231 result(s) for artistic director
Budapest Jewish Cultural Festival Leader Quits
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The artistic director of the Jewish Cultural Festival, József Böjte, resigned on Monday after state secretary Csaba Latorcai was jeered off the stage as he made a speech opening the event on Sunday. The audience drowned out Latorcai with applause before he ended his speech because he was defending singer Mária Petrás, whose invitation had been withdrawn due to allegations that she had performed ...
Night Revue Circus, Margaret Island Budapest, 30 July – 1 August
- 30 Jul 2015 10:55 AM
- entertainment
The "Ooh La La" is a captivatingly spectacular stage show, which takes the audience to the sensual world of the most chic Parisian clubs (Moulin Rouge, Lido, and Crazy Horse). It’s an amazing variety show, with performances by excellent dancers, as well as world-famous circus performers and acrobats. Lavish costumes, breathtaking stunts, thrilling music, moving melodies, beautiful girls, a ...
Ends On 23 August: Art In Transylvania, National Gallery
- 28 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The exhibition Destiny and Symbol - Hungarian Art in Transylvania 1920-1990 presents the art from this region and period on an unprecedented scale. Instead of an approach based on existing stereotypes, the show introduces the lesser-known, hidden or completely unknown aspects of Transylvanian art. This comprehensive exhibition greatly relies on works loaned from public and private collections in ...
Jewish Cultural Festival In Budapest To Offer Music, Theatre From Late August
- 28 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The annual Jewish Cultural Festival will offer a wide selection of music and theatre in Budapest, Pécs and Szombathely between August 30 and September 6 this year. The organisers said that the 18th Jewish Cultural Festival will present klezmer, classical music, folk, jazz, rock and blues concerts as well as independent theatre performances.
Why You Haven’t Had A Real Drink ’Til You’ve Been To Budapest
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The Alchemy Of Alcohol With Dez O’Connell, Part I, by Liz Frommer. I figured I'd be too late for the first taster as I skipped up the stairs to Brody Studios’ main bar. Normally, I would not mind; but the buzz surrounding Dez and his now famous Brody Alchemists Nights had been steadily growing, and I didn't want to miss anything. What was all the hype about? A bartender could show some artistic ...
Budapest Pride Festival Week Begins
- 6 Jul 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Actor and director Róbert Alföldi opened the Budapest Pride Festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer community on Friday evening at the Holdudvar club on Margaret Island. Cultural, artistic and public affairs programmes are scheduled for the week-long festival, culminating in the annual parade next Saturday.
'A View From The Street', Budapest, 3 - 5 June
- 19 May 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Coming to Budapest in June, A View From The Street, is a unique collaboration between Berlin-based musician Geordie Little and Australian director, Mike Williamson, that offers a rare glimpse of life through the eyes of a busker. For the audience, it is a thoroughly immersive artistic experience.
Upcoming Expat Theatre: 'Pretext', Müszi Budapest, 20 & 21 May
- 14 May 2015 1:35 AM
- entertainment
Pretext is an original comedy from Budapest English Theatre. A light-hearted look at a serious subject: the war of the sexes as they face their mortality. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director, Virginia Proud, she also takes to the stage with Beth Spisljak, Esther Holbrook and Madeleine Damasdi. Asked about juggling so many roles, she said “I won’t deny it, it was challenging! ...
Wayne McGregor + Random Dance In Budapest, 25 April
- 25 Apr 2015 6:00 AM
- entertainment
Atomos is the newest full-length work by cutting-edge contemporary choreographer and Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor, who has now been leading his company through a radical trajectory of work for 20 years. Imagining the indivisible order created through uncuttable structures and interwoven with an architectural manipulation of bodies, the choreography of Atomos grows from the form ...
Budapest Jewish Cultural Festival Leader Quits
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The artistic director of the Jewish Cultural Festival, József Böjte, resigned on Monday after state secretary Csaba Latorcai was jeered off the stage as he made a speech opening the event on Sunday. The audience drowned out Latorcai with applause before he ended his speech because he was defending singer Mária Petrás, whose invitation had been withdrawn due to allegations that she had performed ...
Night Revue Circus, Margaret Island Budapest, 30 July – 1 August
- 30 Jul 2015 10:55 AM
- entertainment
The "Ooh La La" is a captivatingly spectacular stage show, which takes the audience to the sensual world of the most chic Parisian clubs (Moulin Rouge, Lido, and Crazy Horse). It’s an amazing variety show, with performances by excellent dancers, as well as world-famous circus performers and acrobats. Lavish costumes, breathtaking stunts, thrilling music, moving melodies, beautiful girls, a ...
Ends On 23 August: Art In Transylvania, National Gallery
- 28 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The exhibition Destiny and Symbol - Hungarian Art in Transylvania 1920-1990 presents the art from this region and period on an unprecedented scale. Instead of an approach based on existing stereotypes, the show introduces the lesser-known, hidden or completely unknown aspects of Transylvanian art. This comprehensive exhibition greatly relies on works loaned from public and private collections in ...
Jewish Cultural Festival In Budapest To Offer Music, Theatre From Late August
- 28 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The annual Jewish Cultural Festival will offer a wide selection of music and theatre in Budapest, Pécs and Szombathely between August 30 and September 6 this year. The organisers said that the 18th Jewish Cultural Festival will present klezmer, classical music, folk, jazz, rock and blues concerts as well as independent theatre performances.
Why You Haven’t Had A Real Drink ’Til You’ve Been To Budapest
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- food & drink
The Alchemy Of Alcohol With Dez O’Connell, Part I, by Liz Frommer. I figured I'd be too late for the first taster as I skipped up the stairs to Brody Studios’ main bar. Normally, I would not mind; but the buzz surrounding Dez and his now famous Brody Alchemists Nights had been steadily growing, and I didn't want to miss anything. What was all the hype about? A bartender could show some artistic ...
Budapest Pride Festival Week Begins
- 6 Jul 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Actor and director Róbert Alföldi opened the Budapest Pride Festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer community on Friday evening at the Holdudvar club on Margaret Island. Cultural, artistic and public affairs programmes are scheduled for the week-long festival, culminating in the annual parade next Saturday.
'A View From The Street', Budapest, 3 - 5 June
- 19 May 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Coming to Budapest in June, A View From The Street, is a unique collaboration between Berlin-based musician Geordie Little and Australian director, Mike Williamson, that offers a rare glimpse of life through the eyes of a busker. For the audience, it is a thoroughly immersive artistic experience.
Upcoming Expat Theatre: 'Pretext', Müszi Budapest, 20 & 21 May
- 14 May 2015 1:35 AM
- entertainment
Pretext is an original comedy from Budapest English Theatre. A light-hearted look at a serious subject: the war of the sexes as they face their mortality. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director, Virginia Proud, she also takes to the stage with Beth Spisljak, Esther Holbrook and Madeleine Damasdi. Asked about juggling so many roles, she said “I won’t deny it, it was challenging! ...
Wayne McGregor + Random Dance In Budapest, 25 April
- 25 Apr 2015 6:00 AM
- entertainment
Atomos is the newest full-length work by cutting-edge contemporary choreographer and Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor, who has now been leading his company through a radical trajectory of work for 20 years. Imagining the indivisible order created through uncuttable structures and interwoven with an architectural manipulation of bodies, the choreography of Atomos grows from the form ...