Hívjuk és várjuk: Debrecen’s VOKE Egyetértés Cultural Center at Faraktár St. 67 rolls into 2025–2026 with exhibitions, concerts, theater premieres, and neighborhood fixtures. One of the region’s oldest, defining venues, the Railway Cultural Center (Vasutas Művelődési Központ) keeps its doors open to fresh voices while pursuing high quality. The season blends sharp comedy, heartfelt family fare, candlelit classics, and sparkling new operetta energy—with starry casts and revamped productions.
Strip Back to the Truth: A Musical Comedy With Guts
December 10, 2025, Wednesday, 19:00. The Naked Truth (Meztelen igazság) is a witty, liberating musical comedy about self-acceptance, the force of female solidarity, and the challenge of stripping down—emotionally and, yes, literally. Six women from wildly different backgrounds sign up for the same confidence-boosting pole-dance class. They didn’t come only for the sexy moves. As they meet, friendships spark, secrets surface, and each woman learns to accept and love her own body. Guided by a brave, audacious idea, they decide to shed their inhibitions—and their clothes—for charity.
Cast: Trisha – Barbinek Paula; Bev – Kokas Piroska; Faith – Deutsch Anita; Sarah – Gubik Ági; Rita – Sári Évi / Xantus Barbara; Gabby – Fekete Linda. Director: Tallós Rita.
Michael Cooney’s Farce, Revamped: Guess Who’s Living Here?! (Nicsak, ki lakik itt?!)
December 12, 2025, Friday, 19:00; February 8, 2026, Sunday, 19:00. Madcap in two acts. Translator and dramaturg: Benedek Albert. Revamp by Benedek Albert, Oliver W. Horvath, HCS. Originally a Bánfalvy Stúdió 2018 hit, refreshed for 2025. Director: Horváth Csaba. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horvath.
The premise is gloriously absurd: a Hungarian in London gets sick of free money. Róbert Szűcs has it all—unemployment benefits, old-age pension, sick pay, family allowance, disability payments, and, naturally, free cow’s milk. Plus a nursing bra side hustle that triggers his wife’s jealousy. To avoid getting caught, he decides he’d rather ditch the illicit benefits than lose his marriage or his freedom. But dumping subsidies isn’t easy. Cue a blizzard of lies, visitors, inspectors, and hairpin turns.
Cast: Linda Szűcs-Swan – Varga Iza / Kondákor Zsófia; Szűcs Róbert – Hujber Ferenc; Pawel Duda – Harmath Imre / Gombás Ádám; Mr. George Jenkins – Gombás Ádám / Kiss Zoli; Gyurka – Ganxsta Zolee; Sally Chessington – Bugár Anna / Kondákor Zsófia; Dr. Chapman – Sándor Péter / Hajdu Levente; Mr. Fortbright – Imre István / Csányi Dávid; Miss Cowper – György Orsolya; Magdalena Szmrczyk – Stelczer Timi.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (A Grincs, aki ellopta a karácsonyt)
December 21, 2025, Sunday, 10:30. A cynical, cranky green furball plans to steal Christmas—until a little girl’s honest holiday cheer thaws his heart. Funny and heartwarming, it taps the true spirit of Christmas and the unbreakable power of optimism. The Grinch lives alone in a mountaintop cave with his loyal dog Max, surrounded by contraptions built for comfort. Down in Whoville (Kifalva), festivities grow bigger, brighter, and louder each year. When the Whos (Kik) announce a Christmas three times larger, he sees only one way to restore peace: steal the holiday. Disguised as Santa, he even snares a whiny reindeer to pull his sleigh. Meanwhile, Cindy-Lou Who (Cindy-Lou Ki), overflowing with Christmas joy, hatches a plan with friends to trap Santa long enough to say thanks for helping her overworked mom. As the big day nears, good intentions collide with crafty sabotage.
Cast: The Grinch – Bánhidi Krisztián; Uncle Brikettbaum – Fogarassy András / Borbíró András; Ick-Mick-Fick (Ikk-Mikk-Fikk) – Pintér Dorina; Ick-Mick-Fick’s mother – Dóka Andrea; Vendor/Townsman – Decsi Milán / Fogarassy Gergő; Max the Dog – Fogarassy Dávid. Creative: Dramaturg – Bencze Balázs; Lyrics – Lénárt László; Set – Halász G. Péter; Costumes – Reidinger Mária.
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candlelight
December 21, 2025, Sunday, 19:00. A unique evening with Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons in an intimate string quartet performance. Expect the hall to glow with hundreds of candles as the music sweeps from spring’s freshness and summer’s joy to autumn’s calm and winter’s icy beauty. The union of sound and light promises an emotional, unforgettable night.
Not Now, Darling! (Ne most, drágám!) — Veres1 Színház Brings the Chaos
January 16, 2026, Friday, 19:00. A two-act comedy where lovers, mink coats, and underdressed ladies collide. Whether mink symbolizes frantic male lust or easy-virtue chic, one thing is sure: where there’s mink, someone wants something badly—and it’s usually the same thing. John Chapman and Ray Cooney knot a simple love triangle into a dozen who’s-with-whom Gordian tangles, flinging the nonstop blustering owners of a fourth-floor fur salon into ever-more impossible fixes. Adulterers parade in, clothes fly on and off, and garments and knickknacks go sailing out the window. It’s a snapshot of testosterone’s brain-muddling power and the equally uncomplicated desires of the women, whose wishes often arrive prepackaged while the so-called crown of creation still hunts for instant euphoria in the wild.
Cast: Gilbert Bodley – Nagy Sándor; Arnold Crouch – Csonka András; Sue Lawson – Molnár Szilvia; Miss Tipdale – Steinkohl Erika / Zorgel Enikő; Janie McMichael – Fésűs Nelly; Harry McMichael – Pál Tamás; Mrs. Frencham – Csányi Erika; Frencham, frigate captain – Venyige Sándor; Maude Bodley – Molnár Gyöngyi; Mr. Lawson – Janik László; Miss Whittington – Kiss Csinszka Flóra. Costumes: Molnár Szilvia. Set: Varsányi Anna. Director: Venyige Sándor. Running time: 110 minutes.
Princess of the Orpheum (Orfeum hercegnő) — New Hungarian Operetta Sparkles
January 17, 2026, Saturday, 18:00. National Premiere III. A two-part musical operetta-comedy with fizzy humor, Pest romance, and evergreen tunes. A legendary primadonna who left the limelight returns, turning the capital upside down. Princess of the Orpheum (Orfeum hercegnő), from Music of Smiles Production (Mosoly Muzsika Produkció), whisks audiences to the glittering world of the Royal Orpheum, where love mingles with champagne bubbles and a hit lurks on every corner. Alfonza, once an adored star, lives quietly at a country manor until fate sweeps her back to the sparkling city night—upending hearts, entangling affairs, and kick-starting a charming young romance. Béla Zerkovitz appears the way only he can: through song, humor, and flair. Classic Zerkovitz hits ring out freshly: On Top of the Night Bus (Éjjel az omnibusz tetején); We Musical Souls, We Bohemian Boys (Mi muzsikus lelkek, mi bohém fiúk); Honey, Give Me a Little Time Off (Asszonykám, adj egy kis kimenőt); Los Angeles (from The Kiss of Pest) [A csókos Pest]; No Use for All This Talk (Kár itt minden dumáért)—and more surprises.
Cast: Ibolya Nagy, Déryné Award–winning operetta primadonna and founding host of Dankó Radio; Attila Csengeri, eMeRTon Award–winning actor and title star of The Phantom of the Opera. Triple casting features Dorka Pacskó (Madách Theatre), Vanda Unger, and Csenge Békány; plus Szilárd Kovács, dancer-comedian and guest of the Budapest Operetta Theatre (Operettszínház) and Madách Theatre. Story: Laura Topolcsányi. Music: the timeless melodies of Béla Zerkovitz. The troupe’s mission: write new chapters in the tradition of Lehár, Kálmán, and Zerkovitz—because operetta isn’t just the past. Slogan: Princess of the Orpheum — the new star of the Pest night. One evening you won’t forget.
Nude with Violin (Akt hegedűvel) — Art, Legacy, and a Family Reckoning
January 30, 2026, Friday, 19:00. A towering painter dies, his canvases prized by every serious museum and collector. Critics worship him; America’s art scene buzzes when it emerges that his late-period masterpiece, Nude with Violin (Akt hegedűvel), is in the estate. The family arrives for the funeral—only to face the seductive gravity of a legacy that could change everything.
