The director of the Katona József Theater, Kriszta Székely, will apply for the position of director of the institution next year, announced the current director, Gábor Máté, at the theater’s season opening meeting. THE Telex according to news, Máté’s mandate expires on January 1, 2026. The fact that Katona’s management wants an applicant from within the theater was revealed earlier, but it was only recently revealed that he would like to see Máté Székely at the head of one of the best theaters in the country, which usually wins awards.
Gábor Máté, who turns 70 next year, will lead Katona from February 1, 2011, and will start his last full season as director this year. In the theater’s 2024/25 season, Kriszta Székely is Ferdinand von Schirach Open hearing is directing his play, in which Dorottya Udvaros will be seen as a guest artist. As a founding member of Katona, Udvaros was a member of the troupe between 1982 and 1993, so he returns to the theater’s stage after more than thirty years.
Alongside them, Jakab Tarnóczi will perform a performance entitled Radical Relax on the main stage, in the Chamber, by Lajos Jánossy Life here is directed by Gábor Máté, while Tamás Ascher A summer is staging a Goldoni play entitled An adaptation is being prepared by Péter Hajnóczy Death rode out of Persia also from his novel, a I have a recurring dream of waking up on my father’s shoulder and Aurél Biró Zsombor, who introduced himself with his novel 2031 wrote a play for the theater entitled
