15/04/08

The sinking of the Titanic, in 1912, rather overshadows another boating disaster that took place on the same day, 53 years earlier: the Cambridge University boat sank during the boat race. They lost, needless to say. Here's what's going down today...
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Drótanya Fesztivál (Concerts/Performance)

Gödör, 15th April, 21:00, free
Erzsébet tér [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Deák tér (M1/2/3), 1 min

The Drótanya (Wiremother) festival is about experimentation.
Whether it's Pent Leditgrant's squelchy elektronika or Rovar17's chaotic, industrial landscapes, it's not going to be on mainstream radio any time soon. Contemporary dance too from the SHU workshop. Line-up and links here.


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XXVI. Press Photos Competition (Exhibition)

Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Until 1st May
Múzeum krt. 14-16, [map]
Pest, VIII, Kálvin tér (M3) / Astoria (M2), 3 min
Tel. 338-2122, 327-7749

The National Museum captures last year with exhibits from the 2007 press photos competition. Whether it's Orbán pulling down the metal fences surrounding the parliament or the ridiculous marches of the Magyar Garda, it's an interesting portrait of a country.

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Another Planet (Másik bolygó) (Film)

MOM Park, all week,17:30, 19:45

Alkotás u. 53 [map]
Buda, XII, Csörsz u.(T61), 1 min

Filmed between 2005 and 2007 in Ecuador, Mexico, the Congo and Cambodia, Ferenc Moldoványi follows the lives of seven children, for whom hardship and exploitation is reality. It's not easy viewing but it does shed some light on some of the darker corners of the world.

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Woyzeck (Dance)

Sirály, from 20:00, 15th April, 1000Ft
Király utca 50 [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Király utca (T4/6), 5 min

Dancer, Ferenc Fehér, and choreographer, Anikó Juhász (aka O Caruson) take over the cellar in Sirály for two consecutive evenings, staging their take on Woyzeck. Fehér's style is based on street dance and martial arts although, to the untrained eye, it may look like he's just messing about in front of a video.







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