Siófok’s stages are buzzing all year: classics, comedies, musicals, and bold contemporary works roll in with star actors and acclaimed companies. From intimate relationship confessions to kid-approved adventures and razor-sharp social satire, these Balaton-side nights are primed for a full cultural recharge for every age.
Love, truth, and two stars on one stage
Loveshake – with Judit Rezes and Győző Szabó lands on Monday, January 26, 2026, at 19:00 in the Kálmán Imre Cultural Center’s theater hall, as part of the Teátrumi Esték series, presented by Delta Produkció. The form-breaking show remixes their real relationship with music and dance—shaken, dusted off, spiked with kids, marriage, and even a “matchstick Olympics.” It’s funny and heart-piercing at once, a bittersweet blend of reality and fiction where their own milestones turn into shared reflections.
Cast and creators: Judit Rezes (Jászai Mari Award-winning actress, ballerina; member of Katona József Theater, Budapest), Győző Szabó (Jászai Mari Award-winning actor). Dramaturg: Éva Enyedi. Lyrics: Zsolt Máthé. Music director: Péter Wagner-Puskás. Choreographers: Sándor Kurucz, György Lehoczky. Table music: László Sáry. Musicians: Péter Wagner-Puskás, Norbert Kovács, Márk Miskolczi. Producers: Delta Produkció, Judit Rezes, Győző Szabó. Co-producer: NUBU. The show appears in an exclusive version with musical inserts. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything,” says Mark Twain on the night’s spine; “Sometimes I court and dazzle,” jokes Győző; “He felt very distant to me. I danced with someone else… others, too,” confesses Judit.
Ray Cooney’s romcom crackles
Why Don’t You Stay for Breakfast? hits January 28 at 19:00 from Karinthy Theater (Karinthy Színház). A romantic comedy that plays with empathy, tolerance, fidelity, responsibility, and acceptance, as two cultures—or two bouts of lack of culture—collide through a middle-aged man and a young woman in an unexpected bind. Expect signature Cooney fizz: humor, self-irony, warmth, and shrewd wisdom.
Cast: George – Ádám Lux; Louise – Mara Dobra; Davey – Norbert Mohácsi; Girl – Vivien Koltai. Director: József Kiss. Set and costumes: Ildikó Balla. Translator: Tamás Ungvári. Duration: 125 minutes, two acts.
High-seas heroics for the kids
Rumini on Ferrit Island, a musical fairy tale in two parts from Pesti Művész Theater (Pesti Művész Színház), sails in Saturday, January 31 at 10:30, recommended from age four. Rumini and his crew blunder into the deadly trap of Ferrit Island’s cruel mistress; only guile, ingenuity, and selfless bravery can spring them free. Cast includes: Mátyás Kovács/Kristóf Uwe Berecz as Rumini; Kristóf Vajda/Gergő Fogarassy as Balikó; Viki Pászthy/Zsófi Gergelyfy as Csincsili; and many more. Set designer: G. Péter Halász. Music: Imre Harmath. Lyrics: László Lénárt. Costumes: Mária Reidinger. Director: Csilla Bereczki. Written by Judit Berg.
Classic farce, crisp timing
The Devil Never Sleeps, a two-part comedy from Pesti Művész Theater (Pesti Művész Színház), plays Saturday, January 31 at 19:00. With Dezső Straub as Lord Archibald Cavendish, Bernadett Fogarassy as Jane, Géza Egyházi as Ronald, and a full ensemble, the show is staged by director Dezső Straub with choreography by Kriszta Ullman. Expect brisk entrances, social snipes, and heritage hijinks.
One-night stand-up on life’s long arc
In Time (Idővel), the solo show by András Péter Kovács (KAP), with opener Viktor Fülöp, lands Saturday, February 7, 19:00 at Hotel Azúr, Siófok, presented by Dumaszínház. How many lives do we live in one lifetime? How many times do we declutter our stuff, our knowledge, our friends, our loves? If life is short, why don’t we dare to rejoice? And if we don’t rejoice, why do we want to live long? Priced dynamically based on demand—catch it while it exists. Now.
A dinner, a nation on edge, a line you can’t uncross
Impact – The Loupe Theater Company (A Loupe Színházi Társulat) performs Thursday, February 12, 19:00 at the Kálmán Imre Cultural Center. Two couples, decade-long biweekly lunches, and a country stretched to the snapping point. Phones ping: the head of state will speak. A rocket strike near the border, four dead, immediate conscription of men of military age, borders closing in 12 hours. Four people must choose fast—and then live with it. Is life possible without a homeland? Is death worth it for a homeland that may never be ours again? Maybe they won’t escape the room, let alone the country.
Cast: Eszter Földes, Tamás Lengyel, Áron Molnár, Mónika Ullmann. Set: Nelli Pallós. Costumes: Ádám Kisprumik. Dramaturg: Eszter Balassa. Music: Máté Hunyadi. Video design: Gábor Karcis. Assistant to the director: Luca Perényi. Written—because of and in spite of the actors’ improvisations—by János Antal Horváth, who also directs. Recommended 16+.
A benefits frenzy spirals into madness
Michael Cooney’s Nicsak, ki lakik itt?! (Who’s Who?) storms in Sunday, March 1, 19:00, a two-part delirium from Bánfalvy Stúdió, refreshed in 2025. Director: Csaba Horváth. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath. Cast features Izabella Varga, Ferenc Hujber, Ganxsta Zolee, Péter Sándor, Anna Bugár. A London-based Hungarian, Róbert Szűcs, is drowning in benefits—unemployment, pension, sick pay, family allowance, disability, plus free cow’s milk—and a nursing-bra side hustle that riles his wife. He’d rather ditch the illicit aid than his marriage or freedom—but shaking off benefits isn’t easy. Translator/dramaturg: Albert Benedek; revision: Benedek, Oliver W. Horvath, HCS. Full cast includes Iza Varga/Zsófia Kondákor, Ferenc Hujber, Imre Harmath/Ádám Gombás, Zolee Ganxsta, Anna Bugár/Zsófia Kondákor, Péter Sándor/Levente Hajdu, and more.
Ferenc Molnár’s devilish classic returns
Ferenc Molnár: The Devil (Az ördög), the production of Veszprém Petőfi Theater (Veszprémi Petőfi Színház), plays Wednesday, March 18, 19:00 at the Kálmán Imre Cultural Center, part of the Kálmán Imre subscription. Directed by two-time Jászai Mari Award-winner, Merited and Excellent Artist Péter Benkő. A scandal-maker in its day, the play puts the Devil on stage to expose the subconscious and illogic of desire. A fashionable painter prepares to paint his best friend’s wife when the Devil arrives, teasing out secrets they’d never confess. Invitations, illusions, and a ground-sweeping gown fuel a sparkling, twisty comedy of temptation.
Cast: the Devil – Viktor Klem; Jolán – Teodóra Szederjesi; János – Bence Vaszkó; László – Attila Csaba Gaál; Elza – Emília Rubold; Selyem Cinka – Zita Reiter; András/Waiter – P. Gábor Máté. Set and costumes: Katalin Libor. Assistant director: Zsófi Varga. Stage manager: Ildikó Szentmiklósi. Prompter: Viktória Taubel. Director: Péter Benkő.
Siófok’s theater season stretches bright and wide—intimate, explosive, and gloriously human. Pick a night. Or several.
