Siófok’s theater scene buzzes year-round: classic plays, comedies, musicals, and contemporary experiments rotate across the city’s stages. Big-name actors and respected companies bring nights that recharge the soul for every generation. Along the Lake Balaton shore, these evenings feel unforgettable, intimate, and surprisingly daring.
Rékasi Károly: “Lélekablak – The Price of Freedom (A szabadság ára)”
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 18:00 — Hungarian Culture Day. A one-act Sándor Márai evening (60 minutes). The guiding line: “Now we must remain strong, whatever comes.” This intense stage piece dives into the post-1948 years that slammed shut the dazzling success Márai enjoyed between the wars. Torn from Hungarian readers, and most painfully from Hungarian history, culture, and language, Márai wrestled with exile in a foreign world: whom to write for, and why? How to keep a nation-building intent alive while watching the collapse of a bourgeois way of life and the demolition of its values?
It follows a principled, uncompromising man grappling with homesickness lodged in the soul’s deepest registers—an ache that never truly fades. The result is the dramatic projection of a towering writer’s decades-long moral struggle; also a hymn to love of country and anxious hope for Hungary’s future. Any echoes of today, any resonant messages, are purely coincidental. Compiled from Márai’s writings by Gábor Koltay. Music editor: Zoltán Tóth. Performed by actor Károly Rékasi.
Bachelorette Party (Lánybúcsú) – a tangled, fizzy musical
Saturday, January 24, 2026, 19:00. Liliom Produkció’s new musical follows four childhood friends in their forties—Alíz, Bella, Petra, and Laura—who descend on a Balaton Uplands villa for a “girls’ send-off.” Naturally, things go sideways. The actress-mother who owns the villa—and the almost-family housekeeper, Erzsike—know nothing about the plan. Uninvited guests pile in, plus friends of guests, plus ghosts from closets—quite literally, as secrets tumble out with every uncorked bottle of champagne and whatever else is poured. Laura’s cake only complicates matters. The women, boosted by Erzsike, try to unknot the chaos—with limited success—until András appears to smooth it all out.
It’s a spirited, female-driven crowd-pleaser where, for once, a man tidies up the mess. The punch lands harder thanks to the cake and the songs of László “Cipő” Bódi and Republic, including hits like The Whale Flies (Repül a bálna), Fly Away, Little Bird (Szállj el kismadár), and It Might Be Easy for You (Neked könnyű lehet). Cast: Andrea Sztárek (Nóra), Marika Oszvald (Erzsike), Petra Haumann (Petra), Andrea Bozó (Alíz), Piroska Kokas (Bella), Bernadett Tunyogi (Laura), Kornél Pusztaszeri (András). Music by László “Cipő” Bódi and Republic. Concept by Liliom Produkció, written by Andrea Sztárek. Dramaturg: Paula Barbinek. Choreography: Gábor Bakó. Costumes: Anikó Ungár. Set: Péter Szvatek. Arrangement: Viktor Maráth. Sound: György Csomor. Lights: András “Szőke” Váradi. Repetiteur: Adrienn Fehér. Directed by Rita Tallós.
Loveshake with Győző Szabó and Judit Rezes
Monday, January 26, 2026, 19:00 — Imre Kálmán Cultural Center, theater hall. A Delta Produkció show. Their real-life relationship—kids, marriage, even a matchstick Olympics—gets shaken and stirred into a stage cocktail of music and dance. It’s form-breaking and funny-sad, mapping their arc through popular songs and punchy choreography. These are their own stories, lived waypoints told with disarming honesty. The performance blurs the line between reality and fiction while staying painfully recognizable to anyone who’s ever loved and argued.
Featuring: Judit Rezes (Jászai Mari Award-winning actress, ballet dancer, member of Katona József Theatre) and Győző Szabó (Jászai Mari Award-winning actor). An exclusive version with musical inserts. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” (Mark Twain). Woman: Judit Rezes. Man: Győző Szabó. Dramaturg: Éva Enyedi. Lyrics: Zsolt Máthé. Music director: Péter Wagner-Puskás. Choreography: Sándor Kurucz, György Lehoczky. Table music: László Sáry. Band: Péter Wagner-Puskás, Norbert Kovács, Márk Miskolczi. Producers: Delta Produkció, Judit Rezes, Győző Szabó. Co-producer: NUBU. As Győző says: “There are times I court and dazzle.” Judit adds: “He felt very distant. I danced with others… with others too.”
Why Don’t You Stay for Breakfast? (Miért nem marad reggelire?) – sharp comedy
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 19:00. Karinthy Theatre (Karinthy Színház) brings a romantic comedy about empathy, tolerance, fidelity, responsibility, and the tricky art of accepting each other. Two cultures—or two kinds of lack of culture—collide when a middle-aged man meets a young woman in an extraordinary bind. Ray Cooney’s sparkling piece brims with humor, self-irony, wisdom, and warmth. Cast: Ádám Lux (George), Mara Dobra (Louise), Norbert Mohácsi (Davey), Vivien Koltai (Girl). Director: József Kiss. Set and costumes: Ildikó Balla. Translator: Tamás Ungvári. Runtime: 125 minutes, two acts.
Rumini on Ferrit Island (Rumini Ferrit-szigeten) – a musical tale for kids
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 10:30. Recommended from age four. Pesti Művész Színház brings the beloved sailor hero Rumini back into danger. On stage, the sinister lady of Ferrit Island lays a life-threatening trap, and only cunning, ingenuity, and selfless courage can free the crew. Cast includes: Rumini (Mátyás Kovács/Kristóf Uwe Berecz), Balikó (Kristóf Vajda/Gergő Fogarassy), Csincsili (Viki Pászthy/Zsófi Gergelyfy), Captain (Roland Öller/Marci Budai), Dundi Bandi (Lilla Kecskeméti/Ádám Lévai), Molyra (Andi Dóka/Erika Gyenis), Peonza (Zsófi Gergelyfy/Nóra Nemcsók), King Ferrit (László Egri/András Fogarassy), Ajtony (András Fogarassy), Rinya, Little Caterpillar (Hernyóca) (Dorina Pintér), plus Angéla Molnár, Laura Herbert, Málna Gyurik, Dániel Győri, Vivien Heim, Milán Decsi, Csanád Hodosi. Set: G. Péter Halász. Music: Imre Harmath. Lyrics: László Lénárt. Costumes: Mária Reidinger. Director: Csilla Bereczki. Written by Judit Berg.
The Devil Never Sleeps (Az ördög nem alszik) – two-act comedy
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 19:00. Pesti Művész Színház returns at night with a society-scrambling farce. Cast: Dezső Straub (Lord Archibald Cavendish), Bernadett Fogarassy (Jane, granddaughter), Géza Egyházi (Ronald, nephew), Gyula Benedek (Horace, lawyer), Éva Fritz (Ruth), Dóra Köves (Grace), Nóra Lengyel (Patsy), Roland Czető (Tom), Péter Straub (Nick), Ádám Boros (Alan), András Fogarassy/Sándor Várfi (Willibald), Attila Bodrogi (Timothy, the butler). Choreographer: Kriszta Ullman. Director: Dezső Straub.
In Time (Idővel) – stand-up by András Péter Kovács
Saturday, February 7, 2026, 19:00 — Siófok, Hotel Azúr. Dumaszínház night with opener Viktor Fülöp. We live once—or some never truly do, clutching a free ticket to an 80-year rollercoaster from the platform. How many different lives do we live? How many times do we declutter what we know, whom we love, who we are? Is forty years of marriage actually many marriages? If life’s so short, why don’t we dare to rejoice? And if we don’t rejoice, why do we want it long? Do we matter? What remains of us? Maybe just this show—so better catch it now. Dynamic pricing in effect.
Impact (Becsapódás) – four at a table, the world closing in
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 19:00 — Imre Kálmán Cultural Center. Loupe Theatre Company (Loupe Színházi Társulat). Two couples, joined by two sisters, meet for a biweekly lunch as they have for a decade—habitual, comforting, and a little suffocating. But today feels different. Notifications ping: the head of state will speak within minutes. The tricolor backdrop appears; a video address begins. A rocket hits a border town. Four dead. The government responds: conscription for military-age men, borders closing in 12 hours. The four must decide fast, choices that could shape their entire lives. Can they live with those choices? Is life without a homeland worth it? Is dying for a homeland that may never be ours again worth it? Maybe they won’t make it out of the room, let alone the country. Cast: Eszter Földes, Tamás Lengyel, Áron Molnár, Mónika Ullmann.
