Budapest Puppet Theatre
Its aim is to perform chamber-puppet shows created by pioneer theater companies for adolescent and adult audiences in Budapest.
With these series of events the organizers are keen to put an emphasis on the colorfulness of the Hungarian Puppet art, on its own institutions and independent companies and also on the actors who are valuable parts of the productions.
On this day the professional and amateur companies, educational institutions and one man shows get the chance to introduce themselves and entertain their audience outside of the buildings of puppet theaters.
However, some highly successful performances have shown that Budapest audiences are interested in puppeteer productions: for example, the Star Parade has had snaking lines in front of the cash register for years.
More and more people questioned the legitimacy of the former illusion theater, many open forms appeared and the animators themselves became more prominent, and it was no longer unusual to see them in a show.
In Hungary, puppetry did not develop at this pace, thus the State Puppet Theater program lost its spirit of experimenting, so it was not at all surprising that a group of young artists working here left the institution and established their own workshop in Kecskemét.
Szilágyi retired in 1992, and he was replaced by Iván Koós and László Villányi, the former was responsible for the artistic level, the latter took care of the smooth running of the business, but by the end of the first joint season it became apparent that this line was inoperable.
He took over the theater in a time of crisis and it was him who had to make some changes in order to keep up with the constant development of the genre, while preserving its enduring values.
A clear description is given to every performance for the audience to be able to decide, which age they are recommended, but those are the best children plays which can be enjoyed by the parents and teachers too.
Puppetry integrates the fellow art forms, and it is more and more common, that classical theatre and dance productions add extra puppet elements in their shows.
” Lyric and Epic Grand Prize of the 43rd PIF International Beer Festival (Zagreb), best director and best puppet award Special Special Prize of the Jury in Kaposvár, at the Biennial of the ASSITEJ Biennial of the 5th International Children's and Youth Theater Best Performance and Best Puppet Award at the 17th International Children's Theater Festival in Subotica On the rim of the dawn star The special prize of the Ministry of National Resources is a fascinating poetry of contemporary poetry, with the pleasure of playing the space in the VI.
Children's and Youth Theater View Best Female Formation (Judit Kovács) and Best Male Formation (Zsolt Tatai) at the 13th International Children's Theater Festival in Banja Luka Nothing Károly Hoffer – Offering the Local Government of Budapest – Pál Lengyel Award is the best director of the VII.
ASSITEJ Kaposvár's Children's and Youth Theater Biennale Boribon and Annipanni Glass Hill Award – Offering the Local Government of the Capital of Budapest and the Local Government of Kaposvár County Law Center, the best children's theater performance in the VII.
ASSITEJ Kaposvár's Children's and Youth Theater Biennale Krisztián Lisztopád – Offering the Local Government of Budapest, Iván Koós Award for the best sight of the VII.
