Month: December 2008

It might be a little late to write about Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat right now, as the last performance in Budapest will be performed tonight at 19:00, but December 23 I had the joy of visiting Madach Theatre in Budapest to watch, you guessed right, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (József és a színes szélesvásznú álomkabát). It was a surprise for me, so therefore I had no time to get high expectations, and the truth is I knew very little about this piece before I arrived.

The story deals with the character Joseph from the Bible, the son of Jacob, and his dreams and how they become reality. The songs tells the story from the Bible with great punctuality, and with some highlights such as when Pharaoh sings as if he was Elvis. The songs of the musical are those that get stuck on your mind, so walking home after the performance the melodies were played over and over again in my head.

Of course the play was in Hungarian, and we congratulate Attila Galambos and Blum Tamas with a great tranlsation. The Hungarian texts were just as good as the English, and a joy for the ear to hear. English lyrics were shown above the scene during the play, but the bad thing was that the stage is so big, that if you watch the lyrics, you will not see what is happening on the stage. If you sit at ground level you might get some neck problems as well! The solution might be to buy a ticket on one of the galleries.

All tickets are sold out for tonights performance, but if it will ever come back to Madách Színház we warmly recommend Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to all people who love music and musicals.

In my oppinion this gets ten out of ten smileys.

Hungarian title: József és a színesvásznú álomkabát
Made by: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

We wrote an article about the Invisible Exhibition in Budapest a while ago, and two days ago I noticed a commercial in television about the Invisible Exhibition. It told that they would have free entrance to the exhibition from the 1st of January until the 3rd of January. Great news, isnt it? I could not see the information anywhere on the webpage of the exhibition, but I guess if they told so in a commercial at the television it is true! Use the opportunity, and get insight into the life of a blind person!

Another interesting addition to the exhibition is the fact that they invite their visitors to an invisible dinner, starting Thursday 29 January. After that they will arrange it every Thursday. This can only be joined if you pre-register by sending an email to [email protected]. More information can be about this at the webpage of the exhibition (information only exists in Hungarian).

More information about The Invisible Exhibition can be found here.

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Yesterday we wrote that there were only three days left of the Bodies Exhibition in Budapest. Now it is only two… today, and tomorrow! But, if you are planning to visit the exhibition, be prepared for long lines. Yesterday around 17.00 it was several hundred people standing in line to get into the exhibition, and they had to wait for a long time. To make it even worse; the temperature outside is around -5 Celsius, so it gets extremely cold! To avoid this it is recommended to visit the exhibition earlier in the day, and if possible; buy tickets online and visit it together with a group of at least ten people. If you do so, you will not have to wait outside as much as the rest of the visitors (and you will get a cheaper entrance as well).

By the way; the exhibition is really interesting, and the models are very well made. If you do not know the inside of your body so well, it can be some hours where you will get to know it much better!

Bodies Budapest

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Much more than hundred thousand people have visited the Bodies Exhibition in Budapest since its start, and now it is going towards an end. The exhibition will be open on December 31, but after that the doors will close and the exhibition will move on!

Opening hours for the last three days:

More information can be found about the Bodies Exhibition in this article.

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We wish all our visitors a happy christmas! To not forget what christmas is about we recommend reading the section below together with the music from the video in the background.

Luke 2:1-20
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,”Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”