As the 2024/25 theatre season goes on Csokonai National Theatre has no plans to slow down: three spectacular shows will be available with English subtitles in March with the addition of a unique contemporary dance performance!
On 11th March we start off the spring with renowned Hungarian author Ferenc Molnár’s drama, Liliom. The play tells the story of a difficult romance between Liliom, a scoundrel who seduces the well-mannered maid Julika, set in early 20th century Hungary. The plot – that my serve as a parallel to Molnár’s own marriage – focuses on the capacity for forgiveness, the possibility or impossibility of it and the eternal validity of sin.
Just one week later, on 17th March the freshly debuted dance performance Reverie will return to the Csokonai Fórum. The contemporary dance performance consists of two parts: Sirius was inspired by Árpád Tóth’s poem From Soul To Soul, which portrays the challenges of human connection using the vast distances between stars as a metaphor. At the core of the second part, titled Fine Day are personal stories from our young dancers, reflecting their inner worlds and the challenges of the wider world around them. The piece aims to capture some of Gen Z’s experiences and qualities today—resilience in navigating uncertainty, appreciation of diversity, empathy and collaboration, and their enduring hope for a brighter tomorrow.
The Dispossessed will be played with English subtitles on 25th March, giving the opportunity to a wider audience to experience Szilárd Borbély’s masterful work. Bálint Botos’ direction, which faithfully adapts the atmosphere of the first and only novel by the author, depicts the absence of freedom and its desperate search. The story is set in a village that both fears and provides safety, a village that remembers yet easily forgets. It is simultaneously realistic and dreamlike, hopeless and hopeful, cruel and sensitive.
The final subtitled show of March will be Gilles Ségal’s The Puppetmaster, on 28th March. The play introduces audiences to the story of Samuel Finkelbaum, a world-famous puppeteer and a Birkenau survivor living in the divided city of Berlin five years after World War II. Despite numerous efforts to convince him otherwise, he doesn’t believe that the war is over and he no longer needs to hide. Thus, he spends his days locked away in a room with the puppets of his wife, who perished in the concentration camp, and his child who was never born as he prepares for the grand performance of his life, titled The Tragicomic Life of Samuel Finkelbaum.
For further information please click the titles of the plays listed in this article. We hope to see you soon at one of our performances!
