MUCH More Showcase

     
Individual ticket: 4.200 HUF (full price)
Day pass incl. The Fulfilment: 6.900 HUF
Trafó passMUCH pass, all discounts valid.

Apply for MUCH Circus Festival 2026 to gain support, visibility and opportunities for your work.
Deadline: 28th February 2026 23:59 CET

#diversity #etudes #palette

MUCH MORE Showcase is a vibrant palette of the local and regional contemporary circus scene. Circus artists with short works are evaluated by a renowned international jury and various prizes are awarded. The audience also gets a chance to vote and award their favourite. 

***You can attend the show with a daily ticket of MUCH Festival that is valid for all the rest of the programs as well. Here is the detailed line-up.

MUCH Circus Festival emerged to support artists in the field of contemporary circus in Central and Eastern Europe. Our goal is to connect the scattered Hungarian circus community and build bridges between like-minded artists, professionals, and festivals in the Central Eastern European region. The MUCH MORE Showcase is a competition of short-format contemporary circus acts. The artists presenting their work can win multiple prizes offering valuable future opportunities. The main prize, the More Grant is a year-long creation mentoring program and an invitation to premier the new work at the next edition of MUCH Circus Festival in 2027. The jury evaluates the submitted projects based on stage presence, the uniqueness of artistic vision and authorship, and the quality of circus skills. 

Competing artists:
Eszter Kudlák: Working Body
Vojta Stolbenko: Chromatic Orchestra
Dorottya Podmaniczky: Deep Outside part 2 - Even So
Nanda: Momentum
Mimi Pünkösti: Line
KuMy Duo - Krzysztof Pacholik, Marcin Borkowski: Oddech (Breath)
Anna Őrszigey, Dorka Kelemen: Socks on the run
Karolina Banaś: The Cow
Győrffy Fanni: Tours de verre

Pre-selection curators of the submitted applications:
Zoletnik Sophie (OneTwoMany Collective)
Lennart Paar (OneTwoMany Collective)
Csuzi Márton (OneTwoMany Collective)
Nagy Zsuzsi (Trafó)
Darragh McLoughlin (Squarehead Productions)

Jury of the Showcase:
Sarka Marsikova (Cirqueon / Cirkopolis Festival, CZ)
Suzanne Verschueren (CirKusKus, SK)
Jakub Szwed (Sztukmistrze Foundation, PL)
Jenna Jalonen (Sziget Fesztivál)
Veronika Gallyas (Hungarian Juggling Association / Inspiral Circus Center)


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NKA - Nemzeti Kulturális Alap
Visegrad Fund
Cirkuskus
CIRQUEON - Centrum pro nový cirkus
Fővárosi Nagycirkusz
Fundacja Sztukmistrze
Recirquel
Sziget Fesztivál
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