Attila Budaházi
theatre director/ dramaturg/ drama teacher
​Attila was born in 1979 into a Hungarian family in Romania. By the age of 19, he had already qualified as a primary teacher. While in his second year at the Theatre University, he was hired as a dramaturg/literary associate at Csíki Játékszín, a theatre in Miercurea Ciuc. Over the next 19 years, Attila took on various roles at the theatre, including managing six editions of an international theatre festival for young audiences.
During this time, Attila also worked as a guest dramaturg with numerous Hungarian theatre companies in Romania and Hungary. He served as a drama teacher in a high school, an acting coach at a public learning center, and occasionally led workshops for acting students at different universities, most recently at PASS Studio of Edinburgh College.
In 2018, Attila relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland. Since then, he has collaborated on film projects and returned to Romania to direct theatre productions. He is currently studying Dramatherapy at Queen Margaret University.
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Production dramaturgy
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Script evaluation and script analysis
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Site-specific theatre
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Literary Management
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Stage Directing
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Acting coaching
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Drama workshops
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Drama in Education
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Theatre in Education
Spoken languages: ​
English,
Spanish,
Hungarian,
Romanian,
French
Dramaturg
09/1999 to 08/2018, Csíki Játékszín, Municipal Theatre of Miercurea Ciuc, RO (more than 30 productions)
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Guest Dramaturg
02/2015 to 04/2015, Queen Mary Theatre - Oradea, RO (1 production)
08/2014, Juhász Kata Company - Budapest, HU (1 production)
03/2012 to 04/2012, Figura Studio - Gheorgheni, RO (1 production)
01/2004 to 10/2011, National Theatre - Targu Mures, RO (3 productions)
01/2009 to 03/2009, József Attila Theatre – Budapest, HU (1 production)
11/2002 to 02/2007, Szigligeti Theatre - Oradea, RO (3 productions)
01/2003 to 11/2007, Harag György Company - Satu Mare, RO (4 productions)
01/2005 to 02/2005, Csokonai Theatre - Debrecen, HU (1 production)
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Some of the performances:
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The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
The Key by András Forgách
The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky
Rossum's Universal Robots by Carel ÄŒapek
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Forest by Alexander Ostrovsky
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
Liliom by Ferenc Molnár
The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck
The Learned Ladies by Molière
The Man of La Mancha by J Darion- M Leigh- D Wasserman
Fiddler on the Roof by J Stein- J Bock- Sh Harnick
Home and Beauty by W. Somerset Maugham
Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides
Hamlet, Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare
The Heartless Man's Sons by Mór Jókai
2010 - present
2010 - present
Adaptations for young audiences:
The Miracle Spark (based on Chinese tale)
The Green Bird (Based on Italo Calvino's tale)
The Immortal Prince (based on East-European folk tales)
Like The Salt ("Learic" tale)
Magic for every day
The firebird (based on Russian tale)
Rose and Violet (based on a folk tale)
The Three Golden Hairs (based on European folk tales)
Directed performances:
The newest from Robber Hotzenplotz, by Otfried Preußler (2022)
The Robber Hotzenplotz, by Otfried Preußler (2021)
Secret Ingredients, by Rachida Lamrabet (2018)
Hanyistók, by Mara Pallai (2017)
The Wonder Umbrella, by Andor Bajor (2016)
Nothing by Janne Teller (2016) @ SPOT Festival
Cinderella, by Dóra Gimesi (2015)
The Three Golden Hairs (2015)
Lilla and Tündérbogyó, by Annamária Kádár (2014)
Rose and Violet (2014)
Nothing by Janne Teller (2013)
The Firebird (2012)
The Miracle Spark (2012)
Magic for Every Day (2011)
Like The Salt (Lear/ic tale, 2011)
The Immortal Prince (2010)
The Magic Flute (2010)
Sir John (János vitéz), light opera by Pongrácz Kacsóh (2008)
Trapiti, by László Darvasi (2008)
The Green Bird (2007)
The Wonder Umbrella, by Andor Bajor (2006)
Gloomy Sunday, by Péter Müller (2004)
The Miracle Spark (2004) ​
The Pussycat, by Katalin Gabnai (2003)
Csipike and Tipetupa, by Sándor Fodor (2002)
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Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2023-2025
MSc Dramatherapy
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University of Edinburgh, 2019-2022
Short courses in Theatre, Film, Media and Contemporary Cultures
​Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, 2003-2004
Masters Degree in literature
Theatre University, Targu Mures, 1998-2002
Degree in dramaturgy, theatre studies, drama teaching