During this initial period, the group’s umbrella organization was the Manna Cultural Association (Manna Kulturális Egyesület).

On October 6, 2013, we premiered our third children’s performance, Space Turmoil, in the Thália Theater’s New Studio. Here we could use live music and visual effects that were more sophisticated than in our previous comedies. We performed this show until the end of May 2016, largely at the Thália Theater. We held 55 performances altogether for nearly 3,000 spectators.

Our Other Programs:

• Every summer from 2011 to 2014, we held a free drama camp in Ózd for 12-15-year-olds. We financed, planned and executed this ourselves. The camp had many returning children.
• Starting in 2014, we held a Theatre pedagogy workshop series at pre-schools and elementary schools in Ózd, Magyarmecske, Bánszállás, and Gyöngyöspata at the request of the Manna Cultural Association. The program’s title was “You are special, not different.” We will soon be returning to the same communities for the seventh year.
• In 2012, we held Theatre pedagogy workshops in Bódvalenke for several groups of the village’s children. Our local partner was Nóra Esti, a Waldorf teacher, who led classes for the children under the name “Magic Garage.”
• On several occasions during 2012-2013, we held community children’s programs in Bódvalenke and Gyöngyöspata – for example outings, cooking, and picnics.

Our Organization’s Development:

In 2011, we became a public association, an official NGO. Between 2011 and 2013, the Open Society Institute’s Basic Needs program and then the Open Society Fund of Hungary supported us. Since 2013, our proposals to the National Cultural Fund (Nemzeti Kulturális Alap) and the Ministry of Human Capacities (EMMI) have been successful.

February 2015: A Window

July 2015: Matthias, the Non-King

October 2015: Our Lady

November 2015: I Stand Up for You

April 2016: Seventh Heaven

October 2016: Witch Laundry

We performed our last children’s show in 2016, but in no way could we imagine the life of the group or its operation without children’s performances. Consequently, we prepared our fourth production for children, Witch Laundry.

Among our productions in this period, we created Matthias, the Non-King and I Stand Up for You with the support of the Norway Grants (EEA) and in the framework of two larger, overarching projects. The format of Matthias, the Non-King was forum theatre for youth, which is a rarity in the theatre world of Hungary. Our actors were young people (11-16 years old) living in deep poverty in Cserehát. The problems they brought up became the theme of the production. It ran for 7 performances altogether.

Our Other Programs:

• At the request of the Manna Cultural Association, in 2014, we continued our Theatre pedagogy workshop series, which we began at local pre-schools and elementary schools in Ózd, Magyarmecske, Bánszállás, and Gyöngyöspata. The program’s title was “You are special, not different.”
• In 2015, we held the “Through a Window” Theatre in Education (TIE) workshop series based upon our production entitled A Window. The central element was facing realities. We offered this program to students at the Dr. Ámbédkar Secondary School in Sajókaza and the János Harsányi Technical School in the 9^th district of Budapest. Our expert leader was Ádám Bethlenfalvy.
• In 2015, we held a three-occasion Theatre in Education (TIE) workshop series at the Saint Lucas Greek Catholic Child Protection Center in Nyírszőlős, together with the KV Company and the expert leadership of Edit Romankovics. The workshop series played an important role in the preparation of our production entitled I Stand Up for You. We worked together with the home’s young residents on the themes of vulnerability and human trafficking, and we also performed a work-in-progress version there.
• In 2016, we held a three-occasion Theatre in Education (TIE)workshop series in Homrogd at the Greek-East Elementary School. The theme was bullying, in connection with our production entitled Matthias, the Non-King.

Our Organization’s Development:

We became, officially in 2014, a performance art organization. Since then, we have won support every year from the Ministry of Human Capacities (EMMI) for our proposal of operations. In addition to our special tender for EMMI, as well as for the National Cultural Fund (NKA), several of the proposals we submitted during this period met with success.

A new period has begun in the life of the group. We created two participatory theatre productions – the first performed for high-school students and adults (in separate target groups), the second performed only for adults. The latter production, entitled I, You, We, was expressly created for a mature audience. Our premieres during this period:

April 2017: I Thought of Prometheus

December 2017: I, You, We

These two productions are quite distinct. Even their participatory elements substantially differ. A constant element, though, is a sort of communal-societal dialogue about the matters we have in common. This is an increasingly imperative requirement in our group.

Our Other Programs:

Again, in this period, we continue the Theatre pedagogy workshop series that we began in 2013 in Magyarmecske, Ózd, Bánszállás, and Gyöngyöspata, commissioned by the Manna Cultural Association.

Our Organization’s Development:

Our proposal for operations was approved by the Ministry of Human Capacities (EMMI), and our tender submitted to the National Cultural Fund (NKA) was also successful.

Our Other Programs:
We are in the preparation stage for a project to be realized in the upcoming season: “Those Who Would Like to See.” This is Horizon’s Group’s pilot project for young college students, a program package aimed at strengthening self-knowledge and societal awareness.