Programs

Current Exhibition

Sep/30

19:00

90'

THEATRE

Club

Péter Kárpáti & friends

Scabby Dog

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

Oct/01

19:00

65'

DANCE

Main Hall

gergő d. farkas

rascal

gergő d. farkas’s latest work drifts through a place of continuous emergence; a nebulous, yet sensual world where bodies feel a little more and love a little harder.

Oct/02

18:00

Trafó Gallery

Cooking Sections: the House that Pigs built of the

Curatorial guided tour

Guided tour by Judit Szalipszki

19:00

65'

DANCE

Main Hall

gergő d. farkas

rascal

gergő d. farkas’s latest work drifts through a place of continuous emergence; a nebulous, yet sensual world where bodies feel a little more and love a little harder.

Oct/03

11:00

120'

WORKSHOP

Trafó Gallery + Trafó Cabin

Gondolat Generátor

Trafó+1

Trafó+1 is a new community around Trafó. We come together around selected Trafó programmes.

19:00

240'

MUSIC

Main Hall

UH Fest 2026 and Trafó presents

Mestizx (NL/BO/US) - Gosheven Galangolong (HU) - Radio Hito (IT/BE)

Organized by UH Fest in collaboration with Trafó

Oct/05

19:00

75'

PERFORMANCE

Kabin

Noémi Noya Szántusz

Poetry Performance - Homesick in Calm Seas

What happens to a poem when we set it free? A literary performance series where poetry meets theatre, music and visual art. This time, Noémi Noya Szántusz is joined by co-creator Péter Mendel.

Oct/07

19:00

110'

THEATRE

Club

Peter Handke / Sára Sahin-Tóth

Kaspar

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

Oct/09

19:00

60'

DANCE

Main Hall

Central Europe Dance Theatre, SÍN Arts Centre and Trafó presents:

Máté Mészáros: All Under the Sun - PREMIERE

In Máté Mészáros’s choreography, contemporary dance is not a counterpoint to tradition, but its extension.

Oct/10

19:00

60'

DANCE

Main Hall

Central Europe Dance Theatre, SÍN Arts Centre and Trafó presents:

Máté Mészáros: All Under the Sun

In Máté Mészáros’s choreography, contemporary dance is not a counterpoint to tradition, but its extension.

Oct/11

19:00

110'

THEATRE

Club

Peter Handke / Sára Sahin-Tóth

Kaspar

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

Oct/13

19:00

120' with one break

THEATRE

Main Hall

Thomas Köck (AT) / BpSkizo

Beyond Fukuyama

Have we truly arrived at the best of all possible worlds, or have power structures simply been rearranged around us?

Oct/14

19:00

100'

THEATRE

Club

Orsolya Fodor - Péter Varsányi

Capitalism for Children

“The economy is too important to leave to the economists.” (Yanis Varoufakis)

Oct/16

19:00

50'

DANCE

Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Marie Gyselbrecht (BE)

ORBIT

The season-opening choreography of the sixth generation of SUB.LAB.PRO’s ensemble program is created by Marie Gyselbrecht from Belgium.

Oct/17

19:00

50'

DANCE

Main Hall

SUB.LAB.PRO / Marie Gyselbrecht (BE)

ORBIT

The season-opening choreography of the sixth generation of SUB.LAB.PRO’s ensemble program is created by Marie Gyselbrecht from Belgium.

Oct/18

18:00

150’ with one break

External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE

„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

Oct/19

18:00

150’ with one break

External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE

„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

Oct/20

18:00

150’ with one break

External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE

„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

Oct/22

18:00

150’ with one break

External location!

Boglárka Börcsök - Andreas Bolm - Orsolya Török-Illyés

SENSE INTO NONSENSE

„True death has to be earned with life – that is why I still live” E FvLH

Oct/23

19:00

120'

THEATRE

Main Hall

Petra Al-Farman - Máté Kőrösi - Ernő Zoltán Rubik - Péter Valcz

Mourning Patriarchy - PREMIERE

A group of men gathers to mourn the existence of thousands of years of patriarchy. But before taking their final farewell, they collectively revisit its most glorious moments.

Oct/24

19:00

180'

SLAM POETRY

Main Hall

Trafó and Slam Poetry Hungary presents

14th SLAM POETRY HUNGARIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - Final

The biggest Hungarian poetry slam event of the year is back again at Trafó!

Oct/25

19:00

120'

THEATRE

Main Hall

Petra Al-Farman - Máté Kőrösi - Ernő Zoltán Rubik - Péter Valcz

Mourning Patriarchy

A group of men gathers to mourn the existence of thousands of years of patriarchy. But before taking their final farewell, they collectively revisit its most glorious moments.

Oct/26

19:00

90'

THEATRE

Club

Péter Kárpáti & friends

Scabby Dog

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

Oct/27

19:00

90'

THEATRE

Main Hall

Szabó Veronika

Kingdom

"Why do we feel that our fathers did not love us enough?"

Oct/28

19:00

60'

PERFORMANCE

Club

Stand Up Roma open call / Rudolf Forgács

Gypsy, but nice

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

Oct/30

19:00

60'

DANCE

Main Hall

Viktor Szeri - Willany Leó Improvisation Dance Theatre

#kaméleon no. 5. - Pleasure

Choreographer Viktor Szeri and the dancers of Willany Leó bring Pleasure back to Trafó’s stage!

Oct/31

19:00

120'

THEATRE

Main Hall

dollardaddy’s / Emőke Kiss-Végh - Tamás Ördög

let’s go japan with the kids

In their latest performance, the founders of dollardaddy’s push at the boundaries between work and private life, as artists and as parents.

Nov/02

19:00

60'

PERFORMANCE

Club

Stand Up Roma open call / Kristóf Horváth

Talking Human

"More than once I’ve struggled with the dilemma of how Gypsy I actually am as a half-Gypsy, whether I really have enough connection to all this..."

Nov/03

18:00

80'

DANCE

Main Hall

ArtMenők & HODWORKS

Idol

Instead of thinking inclusively, why do we tend to follow exclusive idols, who are actually alien to us?

Nov/06

20:00

90'

THEATRE

Main Hall

Judit Böröcz - Bence György Pálinkás - Tímea Török

Preparation for a Less-Lethal War - PREMIERE

The EU is rearming. But who actually feels safer because of it?

Nov/08

19:00

180'

MUSIC

Main Hall

Trafó House and UH Fest present

OOIOO (JP) – Michaela Turcerová (SK) – 88 Defibrillátor (HU)

A Japanese cult band born out of a media hoax, “stripping a cyborg saxophone down to its raw material,” and the celebration of a body with cerebral palsy.

Nov/10

19:00

60'

DANCE

Main Hall

Josef Nadj (FR/HU)

Dialogues in the Dream

After forty years of exploring the depths and flaws of the human soul, the inimitable poet of movement, Josef Nadj, returns to Trafó’s stage with an intimate and deeply enchanting new work.

Nov/11

19:00

60'

DANCE

Main Hall

Josef Nadj (FR/HU)

Dialogues in the Dream

After forty years of exploring the depths and flaws of the human soul, the inimitable poet of movement, Josef Nadj, returns to Trafó’s stage with an intimate and deeply enchanting new work.

Nov/13

19:00

60'

DANCE

Main Hall

Adél Juhász

I need help immediately

A survival practice that took shape within the walls of a dance studio.

Nov/16

19:00

91'

FILM SCREENING

Main Hall

23rd Verzió Film Festival

Opening film: Papa

The opening film, 'Papa' follows Attila Ponczók’s irascible grandfather as a lifetime of generational patriarchal patterns collides with Hungary’s housing crisis.