Desiré Central Station is a regional and international modern
theatre festival organised by the Dezső Kosztolányi Theatre. It
presents progressive, in its artistic expression and content innovative
art. It shows Subotica and the festival programme in the
contexts of their European identity, without putting aside the stereotyped
fact that it happens right on the border line between the
Balkans and Europe, in a multi-ethnic environment. Since the Dezső
Kosztolányi Theatre is a Hungarian-language theatre, in selecting
the productions, special attention is devoted to the ones coming
from Hungary.
The festival was named after the artistic nickname of Dezső
Kosztolányi who was one of the most exciting, most European representative
of the 20th century Hungarian literature. Desiré Central
Station is a new, central, cultural platform, where the centre is not
the capital city. It has the aim to grow into a regional centre of
contemporary arts and theatre, and last but not least, it flirts with
the state’s cultural decentralisation principle.

www.desirefestival.eu

www.kosztolanyi.org

Desiré Central Station je regionalni i međunarodni festival
savremene drame Pozorišta «Deže Kostolanji» iz Subotice, a
prezentuje u progresivnom, umetničkom i sadržajnom smislu inovativnu
i naprednu umetnost. Suboticu i dati program prezentuje
u obliku svog evropskog identiteta, ne gubeći iz vida činjenicu koja
je već postala fraza, da se nalazi tačno na granici, odnosno predstavlja
kapiju između Balkana i Evrope, i da njeni stanovnici žive
u multietničkom okruženju. Pošto je Pozorište «Deže Kostolanji»
ustanova kulture mađarske manjine, u pogledu izbora gostujućih
predstava posebnu pažnju posvećuje produkcijama iz Mađarske.
Festival je naziv dobio po pseudonimu jednog od najuzbudljivijeg
i najevropskijeg predstavnika mađarske književnosti 20. veka,
Dežea Kostolanjija. Centralna stanica «Desiré» je jedna nova centralna
kulturna platforma, gde centar ne egzistira u relaciji glavnog
grada. Ono želi postati reagionalni centar savremene pozorišne
umetnosti, i koketira sa idejom kulturalne decentralizacije naše
zemlje.

www.desirefestival.eu

www.kosztolanyi.org

The day of the city of Subotica is September 1st , the date when
the city was granted the status of a free royal town in 1779. The
central event of the celebration lasting for several days is the ceremonial
session of the City Assembly, when the awards of honorary
citizens and Pro urbe are presented to citizens of Subotica having
the most outstanding achievements in former years. Traditionally,
the Subotica Philharmonic Orchestra gives a concert on that occasion
and there are many other concerts on the central square and
elsewhere in the city. Representative exhibitions are organised in
the city cultural institutions and other show-rooms on the occasion
of the Day of the City. Traditionally, all institutions get involved in
the activities organised for this important occasion, known as the
Day of the City.

Dana grada Subotice odžava se 1. septembra u znak sećanja na
1779. godinu kada je Subotica dobila status slobodnog kraljevskog
grada. Centralni događaj višednevne proslave je svečana sednica
Skupštine grada na kojoj se dodeljuje zvanje Počasni građanin i
uručuju priznanja Pro urbe najistaknutijim Subotičanima. Proslavu
Dana grada tradicionalno obeležava svečani koncert Subotičke
filharmonije, kao i razni koncerti na centralnom gradskom trgu
i drugim lokacijama. U okviru svečanosti povodom Dana grada
održavaju se razne prigodne, reprezentativne izložbe u gradskim
ustanovama kulture, a u okviru pratećih manifestacija i u drugim
izložbenim prostorima. Po tradiciji skoro sve ustanove se svojim prigodnim
aktivnostima u sklopu manifestacije Dana grada priključuju
obeležavanju ovog značajnog datuma.