NATIONAL THEATER

John the Valiant is a classic of Hungarian literature. In Attila Vidnyánsky’s bold, visually daring production it captures the vision of the Hungarian soul. Petőfi’s ...

The actors begin the show. Prologue. Dim, mysterious light. An actor starts to soliloquise, about a list; he list various actor types. Meanwhile, there are ...

“Because it takes a sacrifice for the house to become strong. Solid." Directed by Luchino Visconti in 1960, Rocco and His brothers is a movie ...

The theatrical season of 1749/50 was a difficult one for Goldoni. He made a bet to write 16 three-act pieces for the Sant’ Angelo Theatre ...

What can Petronius, governor of Syria, do when the Caligula commands him to erect a statue of the emperor in the synagogue in Jerusalem as ...

The great drama of humankind by Imre Madách—the playwright after whom our festival has been named—offers the hero of the play, Adam, an ever more ...

Tartuffe, a profoundly religious figure, is gaining influence in the wealthy home of the Orgons, and is about to cheat Orgon out of his fortune ...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is a madcap comedy, in which three actors make an attempt to stage all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in ...

“Young people need heroes and role models even today. Great deeds and grand emotions still move their fancy. I feel that it’s important to step ...

The Life of Galilei is perhaps Brecht’s most personal work for the stage. Why? Because Galilei was himself the embodiment of curiosity. “I must know,” ...

A festival director, a prostitute, a manager – participants in a bachelor party. A peculiar twist of fate brings these odd characters together in Drunks. ...

A hairdresser’s parlour in a secluded but scenic corner of the earth where people go to have their hair cut. They do it with pleasure ...

The comedy of passing away "We humans can only suffer and be happy in one way, whether we’re at the beginning or at the end ...

An evening with László Földes Hobo – A musical Calvary in 14 stations. Songs, poems, confessions, stories from the last seventy years Die and Prosper ...

Shakespeare wrote his last play, The Tempest, at the age of 47. It has been one of the most popular plays in theatre history, and ...

“In the morning, they couldn’t open the door. The snow was ledge-high. It kept falling hard, relentlessly, for days on end. At dawn, the Kid ...

For Hobo, Attila József is one of the great poets, alongside such figures as János Pilinszky, Villon, Faludy, Vysotsky, and Ginsberg. Hobo performed poems by ...

Attila, King of the Huns is at the pinnacle of his power: he has conquered half the world, but he has not destroyed Rome. Even ...

“There’s a vast difference, so it seems to me, Between true piety and hypocrisy” Tartuffe, a profoundly religious figure, is gaining influence in the wealthy ...

Shakespeare wrote his last play, The Tempest, at the age of 47. It has been one of the most popular plays in theatre history, and ...

In The Bear, Nelli Szűcs plays the part of the closeted-up young widow with charm and delicacy. Like an offended Amazon, she “brings down” the ...

With the participation of the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble and its Orchestra This performance is a co-production with the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble. Members of ...

The comedy of passing away "We humans can only suffer and be happy in one way, whether we’re at the beginning or at the end ...

Merry-go-Round, a classic in the history of Hungarian film, is based on a novella by Imre Sarkadi. In 1956, the production by Zoltán Fábri was ...

Somnakaj is the first roman lottery or Gypsy musical, a concert of theater and concert, in the performance of Roma and non-Roma. The play hosts ...