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Fabulous winged men

Attila Vidnyánszky evoked a strange vision in his new production. The main motive behind this vision is the perpetual human wish to fly, which has been realized through extended historical epochs in a colourful wide-screen tableaux. One of the threads of this story is the heroic struggle, during a certain period of history in the Soviet Union, between engineers whose aim was to triumph in their rivalry with one another in the field of cosmic research.

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Scapin’s Deceits

Silviu Purcărete is one of the world’s most acknowledged director, a celebrity of significant theatrical festivals and well known theatres. He directed Prokofiev’s opera Fiery Angel in the Csokonai Theater in November 2010, which won the „Best Performance” Prize in 2010 in Szeged Armel Opera Competition and Festival.

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)

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 less than two hours. It has been a huge success in London's West End.

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Our program

“Why are we pursuing the art of theatre now? The essential intellectual content now seems archaic. Maybe it even sounds ridiculous. But unless we address this question, the theatre will be insubstantial, it will lose its roots and wither. Theatre will waste its essence and move to mannered, artificial forms. Pathos is missing; we are afraid to be pathetic. It is so beautiful when one rides on waves of emotions, flying, and the soul awakens from the mud of everyday existence.” (Attila Vidnyánszky, director)

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Showcase

The National Theatre will be taking part in a showcase, organized by the Hungarian Theatre Critcs' Association, this March.

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Angels in America

The National Theatre offers a special night to the audience. Tony Kushner’s Angels in America actually contains two whole play, which - for the first time in the world - could be reduced into one show with the writer’s permission. The new translation made by a young Hungarian poet, Balázs Szálinger.

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Something to be pride of

- Season ending press-conference by Róbert Alföldi, Managing Director

In spite of unpredictableness, vagueness and cut back on the budget the Theatre holds all its programmes, attendance and curiosity for the National Theatre’s artistic work rather grown than reduced in the country and abroad too – Róbert Alföldi said to the press in his regular season evaluating press-conference.

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International Theatre Festival 4. 0 – co-production of the National Theatre and the Budapest Spring Festival

Under the umbrella of the 2012 edition of the Budapest Spring Festival the National Theatre will host international guest performances again. However, the Festival traditionally begins with a Hungarian performance.

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Contemporary Drama Festival at the National

Between November 26th and December 3rd, the 10th Contemporary Drama Festival will take place in Budapest.

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The National Theatre attending festivals

At the most prestigious annual theatre festival of Hungary, called POSZT (Pécs National Theatre Festival) the National Theatre got six awards this year. Our theatre took most of the prizes at the 2011 edition of the festival. The professional jury as well as the jury of the audience chose Hunting Scenes from Lower Bavaria as the best performance (directed by Róbert Alföldi). Gábor Hevér got the best supporting actor award, the best actress under 30 award went to Csilla Radnay, and the best actor under 30 award to Tamás Szabó Kimmel. Márton Kovács, the composer of the performance, We Live Once got the award for the best music written for performance.

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