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Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus opens in Budapest – An HFP photo report
Bea Gergely, a Budapest-based freelance photo reporter, attended Orlai Produkció’s adaptation of Amadeus, a play by British playwright and screenwriter Sir Peter Sheffer. The play offers the audience a...
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Exploring Deception – Witold Gombrowicz’s Operetta in Budapest (Photos)
Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz’s piece Operetta is all about deception in the world of theatre. It’s a sharp, witty and sexually-charged play, which ultimately parodies the world of operettas. The...
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Black Sky, White Cloud: Budapest’s National Theatre looks at hundredth...
Budapest’s National Theatre (Nemzeti Színház) is marking the hundredth anniversary of the First World War I with a play based on a largely unknown piece written by Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952). The early...
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Hungary & the Holocaust: Örkény Theatre production looks at the “beast” within
“There’s a country (namely, Hungary), which ever since the late 19th century has had a habit of ridding itself of entire sections of its population. If the targeted groups don’t realize what’s going on...
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A theatrical journey into a Gypsy-majority neighbourhood in Budapest
Józsefváros, otherwise known as Budapest’s 8th district, has long been one of the most multicultural boroughs in the Hungarian capital. In the early twentieth century, it was home to thousands of rural...
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Blood feuds, vengeance and sexuality in the Radnóti Theatre’s Orestes (Photo...
Budapest’s Radnóti Theatre, with Director Csaba Horváth, has put on a production of the Ancient Greek tragedy Orestes, with a somewhat modern visual spin. Written by Euripides in 408 BCE, the play...
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Budapest theatre tackles The Reunification of the Two Koreas
Joël Pommerat is one of the most dynamic and complex directors of contemporary French theatre. And this time his piece entitled The Reunification of the Two Koreas has made its way to Budapest, where...
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Hungarian theatre explores role of female doctors in First World War (Photo...
In 1914, at the start of the First World War, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany famously promised that by the time the leaves fall from the trees, the War will be over. But when the signs of a bogged down...
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Actress Mari Törőcsik on racism and refugees
One of Hungary’s most celebrated actresses, Mari Törőcsik, is turning 80 this month. When she was approached by the conservative Mandiner website for an interview, she indicated that speaking about...
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Netanyahu, Hungary’s favorite playwright
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s Prime Minister, has told his diplomats to charm influential decision makers everywhere, and use every opportunity to convince the world that his image is distorted in the...
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Leslie Mandoki – Orbán’s friend and lobbyist at the Beacon Theatre in New York
Many of you may not have heard of the ManDoki Soulmates, a “concept group” led by 64-year-old Leslie Mandoki. Recently Mandoki announced the group’s ‘Wings of Freedom’ post-GRAMMY concert on January...
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Animator of The Simpsons attacks Hungarian actor – reported by Origo
Gábor Csupó is a 67-year old Hungarian-born fellow Californian. As an animator he made his fame and fortune after coming to the US about 40 years ago in the creation of The Simpsons. Ervin Nagy is a...
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