"Hungarians love to celebrate and be jolly, but according to a recent study (37,000 adults) carried out by opinion search company GfK Hungaria, the majority of Hungarians prefer to stay at home. Hungarians are also eating more at home, more than 60% in the survey said they have a passion for cooking at home instead of eating out at restaurants (only about 30% of Hungarians eat out at restaurants compared to about above 70% in Italy and Spain). Only about 10% of Hungarians claimed to be theatre-goers, while only 7% claim to attend museums and art exhibitions in 2011. more »

"Several performers and backstage staff will leave the Új Színház when new director György Dörner takes over on February 1, the theatre’s outgoing director István Márta told reporters on Wednesday. more »

La vie en rose is a piece of dance theatre punctuated in spectacular style by the timeless chansons of Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, Gilbert Bécaud and Jaques Brel. The audience experiences these popular and familiar songs through the homeless Jef, living and breathing their nostalgia and bitter-sweet melancholy without losing any of their self-deprecating irony. Jef finds shelter on the streets of Paris, where the old accordion player becomes well known by passers-by. more »