Hívjuk és várjuk? More like clear your calendar. Debrecen’s VOKE Egyetértés Cultural Center rolls into 2025/2026 with the same trademark mix: exhibitions, concerts, theater, plus the neighborhood’s regular community fixtures. One of the region’s oldest cultural anchors, the center keeps it open, ambitious, and busy at 67 Faraktár St., 4034. The first date to circle: Sunday, 2025.11.30.
Operetta, secrets, and a life in the spotlight
Imre Kálmán – Zsolt Meskó: You Ragged Life… hits the stage on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 17:00. It’s a two-act operetta and a fresh premiere. Imre Kálmán’s fate could be an operetta itself: here we dive into his world through a selfless fan, a shy genius, and a young actress ready to do anything for a good role. Expect backstage intrigue and bittersweet passion with a playful twist.
Kálmán’s wildly popular tunes have charmed audiences for a century, and the hits are all here: You Ragged Life (Te rongyos élet) / Tell Me That I Adore You (Mondd meg, hogy imádom), Budapest Women (Pesti nők) / Dream, Dream, Sweet Dream (Álom, álom, édes álom), Beyond the Operetta Sea (Túl az Óperencián), The Woman Breaks Down (Az asszony összetör), Cluj Is a Beautiful City (Szép város Kolozsvár), Hajmási Péter, and more. Writer Zsolt Meskó—limitless imagination, full-on polymath—currently has a musical enjoying great success at the Madách Theatre (Madách Színház). Cast: Ibolya Nagy, Attila Csengeri, Elvira Haraszti / Dorka Pacskó.
Comedy meltdown in the suburbs
A Wife Begins at Forty (A feleség negyvennél kezdődik) lands Monday, December 1, 2025, at 19:00. Written by Arne Sultan, Earl Barrett, and Ray Cooney; translated by Endre Beleznay. Linda is over the 17-year marriage, English suburbia, the creeping fourth decade—mainly George. He’s fine with the status quo until he falls asleep during sex. That’s the last straw. She wants real desire, attention, love—life. Divorce it is. Their teen son is girl-crazy, grandpa loops war stories, friends give bonkers advice, and poor George stands in the eye of the storm—with a little “help” on the way.
