MUCH MORE Showcase

Among the competing projects, the winning creator or group will receive the MORE Grant creation support, which includes one-year professional support from OneTwoMany Collective, financial support for the creation of a long-format show, a residency program, and the opportunity to perform at Sziget Festival and the MUCH Festival in 2025!

Watch the emerging talents of the contemporary circus field of the region showcase their most recent, most fresh and raw works. Jugglers, aerialists, equilibrists, acrobats will share their best, their latest, their most exciting side. The acts will be announced by our two MCs: Leonetta Lakatos, former artist of Recirquel Company and Balázs Gyertyán magician and performer of Time Traveller Circus Company. Both of them are emerging stand-up artists. Enjoy these seeds and segments of new pieces, ideas unfold and vote for your favorite, for the one who should receive the ‘Less is More Grant’, the public award of the showcase.

The MUCH MORE Showcase is designed to support the creation of circus acts of artists who are inspired to create longer format shows, but lack funding or professional support. To overcome this, through our Open Call we invited circus artists in the Central-Eastern-European region to apply, and submit their proposals for the long format circus shows they hope to develope.

MUCH festival, MUCH More Showcase and the More mentoring program were envisioned by OneTwoMany collective. Their motivation is to support the development and the european connectedness of their local newcircus community.

OneTwoMany was formed in 2022 as a collaboration between Sophie Zoletnik, Marton Csuzi and Lennart Paar after having worked on several projects together over the previous years. Marton brings a wealth of experience from contemporary dance and parkour while Sophie and Lennart contribute with a background of new circus, partner and aerial acrobatics, as well as object manipulation. The vision of the young company is to bring together many different talents as well as connect the still mostly separate performance and movement disciplines in Hungary. Creating, promoting and enabling shows that bring together experimental ideas but are at their core entertaining, spreading a love for movement and creativity.

Leonetta Lakatos (Showcase MC)

Balázs Gyertyán (Showcase MC)

Curators of applications received for the Showcase Festival:

Sophie Zoletnik (OneTwoMany Collective)

Lennart Paar (OneTwoMany Collective)

Márton Csuzi (OneTwoMany Collective)

Gáspár Téri (Grotesque Gymnastics)

Ilka Bardóczy (Grotesque Gymnastics)

András Mező (Firebirds Productions)

The professional jury judging the numbers of the Showcase:

József Kardos (Sziget Festival)

Sarka Marsikova (Curqueon / Cirkopolis Festival)

Marta Kuczynska (Structmaster of Kejos / Carneval)

Milan Manic (Cirkorama / Cirko Balkana Festival)

Veronika Gallyas (Hungarian Juggling Association / Inspiral Circus Center)