Join a run of sharp, very human, and sometimes unsettling live events at Balaton Theatre in Keszthely, spanning lifestyle medicine, digital parenting, far-flung travel, literature with music, big ideas on freedom, the future of AI, and a deep dive into the psychology of serial killers. Entry ranges from free to ticketed, and the tone ranges from intimate to provocative. Here’s the lineup you’ll actually want to mark down.
Blue Zones and Heart Health, the Lifestyle Way
Date: 2025.11.13, 18:00
Venue: Balaton Theatre, Básti Room
Admission: Free
Speaker: Dr. Dominik Kovács, DipIBLM lifestyle medicine physician, OB-GYN resident
Blue Zones are famous for uncommon longevity. This talk unpacks what that means for cardiovascular disease through the lens of lifestyle medicine: how daily habits, diet, movement, sleep, stress, and social ties can alter the trajectory of heart and vascular health. Expect evidence-backed advice delivered with a practical slant. Everyone’s welcome.
Digital Parenting Today – The Psychologist Guy
Date: 2025.11.19, 18:30
Venue: Balaton Theatre, Main Auditorium
Tickets: 5,990–6,990 HUF (about 16–19 USD)
Should you ban or allow? Help or harm? What’s healthy? When should a kid get a phone? Parents make tough calls daily, and the digital world doesn’t make it easier. What’s behind video games, influencers, and gadgets? How do you understand a child’s online experience? When do you set rules, and when do you let go? Where’s the line between curiosity and danger?
Dániel Tóth, known as A Pszichológus Pasi (The Psychologist Guy), is a gamer-influencer and psychologist who has researched the internet, games, and devices for 15+ years, and a father of four who lives the reality he talks about. In this accessible, funny, hands-on session, he sorts the chaos and offers usable answers to real parental dilemmas: what counts as addiction, why TikTok, YouTube, and gamer culture hook kids, how to spot warning signs early, and how the digital world can be a teaching tool instead of a wrecking ball. It’s a map for the digital jungle. If you want a better bond with your kid and more confidence with screens—this is your night.
World Traveler Club – French Polynesia and the Marquesas
Date: 2025.12.01, 18:00
Venue: Balaton Theatre, Simándy Room
Admission: Free
Speaker: Balázs Buzás
Turquoise lagoons, the Taha’a island reef—one of the world’s most beautiful—plus diving with dolphins, sharks, and rays. The December World Traveler Club talk brings vivid images and firsthand accounts from French Polynesia and the Marquesas, chasing light, coral, and the slow rhythm of islands. Free entry, big horizons.
Close – A Literary Night with Sarolta Dobray and Dr. György Bánki
Date: 2026.01.26, 18:30
Venue: Balaton Theatre, Main Auditorium
Közel – Ami összeköt (Close – What Connects Us) invites you into an intimate literary-psychological evening. Come closer. Listen. Feel. Then they’ll tell you a story.
Marking the release of Sarolta Dobray’s new short story collection Közel (Close), the event lingers on life’s fine vibrations: motherhood, loss, childhood memories, whispering instants, and tiny gestures that reveal whole worlds when we let them draw near. Instead of what separates us, it leans into what ties us together—the shared feelings, doubts, losses, and wins we all carry.
The twist: psychiatrist Dr. György Bánki appears not only as a clinician but as a composer and performer, scoring the stories with his own pieces and adding psychological insights that open new layers. Expect a rare, inward experience—one that keeps living in you after the final note. The book Közel will be on sale at the venue.
András Moldován: Limitless Frames – The Dead End of Infinite Freedom?
Date: 2026.02.06, 18:30
Venue: Balaton Theatre, Main Auditorium
Meet entrepreneur-investor András Moldován live. His interactive talks turn audiences into participants, and the tour for his second book Határtalan keretek (Limitless Frames) reexamines the boundaries essential to individuals and societies. Without frames, the much-hyped total freedom is just a dark dead end. Expect a thought-provoking yet entertaining evening, and hear the star investor of the show Cápák között (Shark Tank Hungary) in person.
Scientific Stand-Up – László Mérő on Symbiosis with AI
Date: 2026.02.11, 19:00
Venue: Balaton Theatre
Where is AI research in the 21st century? Should we fear multiplying machine minds? How are our days—and the future ahead—shaped by intelligent machines and programs we created? Is Hollywood’s fear of machine takeovers or technological singularity justified?
Mathematician, psychologist, publicist, and former AI researcher Dr. László Mérő explores AI from multiple angles—just not the strictly technical ones. He sketches the imagined future we’re already living in, and the one we’re hurtling toward, including the psychological and even physiological effects a created artificial mind can exert on individuals. It’s the big picture, without sci-fi fluff, and with human stakes front and center.
Human Beasts – Inside the Minds of Serial Killers
Date: 2026.02.28, 19:00
Venue: Balaton Theatre, Main Auditorium
Tickets: 5,500 HUF (about 15 USD)
Follow the trail of serial killers with a rare double perspective. Former top homicide detective Péter Doszpot and consulting psychologist Gábor Antal open up the dark world of serial murder. Who are they really? What fuels their cruel, bizarre acts? How does a psychopath think—and can they be treated? What detective qualities are needed to catch them? Do they make mistakes that help bring them down?
Through film clips and real cases, they show how policing and psychology interweave in notorious Hungarian and international investigations from the 20th century to today. Do you need childhood trauma to become a serial killer? What does science say—and what does field experience reveal? One evening, two experts, two vantage points, and answers to the questions that keep you up at night. Step into the world of serial killers—if you dare.
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