Győr’s Richter János Concert and Conference Hall is packing its 2026–2027 calendar with crowd-pleasing theater, operetta, concerts, and comedy. The venue at 9021 Győr, 16 Aradi Vértanúk Road (Aradi vértanúk útja 16) welcomes anyone craving quality entertainment, from musical-comedy diehards to farce fanatics and families looking for classic stories and Advent magic.
Freddie lights the “Inner Fire”
Saturday, May 30, 2026, 7:00 PM. Singer Freddie returns with Lélekbúvár – Inner Fire (Lélekbúvár – Belső tűz), a song–poem–thought journey about the flame inside us: sometimes it flickers, sometimes it blazes, sometimes it goes out and must be rekindled. He promises to show who he is and nudge the audience toward who they are—and who they aren’t. Motivation, trust, and that beam of light in the dark are the show’s heartbeat.
Csoportterápia: a mjuzikelkámedli for the soul
Friday, May 29, 2026, 7:00 PM. Six strangers—three men, three women—arrive for group therapy, ready for rigorous analysis. One snag: where’s the doctor? What unfolds is a cascade of revelations and comic twists: the problems of a ballet dancer at the opera house, how long you can last 33 feet under the icy Danube without scuba gear, and what exactly happened in Venice in the summer of ’85. Earworm melodies and razor-sharp lyrics sling the audience into mjuzikelkámedli heaven, set in the Piróth Gyula Cultural Center, Room II/6, on a rainy Thursday.
Cast includes Gyöngyi Molnár (Jetti); Ádám Bálint (Ervin Iván); Andrea Balázs / Szandra Fejes / Piroska Kokas (Trixi); Ferenc Tarlós / Mátyás Dósa / Gábor Krajnik-Balogh (Sziszi); Péter Harna / Balázs Nagy (Lajos); Nelly Fésűs / Edina Csáki (Natasa). Choreography by Gábor Bakó; music direction by László Nyitrai and László Vecsei; directed by Csaba Tasnádi. Venue: Győr, Richter Hall.
Ray Cooney’s farcical mayhem
Sunday, May 31, 2026, 7:00 PM: Run for Your Wife (Páratlan páros). Mary in Wimbledon and Barbara in Richmond both worry their taxi-driver husbands—both named John Smith—are late. They call the police. The catch: it’s the same John living a double life. After a good deed gone wrong lands him in the hospital with the wrong address, the police close in and John ping-pongs between wives. Cast: Dénes Száraz (John Smith), Ramóna Kiss / Anna Bugár (Mary), Léda Mezei (Barbara), Endre Beleznay (Stanley Curtis), Imre Harmath (Inspector Porterhouse), Dániel Suhajda (Inspector Troughton), Zoltán Kiss (Bobby Franklyn), Gábor Pintér (Photographer). Translator–dramaturg Albert Benedek; director Csaba Horváth; producers HCS and Oliver W. Horvath; sets/costumes Gabriella Győri; assistant Diána B. Szikra; choreography Gyula Antal Horváth.
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 7:00 PM: Michael Cooney’s Who’s Who? (Nicsak, ki lakik itt?!), a two-part bedlam, revamped in 2025 by the Bánfalvy Stúdió. A London-based Hungarian, Róbert Szűcs, is drowning in benefits—unemployment, old-age pension, sick pay, child benefit, disability allowance, even free cow’s milk—and a sideline in nursing bras rattles his wife. Fearing a bust, he tries to ditch the illicit payouts rather than his freedom or marriage. But shaking off benefits isn’t easy. Cast: Iza Varga/Zsófia Kondákor (Linda), Ferenc Hujber (Róbert), Imre Harmath/Ádám Gombás (Paweł Duda), Ádám Gombás/Zoli Kiss (Mr. George Jenkins), Ganxsta Zolee (Gyurka), Anna Bugár/Zsófia Kondákor (Sally), Péter Sándor/Levente Hajdu (Dr. Chapman), István Imre/Dávid Csányi (Mr. Fortbright), Orsolya György (Miss Cowper), Timi Stelczer (Magdalena). Directed by Csaba Horváth; producers HCS, Oliver W. Horvath.
Phones on the table: Pick Up If You Dare! (Vedd fel, ha mered!)
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 7:00 PM. Seven friends, one dinner, one risky game: phones face-up; every call, text, pic, and ping gets shared. Laughter turns to tension as the evening slides from harmless challenge to brutal honesty. Who’s calling is less important than who’s been lying. Written by Paolo Genovese; translated by Nóra Sediánszky; directed by András Márton. Cast: Bernadett Fogarassy, Géza Egyházi, Zsuzsa Nyertes, Attila Csengeri / Sándor Várfi, Roland Czető, Viktória Magyar, Sándor Várfi / Attila Bodrogi.
The Csárdás Princess twirls back
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM. The world-famous Csárdás Princess (Csárdáskirálynő), Szilvia Vereczky, gives her farewell performance at the orfeum. After the crowd leaves, a goodbye dinner leads to high drama: Szilvia’s lover, Prince Edwin, vows to follow her to America, but his family wants him to marry Countess Stázi. Enter Lieutenant Rohnsdorff with a draft notice engineered by the family to pry Edwin and Szilvia apart. Edwin counters by summoning a notary and promising to marry Szilvia within eight weeks—until Count Bonifác Bóni flashes a fresh wedding invitation he just got from Rohnsdorff. Cast: Edit Vörös (Szilvia), Sándor Domoszlai/Sándor Barkóczi (Prince Edwin Ronald), Bori Kállay (Cecília), István Gyurity/Attila Bodrogi (Leopold Maria), József Virágh (Feri Kerekes), Szilárd Kovács (Count Bóni), Elvira Haraszti/Dorka Pacskó (Countess Stázi), Zsolt Lendvai/Gergely Altsach (General Rohnsdorff), Gábor Szirtes/András Faragó (Miska the headwaiter), Zsolt Lendvai/Gergely Altsach (Lazarovics).
Family favorites and Advent mood
Sunday, November 15, 2026, 11:00 AM: Beauty and the Beast (A szépség és a szörnyeteg).
Sunday, November 15, 2026, 7:00 PM: Best of Mamma Mia.
Sunday, November 29, 2026, 4:00 PM: Kaláka – May We Enter Here with Bethlehem? (Kaláka – Szabad-e bejönni ide Betlehemmel?) A 70-minute, no-interval Christmas program weaving nativity traditions, music, and poetry. The legendary Kaláka, founded in 1969 in Budapest, sings poems with a distinctive blend of four voices and classical and folk instruments. Line-up and instruments: Gábor Becze (double bass, guitar), Dániel Gryllus (recorders, zither, pan flute, clarinet, tárogató), Vilmos Gryllus (cello, guitar, charango, koboz, Jew’s harp), Balázs Radványi (mandolin, 12-string guitar, ukulele, cuatro, viola, kalimba). Recommended from age 6.
New Year, more Cooney chaos
Saturday, January 2, 2027, 7:00 PM: Ray Cooney’s Out of Order (Kölcsönlakás), a two-part boulevard burlesque where morals take a night off. Henry wants peace and his lover; a borrowed flat should be discreet—until half of London turns up with keys. Husbands burst in, wives sniff around, lovers swap doors, friends treat it like their living room. Starring Ferenc Hujber, Ganxsta Zolee, Zsófia Kondákor, Ádám Gombás, Anna Bugár.
Sunday, January 3, 2027, 3:00 PM: Ray Cooney’s Funny Money – Bad Money Never Disappears (Rossz pénz nem vész el) by Bánfalvy Stúdió. Cast: Feri Hujber (András Császár), Iza Varga/Zsófi Kondákor (Mrs. Császár), Ganxsta Zolee/Ádám Gombás/Feri Hujber (Vili the cabbie), Gábor Urmai (Gábor Vahúr), Ádám Gombás/Feri Hujber (Dominik Mányoki), Csekka Gyebnár/Zsófi Kondákor (Betti Szőnyi), Imre Harmath (Zsolti Szőnyi), Ádám Gombás/József Incze/Zénó Kárász (Passerby). Writer Ray Cooney; translator Albert Benedek; director Csaba Horváth; sets/costumes Gabriella Győri; sound Dániel Kühne, Oliver W. Horvath; scenics István Harmati; stage manager Gábor Steiner; assistant Tímea Stelczer; producers HCS, Oliver W. Horvath.
Monday, January 4, 2027, 7:00 PM: Ray Cooney’s Out of Order (A miniszter félrelép) – farce. The award-winning stage version returns via Bánfalvy Stúdió. A rising minister’s tryst with the opposition’s secretary at a grand hotel turns into a corpse-in-the-window fiasco. He ropes in his parliamentary secretary, but a relentless manager, a meddling headwaiter, the minister’s wife, an overbearing nurse, and a jealous husband spiral the night into delirium. Cast: Ádám Gombás (Richard Willey), Imre Harmath/Gyula Mesterházy (Manager), Gábor Urmai/Miklós Hegedüs (Headwaiter), Zsófia Kondákor (Jane Worthington), Gábor Pintér/Ádám Gombás (The Body), Ferenc Hujber (George Pigden), Ganxsta Zolee (Ronnie), Anna Bugár/Réka Léda Mezei (Pamela), Tímea Stelczer (Nurse). Directed by Csaba Horváth; producers HCS, Oliver W. Horvath; choreography Gyula Antal Horváth; sets/costumes Gabriella Győri.
Dates span May 29–31, June 11, October 8 and 24, November 15 and 29, and January 2–4 in Győr. Total events listed: 40.
