The Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre in Timișoara presents on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at 7:00 PM, at the Lion House/Casa cu Lei (6 Piața Unirii), the premiere of “Rupture,” an autobiographical one-man show performed by Lajter Márkó Ernesztó.
The showcase organized by the Hungarian State Theatre „Csiky Gergely” will also include the first edition of the National Minority Theatres Summit, bringing together around 40 theatre managers, stakeholders, funders, and theatre professionals from Romania, Hungary, and Serbia.
Showcase 2026 – The Hungarian State Theatre “Csiky Gergely” Timișoara’s Mini-Season Highlights the Latest Productions of the City’s Two Minority Theatres
On Friday, January 30, 2026, at 7:00 PM, the Studio Hall of the Hungarian State Theatre “Csiky Gergely” in Timișoara will host the premiere of “12A Happiness Street”, a theatrical project with a strong social dimension, created as part of the European project “FemminiCity – Cities that Support Women’s Participation in Policy-Making.”
The Puppet Section of the Hungarian State Theatre „Csiky Gergely” in Timișoara is preparing a new premiere for children, “Witty Pete,” a performance about ingenuity, humor, and the power to stand up to injustice.
Since 2008, the Euroregional Theatre Festival Timișoara, organised by the Hungarian State Theatre ‘Csiky Gergely’, a minority theatre in a multilingual city, has been one of the most important theatrical dialogue spaces in the euroregion. This year, it triggers the question: how can we exist and coexist in an age of division marked by war and post-war realities, migration, rising populism and right wing extremism, digital polarisation and climate crisis?
Interview with Horváth Hunor, director of the production “The Tót Family”
From fear comes submission, from submission hatred, from hatred crime — and eventually all of these begin to seem normal. István Örkény’s text The Tót Family returns today with disturbing force. Director Horváth Hunor moves the story into another time and space, and the absurdity and humor press even more strongly upon the image of a world falling apart. We spoke with the director about dismantling clichéd interpretations, about extremes that incite hatred, and about the tensions and possibilities of multilingualism.
The “Csiky Gergely” Hungarian State Theatre in Timișoara is organizing its 2026 Showcase, a micro-season taking place February 5–9, 2026, in partnership with the German State Theatre Timișoara. During the event, the two institutions will present their most recent productions to the general public and invited professionals. The program also includes post-show discussions and professional meetings, designed to strengthen artistic and institutional dialogue between the theatres.
The "Csiky Gergely" Hungarian State Theatre in Timișoara concluded its 71st theatrical year on July 3, 2025, marking a season full of success, challenges and transformations. The theatre team brought 7 new shows to the stage, launched projects, and showed openness to innovation and inclusion.
The "Csiky Gergely" Hungarian State Theatre in Timișoara, in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute, announces the international presentation of the show "1978", directed by Tomi Janežič, within the Cultural Program Nova Gorica/Gorizia 2025 - GO!25, European Capital of Culture. The project is supported by the Cantemir Program - a non-reimbursable funding program for cultural projects abroad, managed by the Romanian Cultural Institute.
Can theatre hear the SOS call that our times are sending out, in a world of impoverished citizens, locked in cells of virtual reality, entrenched in their suffocating privacy? In a world of robotized existences within a totalitarian system of control and repression across the spectrum of life?
