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.
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 ...
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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The Hungarian State Opera House is due to reopen.
Here is a photo from their production of Die Frau Ohne Schatten.
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. ...
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.
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 ...
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.
The business model for the Downtown Theater is commercial – proven hits or stage versions of well-known films and musicals featuring ...
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 ...
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 (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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
