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 ...

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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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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...