MUCH Circus Festival 2026
APRIL, SPRING AWAKENING, CIRCUS!
Spring is here and so is the third edition of MUCH Circus Festival with Hungarian, regional and international contemporary circus productions indoors and outdoors - produced as a collaboration of OneTwoMany Collective circus company and Trafo House of Contemporary Arts. Highlights include the personal story of the Brazilian Diana Salles about her transition, the spectacular stage of the Czech Eliška Brtnická's team with iron rods, the smart dramaturgy of the Irish Darragh McLoughlin with a broomstick and a TV, and a preview of the production prepared for the new geodome by the Hungarian OneTwoMany Collective. Finally the lovechild of the Festival, the MUCH MORE Showcase, a regional circus contest with many short forms, an international jury, including an audience award. By then, we will have already passed the elections, spring can come!
***You can attend the shows with daily tickets as well, valid for all the evening programmes of the day. There is also a 3-evening MUCH PASS!
12 APRIL, SUNDAY
While waiting for MUCH Festival and the election results, this is an afternoon together with your kids, dogs, neighbours, free of charge.
17:00 OneTwoMany (HU/DE): Don't Forget To Breathe (30’) - intervention in public space, work-in-progress - external location: Nehru part
17:30 Cie Circographie (FR): Au Café Des Nonchalants (30’) - intervention in public space - external location: Nehru part
16 APRIL, THURSDAY
For the opening of the Festival recently premiered Hungarian productions are paraded, then a beautiful woman recounts how she killed a beautiful man.
16:00 Darragh McLoughlin (IE): Performance Mechanics (120’) - Studio
19:00 MUCH Opening Gala with excerpts of new Hungarian circus creations (30’) - Main Hall (free program)
20:00 Diana Salles (BR/FR): Delusional - I killed a man (60’) - Main Hall
21:00 Post-show talk with Diana Salles - Foyer
📍 Trafó
17 APRIL, FRIDAY
A stick is the simplest thing in the world, yet sometimes it takes control, other times it brings balance. The second day of MUCH is all about the sticks.
10.00 Diana Salles (BR/FR) Silk masterclass (120’) - workshop - external location: Inspirál
12.00 Vojta Stolbenko (CZ): Poi Masterclass (120’) - workshop - external location: Inspirál
17:00 The Visegrad Friends (90’) - roundtable discussion on regional cooperations - Foyer
19:00 Darragh McLoughlin (IE): Stickman (45’) - Main Hall
20:00 Somló Dávid (HU): Delicate Balancing of a Twig (20’) - intervention - Foyer
20:30 Eliška Brtnická (CZ): Thin Skin (60’) - Main Hall
21:30 Following the performance, a discussion with the creators, Eliška Brtnická and Darragh McLoughlin - Foyer
18 APRIL, SATURDAY
One of the main motivations behind the creation of the MUCH Circus Festival is the biannual MORE Showcase, which provides young, emerging regional circus performers with an opportunity to develop their work. This year, the opportunities have been expanded with our new Visegrad Partnership.
10.00 Filip Zahradnicky (CZ) juggling workshop (120’) - external location: Inspirál
12.30 Eliška Brtnická (CZ) trapeze workshop (120’) - external location: Inspirál
16:30 The future of Hungarian circus (60’) - roundtable discussion - Foyer - only in Hungarian!
18:00 Darragh McLoughlin (IE): The Fulfilment (30’) - Club
19:00 MUCH MORE Showcase (90’) - Main Hall
21:00 Afterparty
