Previous Programs

Current Exhibition Monthly Programme (pdf)

Jan/24

60'

PERFORMANCE

Club

Stand Up Roma open call / Rudolf Forgács

Gypsy, but nice - PREMIERE

“Rudi doesn’t steal. Dani isn’t a terrorist. These are shocking facts, since Rudi is half Roma and Dani is half Arab.”

90'

DANCE

Main Hall

ArtMan Eve vol. 12. feat A.D.A.M. (AT)

Jam NOT Battle

Improvisation with 2 dance groups, live music and poetry written in the moment.

Jan/23

Trafó Gallery, Main Hall

Opening: Fragile Balance (Danger)

Jan/22

THEATRE

Dollár Papa Gyermekei – Ördög Tamás

Casanova Tonight Show

THEATRE

Dollár Papa Gyermekei – Ördög Tamás

Casanova Tonight Show

Jan/21

90'

THEATRE

Main Hall

Péter Kárpáti & friends

Scabby Dog

A visionary folklore of sin. Péter Kárpáti’s latest play explores the deep psychological dimensions of violence

THEATRE

Dollár Papa Gyermekei – Ördög Tamás

Casanova Tonight Show

THEATRE

Dollár Papa Gyermekei – Ördög Tamás

Casanova Tonight Show

Jan/20

100'

THEATRE

Studio

dollardaddy's – Emőke Kiss-Végh

About a Naughtiness

Jan/19

Club

This Is Not a Love Talk S01E06 - Who writes the canon?

Discussion series on contemporary art

Jan/17

65'

DANCE

Main Hall

Imre Vass

MMXXV

“Where the surface flirts with the depths, wrapped in nakedness, the state of arousal ultimately finds rest upon the chest of intimacy.”

Jan/16

65'

DANCE

Main Hall

Imre Vass

MMXXV - PREMIER

“Where the surface flirts with the depths, wrapped in nakedness, the state of arousal ultimately finds rest upon the chest of intimacy.”

Jan/15

120'

conversation

Café

Becoming CLIMAVORE / Farm2Fork - Nóra Berta (Trafik) - Zsófi Mautner (food writer)

Tropical Hungary - Summer in Winter

Jan/14

110'

THEATRE

Club

Peter Handke / Sára Sahin-Tóth

Kaspar

Kaspar is the repulsive, the incomprehensible, a deficient being.

Jan/12

110'

THEATRE

Club

Peter Handke / Sára Sahin-Tóth

Kaspar

Kaspar is the repulsive, the incomprehensible, a deficient being.

120'

DANCE

Studio

Open Studio

Led by Imre Vass - SOLD OUT

Once a month, on Mondays, Trafó opens its Liliom Street dance studio to all those who love to move.

Jan/10

180'

Main Hall

Dávid Somló

Ritual Study #1: The (Dis)appearance of the Ritual

How can we form part of a community even if the others are strangers?

Jan/09

Trafó Gallery

Guided tour with social historian Zsolt K. Horváth

The guided tour is free, all are welcome!

Jan/07

45'

DANCE

Main Hall

Viktor Szeri

I Quit Ordinary Dancing

Spontaneous street scenes, bodies moving intuitively to music, and the sometimes destructive forms of joy inspire Viktor Szeri’s piece, IQOD: I Quit Ordinary Dancing.

Jan/06

70'

THEATRE

Club

Gizella Gálhidy & Boglárka Ferenczy-Nagy

Liturgy

What does it mean to be a woman today, not only in this profession, but in this country, this society?

45'

DANCE

Main Hall

Viktor Szeri

I Quit Ordinary Dancing

Spontaneous street scenes, bodies moving intuitively to music, and the sometimes destructive forms of joy inspire Viktor Szeri’s piece, IQOD: I Quit Ordinary Dancing.

Jan/04

100'

THEATRE

Club

Lilla Szauer

And Why Is The Night

How does memory work when something happens that shouldn't have happened?

2025 Dec/30

Main Hall

PANNONIAN BURLESQUE

Litera.hu’s 23rd Pre–New Year’s Eve Party

We’re bidding farewell to 2025 with Liera.hu’s traditional pre–New Year’s Eve party — an evening of sharp wit, laughter, and great writing.

2025 Dec/28

7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

MUSIC

Main Hall

Illat aka Új Bála / Júlia Koffler / Mári Mákó / Nichiyoubi Intl. aka Bartha Márk & Esteban de la Torre / Kinga Ötvös / Palmovka / Public Reptile

SONIC HOME

One evening, multiple perspectives: separate performances, unique soundscapes, and personal musical stories converge.

2025 Dec/21

50'

Studio

Holy Bodies

2025 Dec/19

55’

DANCE

Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Júlia Vavra

D E F A U L T M O D E N E T W O R K

Ten performers diving into their internal tasks. Images emerge from a dreamlike dramaturgy.

2025 Dec/18

55’

DANCE

Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Júlia Vavra

D E F A U L T M O D E N E T W O R K

Ten performers diving into their internal tasks. Images emerge from a dreamlike dramaturgy.

2025 Dec/14

60'

LECTURE PERFORMANCE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Diana Anselmo (IT)

Pas Moi

Pas Moi imagines where one can go if another is the starting point — beyond the “lack of hearing,”

Trafo Gallery

Nothing About Us Without Us / Ink in Milk

Guided tour with the artists

The guided tour is free, all are welcome!

5-11pm

Cabin

Nothing About Us Without Us / Witch Club - a project by Thought Generator

We Were Never Here - sound installation

Who owns the stage? Who has the right to raise their voices? Whose stories are worth telling?

120'

DANCE

Studio

Nothing About Us Without Us / Máté Mészáros

Máté and Us

For the fifth time, dancer and choreographer Máté Mészáros is seeking answers to the question: what is dance, what does it mean to us? with civilians from outside the dance profession.

2025 Dec/13

45'

PERFORMANCE

Studio

Nothing About Us Without Us / Catch Collective

Vicsor - work-in-progress presentation

A world fueled by stupid ideas, desire and feminine power. More doing, less thinking.

50'

DANCE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Lili Raubinek

Respect for the 23.000 - Last performance at Trafó

A performance about the 23,000 children and the people who work with them, who live far away from everything, out of sight of society.

Foyer

Nothing About Us Without Us / Kateřina Kolářová - Dániel Csángó - Lilla Lendvai - Beáta Sosity

CTRL+ALT+CRIP - Lecture & Discussion

Lecture and discussion about disability activism and crip theory from the postsocialist transition until today.

2025 Dec/12

60'

PERFORMANCE

Club

Nothing About Us Without Us / Stand Up Roma open call

Rudolf Forgács: Gypsy, but nice (work-in-progress)

50'

DANCE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Lili Raubinek

Respect for the 23.000

A performance about the 23,000 children and the people who work with them, who live far away from everything, out of sight of society.

90’ with one break

PERFORMANCE

Club

Nothing About Us Without Us / Stand Up Roma open call

Csaba Gerner & Edina Tallér: Bad Guy / Kristóf Horváth: Cigyar Magány (works-in-progress)

Foyer

Nothing About Us Without Us / Eva Egermann - Cordula Thym

C-TV (If I Tell You I Like You...)

The film imagines what the TV of the future could be, creating space for queer and crip individuals to share their perspectives and experiences.

2025 Dec/08

90'

DANCE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Open Studio

Inclusive Jam led by ArtMan

The inclusive jam is an extraordinary gathering where people of all abilities come together to dance and make music, creating a liberating and inclusive atmosphere.

2025 Dec/07

40'

MUSIC

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Ádám Fekete - Attila Gyárfás - Ádám Jávorka - Raymond Kiss

The Prussian Candidate

They improvise freely; on Trafó’s main stage they will let all their suppressed energies unfold, at once minimalist and brutalist, intimate and explosive.

80'

DANCE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / ArtMenők & HODWORKS

Idol

We look up to idols, idolize them, and imitate them. An idol is a person or role model that we consensually follow.

60'

PERFORMANCE

Club

Nothing About Us Without Us / Rebeka Kupihár

To The God of Heteros

After Nextfest’s success, we repeat the performative reading of Rebeka Kupihár’s sensitive, insightful and political poems from her debut book of poetry To The God of Heteros.

5-11pm

Cabin

Nothing About Us Without Us / Witch Club - a project by Thought Generator

We Were Never Here - sound installation

Who owns the stage? Who has the right to raise their voices? Whose stories are worth telling?

2025 Dec/06

45'

PERFORMANCE

Studio

Nothing About Us Without Us / Catch Collective

Vicsor - work-in-progress presentation

A world fueled by stupid ideas, desire and feminine power. More doing, less thinking.

30'

conversation

Előtér

Thought Generator

POINT OF YOU – Have an opinion!

Aftertalk connected to Markus Öhrn - Karol Radziszewski / Nowy Teatr (PL) Phobia.

130’ with a break

THEATRE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Markus Öhrn - Karol Radziszewski / Nowy Teatr (PL)

Phobia

Markus Öhrn and Karol Radziszewski present a brutal lesson in a little-known history.

Trafó Gallery

Nothing About Us Without Us / Ink in Milk

Curatorial guided tour & lecture performance by Gernot Wieland

From 5:30pm, the curators will lead a guided tour in the exhibition Ink in Milk, followed at 6:00pm by a performance by Gernot Wieland.

2025 Dec/05

60'

DANCE

Club

Nothing About Us Without Us / gergő d. farkas - Balázs Oláh - Júlia Vavra

wtches & fgs - dance house

Participants are invited to join a combination of group, couple and circle dances.

130’ with a break

THEATRE

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Markus Öhrn - Karol Radziszewski / Nowy Teatr (PL)

Phobia

Markus Öhrn and Karol Radziszewski present a brutal lesson in a little-known history.

Main Hall

Nothing About Us Without Us / Hella Zsirka

Opening speech

Before the performance, Hella Zsirka, trans activist, queer feminist and Chief Operating Officer of Háttér Society will hold the opening speech.

60'

PERFORMANCE

Club

Nothing About Us Without Us / Rebeka Kupihár

To The God of Heteros

After Nextfest’s success, we repeat the performative reading of Rebeka Kupihár’s sensitive, insightful and political poems from her debut book of poetry To The God of Heteros.