Hollo designs the costumes for the "human" characters of the Hungarian Premiere of AVENUE Q at the Central Theatre in Budapest. Hollo returns for his third show at the Central Theatre with Director, Maria Harangi. This production has some unique changes to the original production. Hollo has taken the "adult" costumes in a new direction with an incredible first act finale dress for the character, Christmas Eve. Using electroluminescent wire and l.e.d technology with some pyrotechnics for good measure and a kabuki drop back the wedding dress promises to be a dress to remember! The other significant change is Gary Coleman has been replaced in our production by Michael Jackson! Go to the official mini site at http://www.avenueq.hu/ or go directly to our web page for AVENUE Q and check out the costumes and the rest of our work at http://www.holloevents.com/index.php?id=203

Toasted Digital Shape Hollos' Internet Image

We would like to introduce to our clients the talents of a new and exciting web design company. Based in the UK, Toasted Digital and its creator Sam Clarke are by far the most original and trustworthy web design company we know of. Using a UK based web designer presented no problems to us being based in Budapest, and the levels of service and customer care from Toasted Digital are really first class. Thanks guys for all your wonderful work, help and patience! Here is a little more from them in their own words :

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Hollo Features in TIMEOUT BUDAPEST first issue

The first ever edition of global magazine Timeout features Hollo and a behind the scenes look at the creation of the Blonde Hurricane, which is now opening its second season at the National Theatre of Hungary. Visit their site http://www.nemzetiszinhaz.hu/ or http://www.jegymester.hu/ for tickets and availability. To view this document in readable form go to our website at : http://www.holloevents.com/index.php?id=201

Limited Edition "Blonde Hurricane Prints" For Sale

Due to popular private demand and Christmas looming, Hollo is releasing for sale a limited edition run of prints from the Hungarian National Theatre production of "The Blonde Hurricane". There are two to chose from : the EVELYN print and the TIME FOR A PLAN! print. The two prints are actual artwork used in the shows projections and drawn by Hollo. With a limited print run in A4, A3 and A2, these prints are on heavyweight paper with a black mountboard inner frame and a finished frame of brushed steel and glass and a certificate of authentication.For further information please visit our site http://www.holloevents.com/ and go to our CONTACT US page.

Hollywood Producer Andrew Vajna watches Hollo's latest musical

Hollywood producer Andrew Vajna on October 31st arrived by surprise to watch Hollo's latest designed show, LUZISZTRATE. Based on the Aristophanes book "Lysistrate", this musical comedy has proven to be a great success with rave reviews. Starring Kata Dobo and Directed by Istvan Pinczes, the production is produced and staged at the Jokai Theatre in Békéscsaba, Hungary.

Theatre General Director Peter Fekete, welcomed Andy Vajna to his theatre and the verdict of the producer of the Terminator and Rambo films (to mention a few) was he thought it was a great production! Having designed the sets and costumes for the production, Hollo was more than pleased with this important review! You can see more images of this production by visiting our site http://www.holloevents.com/ and going to the Events Design section where there are two galleries of production photographs as well as a "making of" gallery in the Multimedia section.

"Pattern Cutting For Men's Costume" is launched

Hollo is proud to announce that on October 30th, 2008, one of our dear friends, costume designer, researcher and curator, Elizabeth Friendship has released her long awaited book, Pattern Cutting For Men's Costume.

This is a practical guide to men's pattern cutting featuring every type of costume from the 16th to the 19th century: fashionable costume and ordinary clothes. Garments are illustrated with drawings and paintings from the period, with introductions to each section explaining the historical developments affecting each costume. Numerous line diagrams show each step of drafting the pattern. alongside useful shortcuts and tips. Includes detailed chapters on 16th century peasant costume, fashionable costume 1530-1660, fashionable costume 1660-1800 and 17th-19th century non-fashionable costume.

This book is bound to become a core reference guide for any students studying Costume Design and also for practising professionals alike. Go to http://www.amazon.co.uk/ and search for this fantastic book.

Hollo Events New Website Going Live December 2008

Hello there! We are pleased to announce at last that our new website showing a wide selection of our design and entertainment solutions work, will be going live this month. As the site is new there will be alot of small changes and tweaks over the coming few weeks. Please bear with us if things are a little slow or dont load correctly. We are working very hard to make it a pleasurable experience for our clients!! Feel free to contact us via our site in English or Hungarian. Thanks very much and see you all soon!