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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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
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…..
Award ceremonies, especially annual ones, do not exist in a vacuum, and so it is with the 39th Theatre Critics’ Awards for the 2017/2018 season. What dominated this year were the number of big-name winners, as well as nominees from the countryside (i.e., outside Budapest) and even beyond the…..
The theatre season was off to a slow start in September, but now it has kicked into high gear, with more premieres than one individual can possibly see. While I am catching up, here are my tips for the entertainment options on offer in October 2018.
Entries are arranged by theater or…..
The theater season is off to a slow start in September 2018, but there are still plenty of options to choose from. Here are my tips arranged by theater or venue. Meanwhile, I will be checking out the promising new premieres!
Átrium Színház (Atrium Theater)
This former cinema…..
Pál Mácsai has enjoyed a brilliant career as an actor, director, theater manager, and star of the HBO television series Therapy. To figure out what makes him tick, I sat down with Pál Mácsai (always a pleasure) in his office and tried my best not to fawn.
[This interview was conducted in…..
Weörös’s Psyché at the National
Esterházy’s 17 Swans at FILC
Though the title may seem flippant, promiscuous young minority women have an impressive pedigree as heroines in Hungarian literature – no doubt partly on account of the prestige of their accomplished Hungarian male creators. When…..
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