Thealter festival in South Hungary to feature groups from five countries

The Thealter Festival in Szeged, southern Hungary, will feature performances by Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian and Slovenian theatre groups between August 2 and 10, organisers told MTI.

Many of the works will focus on women’s issues, they said. Budapest’s Örkény Theatre will participate with a performance of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.

Other shows include a monodrama on work at multinational companies, a show on the life of eminent psychologist Alaine Polcz, and a contemporary piece combined with physical theatre and drag show.

Czech dance performance As Long As Holding Hands will explore the many faces of romantic relationships. In the show of the Romanian Reactor group, young Romanian and Hungarian actors look back on significant events of the past 100 years and their impact on their identities.

One Slovenian show tells the story of six young refugees, organisers said.