Croat Theatre of Pécs
# Croat Theatre of Pécs

The Croat Theatre of Pécs (Hungarian: Pécsi Horvát Színház, Croatian: Hrvatsko kazalište Pečuh) is the professional theatre of Croat minority in Pécs, Hungary.

## History

The Croat Theatre of Pécs is the first self-initiative institution of Croats in Hungary. It was founded in 1990 by Antun Vidaković, after years of work and organization, with the support of local Croat intellectuals like Ivica Đurok, Mišo Balaž or Đuro Franković, and Magyars like Zoltán Bachmann, János Erdős, or László Bükkösdi. Convincing local and national authorities, support was gathered to fund the mission. The theatre premiered in 1990 with the play Kraljevo by Krleža. Vidaković still manages the institution, which operates as a complete theater since 1998.

## Cast & crew

Most of the contributors are Croats, but there are also Magyars.

* Velimir Čokljat
* István Gyurity, actor
* Damir Lončar
* Jozo Matorić
* Vlasta Ramljak
* Slaven Vidaković
* Stjepan Filaković, theatre director
* László Bogassy
* Slaven Vidaković

## Events

The theatre organizes summer games since 2002.

## Sources

* 1 2 (in Croatian) Radio televizija Tuzlanskog kantona Razgovor s Antunom Vidakovićem o Hrvatskom kazalištu iz Pečuha povodom predstave "Večernji list", November 22, 2009, accessed November 30, 2009
* ↑ (in Croatian) Razgovor sa Antunom Vidakovićem Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
