Budapest’s Marczibányi Tér Cultural Center (Marczibányi Téri Művelődési Központ) rolls out a packed 2025–2026 season with online ticketing, curated by cultural pros, producers, teachers, and artists. The programming meets contemporary artistic standards while tuning into district needs—expect polished production, bold performances, and a lot of heart across theater, music, family shows, and literary nights.
Pál Mácsai Opens the Workshop (Mácsai Pál)
Workshop Visit – A performance by Pál Mácsai peeks into an actor’s workshop where poems are forged into performance. The doors open onto memories, voices, thoughts—the real tools of the trade. Why say a text—and why say it this way? Mácsai reads Arany, Petőfi, Ady, Babits, Kosztolányi, Karinthy, Dsida, Attila József (József Attila), Radnóti, Villon–Faludy, Nemes-Nagy, Pilinszky, Ottó Orbán (Orbán Ottó), Petri, Parti-Nagy, and István Kemény (Kemény István) through his own lens and voice.
Dates: 2025.12.19 Fri 19:00; 2025.12.30 Tue 17:00; 2026.01.04 Sun 19:00; 2026.02.12 Thu 19:00; 2026.02.25 Wed 19:00.
“Egy kupac kufli” for Families
2025.12.20 Sat 11:00. On a meadow sits a heap—and inside it live seven “kuflis”: Fityirc, Pofánka, Bélabá, Hilda, Zödön, Titusz, Valér. Based on Dániel András’s stories, the Kövér Béla Puppet Theatre (Kövér Béla Bábszínház) brings a puppet show for kids, families, and kufli diehards. Cast: Anna Spergel, Gábor Kalocsányi, Mihály Rácz. Stage adaptation by Jankó Schneider; design and scenography by Erik Grosschmid from András’s drawings; music by Béla Ágoston. Makers: Andrea Tóth, Eszter Tóth, Attila Etele Kiss, János Jernei. Sound/light: Balázs Bőhm, Péter Patkós. Directed by Jankó Schneider. Joy and laughs guaranteed.
Szindra Christmas Gala
2025.12.20 Sat 18:00. Let’s celebrate together—your stage, as every year. A colorful, family-friendly showcase by kids and adults, with the “margitosok” participating. Community, sparkle, and holiday vibes in one night.
Kaláka Christmas Concert
2025.12.25 Thu 19:00. An acoustic evening for adults with a special guest: Péter Huzella, who spent twenty years in the band and co-created many beloved songs. Regular Christmas guest and unofficial fifth member Gábor Major joins the core lineup: Gábor Becze, Dániel Gryllus, Vilmos Gryllus, Balázs Radványi. Classic warmth, intricate harmonies—pure Kaláka.
Danny Bain: Jack, the Savior – Story Concert
2025.12.28 Sun 11:00. A fresh 2024-debuted show returns, morphing puppet theater into a multi-performer family concert that blurs stage and gig, mixing handmade and real instruments. Hear the lomofon and konyharsona, meet the Lükeröpke, the crafty trunk-beast (furmányos ormányos), the lopossums (loposszumok), and other oddities from the Tokapippi Mountains. Storyteller and percussion: Danny Bain. Railway crew lead/guitar: Sam Redbreast Wilson. Lopossum and Crafty trunk-beast: Krisztina Volkova. Multitalent in hiding, piccolo, accordion, violin: Béla Ágoston. Railway worker/double bass: Károly Horváth. Duration: 45 minutes. Recommended from age 3. Dress in your strangest headgear—there’s a costume and hat beauty contest, plus a carnival coloring corner in the lobby.
French Night with Boggie (Csemer Boggie) and Péter Müller Sziámi (Müller Péter Sziámi)
2025.12.28 Sun 18:00. High-level Francophonie. Sziámi—Kossuth, Fonogram, and Artisjus Award–winning poet and alt icon (URH, Kontroll, Sziámi)—is also a trained French teacher with poems translated by renowned French poets. He teams up with Boggie, the only 21st‑century Hungarian with a global hit: Nouveau Parfum, streamed by millions, Fonogram winner, Eurovision finalist, A Dal 2015 champion, and the only Hungarian to crack the Billboard charts—her debut reached No. 4. Expect chansons, folk songs, sea shanties, medieval and modern ballads, evergreen pop—Aznavour, Jacques Brel, Édith Piaf, Boris Vian, Brassens, Joe Dassin, Tri Yann—chosen for their strong messages both artists love. With humor, anecdotes, and personal stories. Non-French speakers get translations and a nudge toward the language and culture. Piano: Gábor Antal.
The Attic (A padlás)
2025.12.29 Mon 19:00. Half fairy tale, half musical for ages 9–99, performed by the Szindra Társulat. On this attic between Earth and Sky, anything can happen. A boy obsessively works on his super-intelligent computer, but mysterious mortal and immortal guests keep interrupting. Cast includes: András Takács/Ádám Garamvári (Rádiós), Janka Czirják/Szonja Mayer/Luca Pintér (Süni), Éva Hunyadkürti/Evelin Vén (Mamóka), Bence Boros/Lázár Rajnai/Gáspár Dávid (Barrabás, Révész), and more. Creative team: assistants Kinga Czukor, Márton Jeney; répétiteur Éva Hunyadkürti; choreography Tímea Szabados; set Ádám Langó; lights Barnabás Németh; sound Péter Forgács, Szabolcs Papp. Directed by Margit Földessy.
Platon Karataev Duo
2025.12.30 Tue 19:00. The band’s first Hungarian-language album, Crying for the Shore (Partért kiáltó, 2022), marked a leap—critics’ favorite per Artisjus and a Fonogram win, with lyrics becoming high-school exam topics. The follow-up, Sunbinder (Napkötöző), keeps things intimate and universal, gazing at humanity through water, mountain, and forest—this time with fire at the core, as songs orbit the Sun. The duo format brings their lyricism into sharp focus.
New Year’s Gala – Danube Symphony Orchestra (Duna Szimfonikus Zenekar)
2026.01.03 Sat 19:00. The orchestra turns 65 in 2026 and invites music lovers to its traditional New Year’s Gala, conducted by Gábor Horváth. Program: R. Stolz (Spring Parade March; Viennese Café Waltz), L. Jessel (Parade of the Tin Soldiers), Mussorgsky (Khovanshchina – Persian Dance; The Fair at Sorochyntsi – Gopak), Khachaturian (Masquerade Suite – Waltz, Mazurka). After intermission: Lehár (The Land of Smiles Overture; The Merry Widow Overture), H. C. Lumbye (Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop), de Falla (El amor brujo – Ritual Fire Dance), Mascagni (Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo), and the classics: J. Strauss II (The Blue Danube Waltz) and J. Strauss I (Radetzky March).
Every Fourth (Minden negyedik)
2026.01.05 Mon 19:00. How do we mourn a life we chose to interrupt? Janka’s partner leaves and urges an abortion; doctors want to end Anikó’s pregnancy; Erika never wanted a child, yet after a miscarriage feels like an empty tin can. Cili and Rita suffer habitual miscarriages; Melinda works in healthcare. Janka’s grandmother surfaces, and so do past eras. Ordinary people face the hardest moments and the bright ones too—because sometimes life hacks its path through loss. A grotesque about determined women, the men shadowing them, and the society fumbling to respond. Ironic songs, minimalist choreography. Cast: Anna Csábi, Anna Gáspár, Eszter Földes, Andrea Fullajtár, Maya Sebők, Júlia Szegvári, Teri Tordai. Voice: Tamás Széles. Visuals: Gyopár Papp. Music: Júlia Szegvári. Movement: Johanna Bodor. Lyrics: Attila Seitz. Lighting: András Váradi. Sound: Annamária Ragó. Assistant director: Anna Fazekas. Producer: Anna Gáspár. Director: Anna Csábi. Length: 90 minutes, no intermission. Not recommended under 16.
The Jungle Book (A dzsungel könyve)
2026.01.09 Fri 15:00 and 19:00; 2026.02.28 Sat 19:00. Multiple dates for the beloved stage adaptation—swing back to the jungle and follow Mowgli’s rite of passage with music, movement, and the wild heart of the forest.
Location: 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi tér 5/A. Date header: 2025.12.25 (Thursday). Online tickets available.
