Budapest Nightlife
Whether you are interested in cultural events, would like
quality entertainment, or just want to party until dawn,
Budapest is the perfect place to be in - the Hungarian capital
offers many choices when it comes to night-time fun. Downtown
Budapest, but the suburbian part of the town as well, is full of
theathers and cinemas, bars and clubs, dance halls and discos,
many of the open untill very late in the night.
If you like literature or classical music, you can spend a
pleasant evening watching one of your favourite plays or operas
on stage. Hungarian directors well known all over the world are
constantly working with their best actors (they too seen often
in many internationally acknowledged films) to give new meanings
to the visions of great international playwrights, from old
William Shakespeare and Moliere, to famous Henrik Ibsen and
Samuel Beckett, to 20th century Tennessee Williams and Jean
Cocteau and to the modern Frank McGuiness and Patrick Marber.
There are quite a few theaters worth visiting, especially as
most of them also feature English language performances given by
local artists or international guests. The National
Theatre has recently moved into a beautiful new building
surrounded by a large park that serves as a reminder of the
gloriuos tradition of Hungarian acting. International Buda
Stage often invites foreign theater groups, sometimes even
students to perform. Merlin International Theatre hosts
several companies form abroad all through the year, some of them
guests for an entire season. The Laser Theatre puts on
several shows where the dance of a thousand lightbeams follows
the tunes of well known melodies. The National Dance
Theatre offers quality entertainment to all those who love
movement with couples and groups from every corner of the world,
the programes include ballet, modern dancing and traditional
national dances. The National Opera House and Erkel Theatre
with its magnificent building provides a unique setting for
a night to remember