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Budapest Operetta
This theatre presents operettas, which are always a riot, especially campy ones like the Queen of the Csárdás by Imre Kálmán, with their OTT staging and costumes.
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Central Europe Dance Theatre
This pan-European theatre has some fine contemporary dance performances; enter from VII István út.
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Central Ticket Office
Central Ticket Office is the busiest theatrical ticket agency, with tickets to plays and other events at theatres around Budapest.
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Corvin Film Palace
This place saw a lot of action during the 1956 revolution, and led a different sort of revolution four decades later - the introduction of state-of-the-art sound systems and comfortable seating. It has now been fantastically renovated, and is worth a visit. Note the two wonderful reliefs outside and the monument to the Pesti srácok, the heroic 'kids from Pest' who fought and died here in 1956.
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Erkel Theatre
Budapest's modern (and ugly) second opera house is southwest of Keleti train station. Tickets are sold just inside the main door.
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Hungarian State Opera House
The gorgeous neo-Renaissance opera house should be visited at least once - to admire the incredibly rich decoration inside as much as to view a performance and hear the perfect acoustics. Visits are guided (see p25).
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Merlin Theatre
This theatre in the heart of Pest stages numerous plays in English, often performed by the theatre's own Atlantis Company or the local Madhouse troupe. It's usually pretty serious stuff, with little scenery and few props.
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National Dance Theatre
The National Dance Theatre on Castle Hill hosts at some point every troupe in the city, including the two balletcompanies and the Honvéd Ensemble - one of the city's best folk troupes and now experimenting with modern choreography as well.
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Örökmozgó Film Museum
Part of the Hungarian Film Institute, this cinema (whose mouthful of a name vaguely translates as 'moving picture') shows an excellent assortment of foreign classic films in their original languages.
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Pesti Vigadó
This Romantic-style hall, built in 1865 and facing the Danube to the west of Vörösmarty tér, is a popular venue for concerts, dance performances and other cultural events. It was badly damaged during WWII and, though the original style of the exterior was retained, the interior is all new and has been recently renovated.
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Szindbád
This place, named after the seminal 1971 film by director Zoltán Huszárik, shows good Hungarian and foreign films with subtitles.
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Trafó House of Contemporary Arts
This is the best stage in Budapest to see modern dance, including a good pull of international acts.
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