Current Exhibition Monthly Programme (pdf)

Mar/26

45'
DANCE
Studio

Willany Leó Improvizációs Táncszínház

Willany Leó impro nights at Trafó
Those who perform here can be seen in the dark!
110'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Gisèle Vienne (FR)

EXTRA LIFE
In this hypnotically precise work, body, light and music not only tell an intimate story, but also provoke a new awareness of our viewing habits and systems of thought.
90'
THEATRE
Club

Kárpáti Péter

Térkép a túlvilágról

Mar/25

60'
THEATRE
Cabin

Juhász Maja & Kovács Luca

mostakkor. S01E07.
"und jetzt (mostakkor) is actually a series, but it's a series in the sense that it's actually a year-long show that you can watch every month.

Mar/24

60'
THEATRE
Cabin

Juhász Maja & Kovács Luca

mostakkor. S01E07.
und jetzt (mostakkor) is actually a series, but it's a series in the sense that it's actually a year-long show that you can watch every month.
THEATRE

Komáromy Bese

szememfénye

Mar/22

110'
CHAMBER OPERA
Main Hall

Gryllus Samu - Varga Vince - MuPATh (AT)

Host_Opera
A documentary opera abduction about the limits and rules of freedom.

Mar/21

50'
DANCE
Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Emese Cuhorka

My High Is Dance - PREMIER
A fairytale pact with the devil.

Mar/19

100'
THEATRE
Club

Lilla Szauer

And Why Is The Night

Mar/18

Trafó Gallery

MagnificentShades of Us | A Spectral Glossary

Guided tour with Ferenc Gróf
Free entrance, all are welcome.

Mar/17

30'
conversation
Előtér

Thought Generator

POINT OF YOU – Have an opinion!
Aftertalk connected to Cade & MacAskill (GB) The Making of Pinocchio.
90'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Cade & MacAskill (GB)

The Making of Pinocchio
A true tale of love and transition told through the story of Pinocchio with amazing imagery

Mar/16

30'
conversation
Előtér

Thought Generator

POINT OF YOU – Have an opinion!
Aftertalk connected to Cade & MacAskill (GB) The Making of Pinocchio.
90'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Cade & MacAskill (GB)

The Making of Pinocchio
A true tale of love and transition told through the story of Pinocchio with amazing imagery

Mar/15

MagnificentShades of Us | A Spectral Glossary

Guided tour with Ferenc Gróf and Zsófia Gyenes
Free entrance, all are welcome.

Mar/14

Trafó Gallery

exhibition opening

Ferenc Gróf & Zsófia Gyenes: Magnificent Shades of Us | A Spectral Glossary

Mar/13

80'
DANCE
Main Hall

ArtMan Est vol. 11.

Bridge - as we play it
32 cards: 22 dancers, 6 musicians, 4 jokers – ArtMan is 20 years old!

Mar/09

60'
DANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / Vavra Júlia - Willany Leó Improvizációs Táncszínház

ripples in silence, The misty waltz
A new take on the seemingly endless concept of improvisation and contemporary dance.
50"
Club

NEXTFEST / Irene Plaque (HU/SLO)

The NEXT Meeting
This is an invitation to The NEXT Meeting: come, be present, and help Irene see clearly during this tough yet magical time.
110'
THEATRE
external location

NEXTFESZT / Gálhidy Sára - Gyulai Sámuel - Szauer Lilla

The Man Turns Serious, the Woman Starts To Feel Cold, At Least They Didn’t Kill Themselves
A unique take on musical theatre, an engaging, yet uncomfortable work by a group of young artists what comes to life in a special venue.
120'
PERFORMANCE
External venue

NEXTFESZT / SVUNG Research Group

Cold Comfort - Extended Version
Cold Comfort helps us to experience how extreme cold and heat can be educational.

Mar/08

180'
MUSIC
Club

NEXTFESZT / Persephone (fr33skid & Kali)

Women’s Day Persephone Party
Persephone is a Budapest-based party series and community platform for queer women, lesbian, bisexual, trans and nonbinary people.
45'
DANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / AHA Kollektíva

Sweat Set
Sweat Set seeks the revolutionary power of movement, through the memory of emblematic choreographies, fuelled by a sense of passion and liberation.
40'
PERFORMANCE
Club

NEXTFESZT / Kupihár Rebeka

A heterók istenéhez
In this performative reading different characters give voice to the quiet intimacy of her poems.
external location

NEXTFEST / Project833 - Haibo Illés & Richárd Melykó

How to boil the flow?
“The ruins and the storm “that we call process” come from the future.” COI (Class of Interpretation)
40'
DANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / Szász Zsófia

Softloneliness
Self-critical and funny dance stand-up, mixing Moldavian folk dance and contemporary choreography.
90'
PERFORMANCE
External location. Gather at Trafo's ticket office

NEXTFESZT / Koltay Dorottya Szonja & Seress Anna

Brickology
The Bricks, though quiet, are not silent.
Trafóclub

NEXTFEST / This Is Not a Love Talk S01E01

The Cultural Disenfranchisement of Art
Discussion series on contemporary art.
240'
WORKSHOP
Cabin

NEXTFEST / Szabó Veronika & Vavra Júlia

Mani Me
Workshop about money for freelance artists and representatives of cultural institutions.
WORKSHOP
Studio

NEXTFEST / Workshop Foundation - NextStage

Backstage Club: Technical coordination
Join us and let's dive into the universe of technical riders together!

Mar/07

60'
DANCE
Club

NEXTFESZT / farkas d. gergő - Oláh Balázs - Vavra Júlia

b*tches & w*tches - dance workshop
Participants are invited to join a combination of group, couple and circle dances.
40'
PERFORMANCE
Club

NEXTFESZT / National Performance Art Theater Collective

Miss Hungary
A hybrid performance on the dilemma of emigration and staying
50'
DANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / 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.
50'
PERFORMANCE
Club

NEXTFESZT / Illés Haibo & Melykó Richárd

RAW Spell
Beeps and alphanumeric reports.
WORKSHOP
Cabin

NEXTFEST / Workshop Foundation - NextStage

Backstage Club: International Collaborations
Join a team of international producers for a discussion and workshop on cross-border collaborations in an informal setting.

Mar/06

60'
THEATRE
Club

NEXTFESZT / Juhász Maja & Kovács Luca

und jetzt
und jetzt (mostakkor) is actually a series, but it's a series in the sense that it's actually a year-long show that you can watch every month.
35'
DANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / farkas d. gergő

babes
babes is a multidisciplinary choreographic project, which operates through a set of obscure organs that expand from spaces into bodies and from bodies into spaces.
60'
THEATRE
Trafoklub

NEXTFESZT / Independent Theater / Emília Boda-Novy

Cannibals
131 Romas were convicted because the butcher was gone.

Mar/05

40'
MUSIC
Club

NEXTFESZT / Gida Labus & elod janky

Live act
They invite listeners into a distinctive and unrepeatable sonic universe, which they shape collectively on this evening.
15'
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / Seven Trials Theatre Troupe

Opening Speech
Performative opening speech, questioning norms, questioning questioning, with a dash of kitsch, comedy and liberation.
15'
PERFORMANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / Alagya

2025
The festival's visual identity is itself a work of art, created by the artist duo Alagya (Szilvia Bolla and Áron Lődi).
60'
DANCE
Main Hall

NEXTFESZT / Molnár Csaba / Nicole Clore

The Show Must Go On / The Graduation
Freeing bodies and minds trapped and tortured by professional dance training.
Trafó

NEXTFEST – celebrating emerging artists and experimental forms in Budapest
NEXTFEST, Trafó’s mini-festival for emerging artists and experimental forms is back again between 5-9 March 2025, with a great selection of cutting-edge works.

Mar/03

90'
DANCE
Studio

NEXTFESZT / Open Studio: Masterclass led by Irene Plaque

Open Studio
Irene has a way of working, they'll share it with you.

Feb/28

50'
DANCE
Main Hall

Lisa Vereertbrugghen – CAMPO (BE)

While we are here
People have always danced intensively together, and under various names, raves have always existed.
Trafó Gallery

Guided tour in the exhibition Soaking in Each Other | Endocrine Regimes

Feb/27

50'
DANCE
Main Hall

Lisa Vereertbrugghen – CAMPO (BE)

While we are here
People have always danced intensively together, and under various names, raves have always existed.

Feb/25

60'
THEATRE
Cabin

Juhász Maja & Kovács Luca

mostakkor. S01E06.

Feb/24

60'
THEATRE
Cabin

Juhász Maja & Kovács Luca

mostakkor. S01E06.

Feb/23

170' with one break
THEATRE
Club

Thomas Bernhard

Bálint Bagossy – Ferenc Réder: Irritation
Only in Hungarian.

Feb/22

MUSIC
Main Hall

Struma+Iodine x EXILES

Saint Abdullah & Eomac | Rojin Sharafi | TELEϟPORT x ABDX
What is there left to dance for in this era of devastation?

Feb/21

90'
THEATRE
Club

Kárpáti Péter

Térkép a túlvilágról
Trafó Gallery

Guided tour in the exhibition Soaking in Each Other | Endocrine Regimes

Feb/18

 

Open House
Grabózás? Fókuszálás? Potik? Az meg mi? A Trafó egy napra megnyitja kapuit a tanulni vágyók és kíváncsi halandók előtt: less be Te is a színházcsinálás és a technikai titkok világába!

Feb/17

100'
THEATRE
Club

Lilla Szauer

And Why Is The Night
How does memory work when something happens that shouldn't have happened?
100'
THEATRE
Studio

dollardaddy's – Emőke Kiss-Végh

Egy rosszaságról

Feb/15

75'
THEATRE
Trafoklub

Göndör László / Saul Kemack / Laboda Kornél

I am Funny, Right?
A scientific lecture that gives an insight into the main theories of humour and illustrates their practical application with examples.

Feb/14

30'
conversation
Előtér

Thought Generator

POINT OF YOU – Have an opinion!
Aftertalk connected to Thury Gábor – Thury Lili – Thury Zita Közveszélyes munkakerülők
75'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Gábor Thury – Lili Thury – Zita Thury

Közveszélyes munkakerülők

Feb/12

100'
THEATRE
Main Hall

Andrea Pass

Vanishing senses
’How can the news of someone’s death be convincingly communicated on the stage?
TRAFÓ KORTÁRS MŰVÉSZETEK HÁZA
ticket office:
  • Main hall performance days: 5 pm - 10 pm
  • studio and club performance days: 5 pm - 8:30 pm
  • other days: 5pm - 8 pm
Trafó Gallery opening hours:
  • Performance days: 4-10pm.
  • Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 4pm-7pm.
  • Closed on Mondays.
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