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The Zebra Theatre is turning five cross-walks on the capital's Andrássy Avenue into stages, performing 50-60 short scents that explore social issues.
Krisztián Gergye will translate a trilogy of plays by Péter Nádas (Meeting, Funeral and Cleaning) into the language of modern dance at the Bárka Theatre on Friday evening.
The Münchner Kammerspiele will show Rechnitz (The Exterminating Angel), which recalls the massacre of almost 200 Jewish-Hungarian forced labourers by Nazi leaders being entertained by Countess Margit Batthyány in the fortress of Rechnitz in Austria, at the Thália Theatre. The performance is supported by the Goethe Institute.
The KINO art cinema will show a series of films called Sex in Art on Film. Director Kornél Mundruczó, who owns KINO, said the films are not about pornography, but about how contact between bodies can be transformed into a means of creativity and art.
The Trafó House of Contemporary Arts will host a concert of contemporary music, including five chamber music compositions by Péter Eötvös, performed by Ensemble Linea under the direction of former Eötvös student Jean-Philippe Wurtz.
The Flemish Muziektheater will perform the musical play Transparent Ruhe at the Millenáris Theatre. The piece, directed by Josse De Pauw, tries to show that Nazi horrors were not the work of the devil but of ordinary people.
The dancer Pina Bausch, who died in the summer, will be remembered with in a photo exhibition at the Goethe institute and a festival of dance films at the Toldi Cinema.
The Budapest Autumn Festival runs through October 18.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
