Siófok’s theater scene hums year-round: classics, comedies, musicals, and sharp contemporary shows bounce across the city’s stages, with big-name actors and acclaimed companies serving up culture on the Lake Balaton shoreline. Here’s what’s lighting up January 2026.
Woody Allen’s New Comedy Debuts First in Hungary
Brooklyn Tale – Orlai Produkció
January 6, Tuesday, 19:00
Comedy
Orlai Produkció
Kálmán Imre season pass
Can art make us better? Can perfection steer sinners right? Woody Allen wrestled with those questions while writing a new play at home during the Covid lockdowns. The story centers on a gangster family and a stolen Raphael painting the whole of Europe is chasing. A crafty fence appears, and soon the masterpiece hangs on the mafia boss’s wall. Then what? How does owning one of the world’s most beautiful works change everyone in its orbit?
Allen’s signature insight and humor unpack human smallness and grandeur. This production is a world premiere — Hungarian audiences are the first to see it.
Audience buzz: “Comedy in a jazz rhythm with premium performances.”
Cast:
– Mészáros Máté (Sal, mob boss)
– Járó Zsuzsa (Terry, his wife)
– Schruff Milán (Lippy Resnick, fence)
– Cseh Judit (Millie, Terry’s friend)
– Bíró Panna Dominika (Isabella, Sal’s daughter)
– Mészáros Martin (Vito Rienzi, Isabella’s fiancé)
– László Lili (Angelina, Sal’s daughter)
– Rohonyi Barnabás (Tony Spalone, Angelina’s fiancé)
– Dékány Barnabás (Andrew Chase, painter)
– Ficzere Béla (Vince, gangster)
Live jazz on stage by The Brooklyn Trio (Oláh Dezső – bandleader, piano; clarinet: Kedl László / Mester Dániel / Dennert Árpád; double bass: Oláh Péter / Radics József; Egri János Jr. – piano)
Creative team:
Writer: Woody Allen
Translator: Zöldi Gergely
Set: Khell Csörsz
Costumes: Szakács Györgyi
Director’s associate: Dicső Dorka
Director: Szabó Máté
Producer: Orlai Tibor
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (two parts)
Dogs, Jokes, and Zero Answers
Dogs – László Hadházi stand-up, host: László Lovász
January 11, Sunday, 19:00
Siófok – Hotel Azúr
Dumaszínház night
How many dogs does it take to screw in a light bulb? Why do dogs wag from the back, and who wags whom? Can they hear grass grow? Will a postman get barked at by his own dog? How cold is “dog cold” in Celsius? Does a dog own a human, or the other way around? Don’t expect answers. Do expect not to feel dog-tired. Dynamic pricing applies.
Noël Coward’s Starry Circus of Fame
Everybody Wants Me – Turay Ida Színház
January 13, Tuesday, 19:00
Light two-act comedy
Turay Ida Színház
Karinthy season pass
Noël Coward’s audacious hit has kept London and New York stages busy since the ’80s. Behind the laughter, real battles play out among master players. Here, Béla Szerednyey and Enikő Détár lead a packed ensemble. A star’s life is a circus: friends, lovers, fans, and calculating fake celebs swarm to claim their slice. Doors bang, characters swap places, and our hero treads water while Szerednyey works stage magic with irresistible humor.
Cast highlights:
– Garry Essendine, famed actor – SZEREDNYEY BÉLA (award-winning)
– Liz Essendine, ex-wife, writer – DÉTÁR ENIKŐ
– Monica Reed, secretary – VANYA TÍMEA
– Joanna Lyppiatt, socialite – RADÓ DENISE (award-winning)
– Morris Dixon, director – KURKÓ J. KRISTÓF
– Henry Lyppiatt, producer – CSERE LÁSZLÓ (award-winning)
– Roland Maule, wannabe writer – GYŐRI PÉTER
– Daphne Stillington, young fan – SZŐKE LAURA
– Fred, Scottish butler – VALÁZSIK PÉTER
– Miss Erikson, Russian housekeeper – NYÍRŐ BEÁTA
– Lady Saltburn – SZABÓ ANIKÓ
Hungarian text: Zöldi Gergely
Set and costumes: Darvasi Ilona
Assistant director: Vass János Pál
Director: Radó Denise (award-winning)
Running time: 150 minutes, one intermission
Márai, Exile, and the Price of Freedom
Károly Rékasi – Soul Window – The Price of Freedom
January 22, Thursday, 18:00
Day of Hungarian Culture
A one-part Sándor Márai evening (60 minutes)
“Now we must remain strong, whatever comes.” Sándor Márai’s rich output and fate-tossed life invite many readings. This piece focuses on the post-1948 years that severed the acclaimed author from Hungarian readers and from his country’s history, culture, and language. In a foreign world, he wrestles with purpose: For whom to write? How to serve and save a nation while watching the bourgeois way of life crumble? A stubborn soul fights unyielding homesickness — never fully beating it. The result: a stage portrait of decades of moral struggle, a hymn of love for the homeland, anxiety and hope for Hungary’s future. Any resemblance to present anxieties is purely accidental.
Compiled from Márai’s writings by Koltay Gábor
Music editor: Tóth Zoltán
Performed by actor Károly Rékasi
Girls’ Night In, Chaos Out
Bachelorette – musical
January 24, Saturday, 19:00
Liliom Produkció’s new musical follows four childhood friends in their forties — Alíz, Bella, Petra, Laura — holing up in a Balaton Uplands villa for a bachelorette weekend. It doesn’t go to plan: the actress-mom owner and Erzsike, the housekeeper-who’s-family, know nothing. Uninvited guests arrive, then guests of guests, then the last people anyone expects — or has long awaited. Champagne pops, more drinks flow, and trouble multiplies. Skeletons tumble out of closets. Laura’s cake makes everything worse. The women, plus Erzsike, scramble to untie the knots. They fail. Luckily, András shows up.
Powered by the songs of Bódi László “Cipő” and Republic, the show leans into feel-good female camaraderie — with a man finally smoothing the mess. Expect hits like Repül a bálna (The Whale Flies), Szállj el kismadár (Fly, Little Bird), and Neked könnyű lehet (It Might Be Easy for You).
Cast:
Nóra – Sztárek Andrea
Erzsike – Oszvald Marika
Petra – Haumann Petra
Alíz – Bozó Andrea
Bella – Kokas Piroska
Laura – Tunyogi Bernadett
András – Pusztaszeri Kornél
Music: Bódi László “Cipő” and Republic
Idea by Liliom Produkció, written by Sztárek Andrea
Dramaturg: Barbinek Paula
Choreography: Bakó Gábor
Costumes: Ungár Anikó
Set: Szvatek Péter
Arrangement: Maráth Viktor
Sound: Csomor György
Lights: Váradi András “Szőke”
Coach: Fehér Adrienn
Director: Tallós Rita
Cooney’s Romantic Tangle with Teeth
Why Not Stay for Breakfast? – comedy
January 28, 19:00
Karinthy Színház production
A romantic comedy that plays smart with empathy, tolerance, fidelity, responsibility, and acceptance. Two cultures — or two kinds of non-culture — collide when a middle-aged man meets a young woman in a very unusual situation. Ray Cooney’s brilliance runs on humor, self-irony, wisdom, and warmth.
Cast:
George: Lux Ádám
Louise: Dobra Mara
Davey: Mohácsi Norbert
Girl: Koltai Vivien
Director: Kiss József
Set and costumes: Balla Ildikó
Translator: Ungvári Tamás
Duration: 125 minutes, two acts
Rumini vs. Ferrit Island
Rumini on Ferrit Island – musical fairy tale in two parts
January 31, Saturday, 10:30
Recommended from age 4
Pesti Művész Színház
The seafaring hero Rumini and his crew sail straight into a deadly trap laid by the wicked lady of Ferrit Island. Only trickery, quick wits, and selfless bravery can free them.
Cast includes:
Rumini: Kovács Mátyás/Berecz Kristóf Uwe
Balikó: Vajda Kristóf/Fogarassy Gergő
Csincsili: Pászthy Viki/Gergelyfy Zsófi
Captain: Öller Roland/Budai Marci
Dundi Bandi: Kecskeméti Lilla/Lévai Ádám
Molyra: Dóka Andi/Gyenis Erika
Peonza: Gergelyfy Zsófi/Nemcsók Nóra
Ferrit King: Egri László/Fogarassy András
Ajtony: Fogarassy András
Rinya, Hernyóca: Pintér Dorina
Plus: Molnár Angéla, Herbert Laura, Gyurik Málna, Győri Dániel, Heim Vivien, Decsi Milán, Hodosi Csanád
Creators:
Set: Halász G. Péter
Music: Harmath Imre
Lyrics: Lénárt László
Costumes: Reidinger Mária
Director: Bereczki Csilla
Based on the book by Judit Berg (Berg Judit)
Devilishly Funny, Twice Over
The Devil Never Sleeps – two-part comedy
January 31, Saturday, 19:00
Pesti Művész Színház
Cast:
Lord Archibald Cavendish – Straub Dezső
Jane, his granddaughter – Fogarassy Bernadett
Ronald, his nephew – Egyházi Géza
Horace, his lawyer – Benedek Gyula
Ruth, Jane’s friend – Fritz Éva
Grace, Jane’s friend – Köves Dóra
Patsy, Jane’s friend – Lengyel Nóra
Tom, Ronald’s friend – Czető Roland
Nick, Ronald’s friend – Stra…
