28-31 May 2026
Accompanying artistic programme of IN SITU Lab
28 May 2026
Luca Borsos – Máté Kőrösi: Dance the District
‘I wanna dance. Dance in public spaces. Dance in public spaces with people. Dance in public spaces with people to the same music. But not at a concert. Just like when I’m walking home, listening to my music and such a melody comes up that my steps cannot continue simply walking forward.
Dance. Dance just as it feels like. Just where the music, the streets and the other people take me. Dance in this space, in the city I live, which is mine and nobody can take it away from me.’
There are no performers in our participatory dance performance. Rather, everyone who is moving around the surrounding streets at that time is a performer. There are participants, observers, and dancing civilians who dance together for an hour to the same live-streamed music.
Created by Luca Borsos, Máté Kőrösi, Márk Bartha
Date and time: 6pm-7.30pm, 28.05.2026
Meeting point: Szendvicsbár Community Hub, 1078 Budapest, István u. 27.
Language: in Hungarian and English
Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1542113007612661
The event is free of charge, but prior registration is required.
Please register HERE
Supported by:
Független Előadóművészeti Alap
Pro Cultura Urbis Közalapítvány
Budapest Főváros VII. kerület Erzsébetvárosi Önkormányzat
Szendvicsbár Közösségi Tér
StereoAkt
29 May 2026
Maria Nasr: The princess who cried sand
The princess who cried sand is a monodrama created by Maria, Egyptian writer and actress, who is currently an asylum seeker in Hungary, living and working in Budapest.
A storyteller is telling a modern fairytale, opening boxes and windows to evermore fragile and intimate insights to her own soul. The story follows the journey of a girl, escaping her home after being abused and her life being threatened, seeking refuge in another country. The storyteller is accompanied by sand on the stage, a material that becomes a muse, a tactile invitation to immerse, and a co-performer that helps to tell the moments where words fail.
Inspired by the performer’s own life, this fairytale for adults tells the story of the struggles of fleeing and how trauma and immigration policies can steal years from the lives of people.
Performed and written by Maria Nasr (Egypt)
Directed by Napsugár Trömböczky (Hungary)
Date and time: 8pm-9pm, 29.05.2026
Venue: DANTE Közösségi Alkotótér, 1023 Budapest, Török u. 1.
Language: in English and Arabic with Hungarian subtitles
Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1501069241745325
Ticket purchase: https://dante.jegyx1.hu/eloadas/5652/the-princess-who-cried-sand
Supported by:
Független Előadóművészeti Alap
Pro Cultura Urbis Közalapítvány
Budapest Főváros VII. kerület Erzsébetvárosi Önkormányzat
Szendvicsbár Közösségi Tér
Collaborating partner: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, whichalso provide Maria’s legal representation.
30 May 2026
Juhász Kata Company: Wasteland
‘With an anthropomorphizing gesture in an urban environment, five dancers will undertake to move and choreographically enliven waste and garbage lying on the streets, as an ownerless, useless object and as a metaphor. We tend to involuntarily perceive the imitation of the vibrations of objects thrown around in our environment and exposed to physical effects by bodies dressed in household garbage enlarged to a human scale, as stage costumes, as a manifestation of spiritual vibrations, thus creating an emotional relationship, a “movement” that encourages active care. Social sensitivity can thus be linked to a sense of responsibility for our environment.’
Performed by Vera Bundschuh, Máté Czakó, Kata Juhász, Balázs Oláh, Vivien Piti, Máté Váth
Choreography: Kata Juhász
Concept / dramaturgy: Tamás Lóky
Costume design: Zsófia Kozma
Professional adviser: Fruzsina Nagy
Music / LiveAct: Anna Huszák
Coproduction partner: Hungarian Univesity of Fine Arts, Scenography Department
Date and time: 8pm – 9pm, 30.05.2026
Meeting point: Lóvasút, 1121 Budapest, Zugligeti út 64.
PLACCC Festival is committed to organising its programmes in an environmentally responsible manner. We therefore encourage visitors to travel to the venue by public transport or bicycle, not by car.
The venue can be reached by public transport via bus routes 22 and 22A from Széll Kálmán tér to the Kuruclesi út stop from where Lóvasút is approximately a six-minute walk.
The performance takes place in the forest and includes a short walk, so comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing are recommended.
Everyone takes part in the performance at their own risk.
Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1463265548230576
Ticket purchase: https://n9.cl/alf5l
Ticket purchases are possible also at the location of the performance, but only with cash payment.
Supported by:
Ministry of Culture and Innovation
National Cultural Foundation
Workshop Foundation
31 May 2026
Dávid Somló: Ritual laboratory #5: Mass
In his five-session lecture workshop series Ritual Laboratory, Dávid Somló explores what remains—or what is missing—from community rituals in the accelerated everyday life of contemporary society. The artistic and theoretical starting point for this shared reflection is Byung-Chul Han’s book The Disappearance of Rituals, while its practical form is inspired by elements of Somló’s participatory art practice.
The 5th session of the Ritual Laboratory uses the transitional zones of Boráros Square as a site of contrast. Here, everyday movement and anonymous flow meet a consciously cultivated ritual presence. Through simple, collective actions and shared movement, the participant can explore how being together can generate a sense of cohesion, attentiveness, and even protection within an otherwise fragmented urban environment.
Created by Dávid Somló
Date and time: 5pm – 8pm, 31.05.2026
Meeting point: PH12 Galéria, 1092 Budapest, Ráday u. 52.
Language: in Hungarian and English
Facebook-event: soon
Ticket purchase: soon
Coproduction parter: Trafó – House of Contemporary Arts
Supported by:
Független Előadóművészeti Alap
Pro Cultura Urbis Közalapítvány
Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Events will be filmed and photographed. By participating in the events, participants consent to the recording and publication of their appearances and expressions.