Following the September premiere of Parallax, we continue the season in October with two new productions: Ödön von Horváth’s Kasimir and Karoline, directed by Amélie Niermeyer, and Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, directed by Dániel Máté Sándor.

Casimir and Caroline | Premiere: 10 October 2026 | Cast & creative team, tickets

Ödön von Horváth’s Kasimir and Karoline unfolds amid the bustle of Oktoberfest, where personal and social conflicts become increasingly visible beneath the surface of the festivities. Originally set in Germany in the 1930s, the play loses its historical and geographical distance in the Katona’s production. The central question becomes what happens when Horváth’s world is viewed through the lens of the present.

The production is directed by Amélie Niermeyer, who is working with the Katona ensemble for the first time. In the work of the acclaimed German theatre and opera director, Horváth’s play is not presented as a detached historical tableau, but as a story whose characters find themselves confronted with situations that remain strikingly familiar today.

Clockwork Orange | Premiere: 9 October 2026 | Cast & creative team, tickets

At the centre of Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange is Alex, a young man whose life is defined by violence. What happens when a person is deprived of the ability to freely choose between good and evil? Burgess’s work confronts questions of ultraviolence, freedom and social control.

photo credit: Milán Rácmolnár

Dániel Máté Sándor’s production combines live theatrical presence with cinematic techniques, placing the story in a contemporary audiovisual environment. The action does not simply unfold live before the audience: camera, video and sound become integral parts of the production’s dramaturgy, creating a live-film experience embedded within the performance.