I AM a puppeteer and interdisciplinary artist from Hungary. I work across performance, installation and research, and have presented work in Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Switzerland, and the US. I hold an MA in Puppetry from the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest.
My current work combines puppetry, performance and installation to examine how radicalisation takes hold. I explore how autocratic language, propaganda and AI-generated content shape what people believe, and build these mechanisms through material experiments, video and movement, inviting audiences to step inside a manipulative narrative and feel their own perception bend. Alongside this, I research the Japanese puppetry tradition of Bunraku at the Hungarian Academy of Arts, using the puppet paradox — the puppet as both dead and alive — to explore the uncanny quality of AI-generated manipulation.
Photo by Galya Feierman
Before this I spent several years leading participatory theatre (Theatre in Education) for children across Hungary, providing a space to explore complex issues like mental health, bullying, and healing through creative expression. I have also worked extensively as a performer in the theatre and film industries. Currently, I am developing socially engaged projects in Hungary with Hallókaland that merge puppetry with speech and auditory development for hearing-impaired children.
Work Experience
International Institutes AICHI UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (JAPAN), CEC ARTSLINK (USA), FREIE UNGARISCHE BOTSCHAFT (GERMANY), ROTE FABRIK (SWITZERLAND), SHINEHOUSE THEATRE/ WAN THEATRE (TAIWAN), STIFTUNG BERLINER LEBEN (GERMANY), URBAN NATION MUSEUM BERLIN (GERMANY)
Hungarian Institutes ARANYSZAMÁR THEATRE, BARTÓK STUDIO THEATRE, BUDAPEST PUPPET THEATRE, CIRÓKA PUPPET THEATRE, DANUBIA ORCHESTRA, ERKEL THEATRE, GARDRÓB ART COMPANY, GRIFF PUPPET THEATRE, HALLÓKALAND, HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY, JÁSZAI MARI THEATRE, JURÁNYI HOUSE, KABÓCA PUPPET THEATRE, KÖVÉR BÉLA PUPPET THEATRE, MARGARET ISLAND THEATRE, MANNA PRODUCTION, OPEN CASTING AGENCY, TRAFÓ
Awards & Nominations
Theatre Critics Award nomination, Best Children’s/Youth Theatre Performance, The Prince Who Longs for Immortality (Budapest, Hungary, 2022)
Michel Indali Puppetry Award, founded by Henrik Kemény, Kolibri Festival, Ágacska (Budapest, Hungary, 2020)
