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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.

- 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.

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.

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

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.

10-13 February 2011