Stop 4 · Buildings Walk
Theatre
Szeged National Theatre · 1883 · and the Kisszínház
It opened with Emperor Franz Joseph present and burned down a year and a half later. Pogány Induló first stood on a stage here.
It opened on 14 October 1883 in the presence of Franz Joseph, designed by the Viennese duo Fellner & Helmer. The same pair designed the Vígszínház in Budapest.
On 22 April 1885, a year and a half after opening, it burned down. The architects revised the plans to make it safer from fire, and it reopened on 2 October 1886. According to Wikipedia they also bought second-hand scenery from Vienna's burned Ringtheater.
Statues of József Katona and Ferenc Erkel stand in the niches of the facade, and the ceiling frescoes were painted by Zsigmond Vajda.
The Kisszínház (Little Theatre) is on Horváth Mihály utca, in the 1929 headquarters of the former Craftsmen's Association. Since 1977 it has been the National Theatre's chamber stage, with 281 seats; it was renovated and extended in 2005.
Marcell Szirmai, aka Pogány Induló, was born in Szeged in 2005. As a child he acted here, playing Szeplős in Somewhere in Europe. In 2022, at 17, “Zártosztály” and “Gettó csirke” brought his breakthrough, and in 2025 an HBO Max documentary series was made about him.
Hollywood bonus: in 2021 the city-centre Deák Ferenc utca played Madrid in CBS's FBI: International. During filming, Spanish-looking streets and “farmacia” signs went up.
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- TrueOpened on 14 October 1883, designed by Fellner & Helmer.
- TrueBurned down in April 1885, reopened in October 1886.
- TrueThe Kisszínház has been running since 1977 in the former Craftsmen's Association's 1929 building.
- TruePogány Induló (Marcell Szirmai) acted here as a child in Somewhere in Europe.
- TrueIn 2021 Deák Ferenc utca played Madrid in FBI: International.