices (for the tickets, too). The stage was never remodeled. We are gazing at where the movie screen used to be, so the sight-lines are a little wonky. Clever ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MARCH 2019 (Part 2, P-V)
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MARCH 2019 (Part 2, P-V)

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Here are more entertainment options for March 2019.

Entries are listed by theater or venue.

 

Pesti Színház (Pesti Theater)

 

Toldi   This production must be a godsend for Hungarian students, who are required to read János Arany’s epic heroic poem. Here Gábor Csőre recounts it all in a winning and entertaining fashion. Despite his abundant charm, however, the language remains unyieldingly old-fashioned and poetic – hence, very difficult to understand. March ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MARCH 2019 (Part 1, A-Ö)
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN MARCH 2019 (Part 1, A-Ö)

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Here is your guide to the performance options in March 2019.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)

 

This former cinema retains its classy, nostalgic interior, and there is a great buffet with tasty cakes, coffee, and drinks. Still, expect steeper than usual prices (for the tickets, too). The stage was never remodeled. We are gazing at where the movie screen used to be, so the sight-lines are a little wonky. Clever ...

Trouble with TAO
Trouble with TAO

 

The Hungarian government scraps its system for theatre subsidies.

(Photo: Béla Pintér speaks out again Vidnyánszky's role in having the TAO system for theatre subsidies abolished in his latest production entitled  Jubilee Talks. )

In late 2018, the Hungarian government announced that the TAO system (a far-reaching framework for using tax revenue to fund projects and institutions) would no longer apply to theatre subsidies. What it will be replaced with – no one knows. No ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN FERUARY 2019
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN FERUARY 2019

 

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Here is your guide to the performance options in February 2019

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)

 

This former cinema retains its classy, nostalgic interior, and there is a great buffet with tasty cakes, coffee, and drinks. Still, expect steeper than usual prices (for the tickets, too). The stage was never remodeled. We are gazing at where the movie screen used to be, so the sight-lines are a little wonky. Clever ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN JANUARY 2019
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN JANUARY 2019

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I apologize for my tardiness. Keeping up with the Budapest theatre scene seems like an impossible task for just one individual. If you would like to review a show for the blog, please contact me at utgardsloki@gmail.com . Changes to the theatre subsidy law (also know as the TAO) may have an irrevocable impact in the upcoming year. As we await developments, here are your theatre options in January 2019.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)

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GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN DECEMBER 2018
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN DECEMBER 2018

 

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The end of another year, and it seems to approach at break-neck speed. If you can take time out of the office parties, last-minute get-togethers, and feverish holiday preparations, here are some of your theatrical entertainment options.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)

 

This former cinema retains its classy, nostalgic interior, and there is a great buffet with tasty cakes, coffee, and drinks. Still, expect ...

Plays that Deserve to be Revived
Plays that Deserve to be Revived

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A friend and colleague recently asked me for suggestions about good plays that could be produced in Budapest. Naturally, she was thinking of pieces that have been translated to Hungarian, if that is not the original language. I had some fun compiling this list for her, starting with the Hungarian works I would like to see on the stage. (Photo from a production of  Skin of Our Teeth )

 

Elvezett paradicsom [Lost Paradise] (1961)

Successful Kádár-Era screenwriter Imre Sarkadi ...

GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN NOVEMBER 2018
GUIDE TO PERFORMANCES IN NOVEMBER 2018

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Demand for theatre entertainment is high now in Budapest, and the market is responding with more venues and more options than ever. Covering the scene seems too much for one reviewer, but until I can solve this problem, here are my humble tips for November 2018.

Entries are arranged by theater or venue.

 

Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)

 

This former cinema retains its classy, nostalgic interior, and there is a great buffet with tasty cakes, coffee, and ...

TALENTED WOMEN DRAMATISTS
TALENTED WOMEN DRAMATISTS

 

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My two favorite plays from the past two seasons were by female theatre artists directing their own work. What makes these shows successful?

 

A casual overview of Hungarian theatre is enough to establish that this is a male-dominated field. Repertory theatres in general have more male contract players, especially if they regularly stage classic works. Directors are overwhelmingly male (notable exceptions being Kriszta Székely and actresses-turned-directors like Enikő Eszenyi ...

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