Siófok’s stages stay lively all year, mixing classics, comedies, musicals, and contemporary work. Big-name actors and respected companies roll in with shows that recharge you culturally, whatever your age. On the Balaton shore, these evenings stick with you long after the curtain falls.
Love, truth, and choreography: Loveshake
January 26, 2026, Monday, 19:00 — Kálmán Imre Cultural Center, theater hall. Delta Produkció presents Loveshake with Judit Rezes and Győző Szabó, part of the Teátrumi Esték series. Their own relationship takes center stage, told through hit songs and sharp choreography: courtship, kids, marriage, even a “matchstick Olympics.” It’s a bold hybrid of reality and fiction, alternately funny and gut-punching, packed with irony and those painfully relatable moments every couple knows.
Performers: Judit Rezes (Jászai Mari Award–winning actress, ballet dancer, member of the Katona József Theater, Budapest) and Győző Szabó (Jászai Mari Award–winning actor). This exclusive version features musical inserts. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” — Mark Twain.
Credits: Dramaturg Éva Enyedi; lyrics Zsolt Máthé; music director Péter Wagner-Puskás; choreography Sándor Kurucz, György Lehoczky; table music László Sáry; band: Péter Wagner-Puskás, Norbert Kovács, Márk Miskolczi. Producers: Delta Produkció, Judit Rezes, Győző Szabó; co-producer NUBU. “Sometimes I court and dazzle,” says Győző. “He felt very distant to me. I danced with someone else… with others too,” says Judit.
Sharp-witted farce: Why Don’t You Stay for Breakfast?
January 28, 19:00 — Karinthy Theater production. A romantic comedy that disarms with empathy, tolerance, loyalty, responsibility, and acceptance of one another. Two cultures — or two shades of non-culture — collide when a middle-aged man meets a young woman in a wildly atypical situation. Ray Cooney’s hallmarks: humor, self-irony, wisdom, and warmth in abundance.
Cast: George — Ádám Lux; Louise — Mara Dobra; Davey — Norbert Mohácsi; Girl — Vivien Koltai. Directed by József Kiss; set and costumes by Ildikó Balla; translated by Tamás Ungvári. Running time: 125 minutes, two acts.
Family thrills: Rumini on Ferrit Island
January 31, Saturday, 10:30 — for ages 4+. Pesti Művész Theater stages a two-part musical fairy tale from Judit Berg’s beloved seafaring saga. Rumini and his crew land in the lethal trap of Ferrit Island’s wicked lady; only cunning, ingenuity, and fearless sacrifice can spring them free.
Cast highlights: Rumini — Mátyás Kovács/Kristóf Uwe Berecz; Balikó — Kristóf Vajda/Gergő Fogarassy; Csincsili — Viki Pászthy/Zsófi Gergelyfy; Captain — Roland Öller/Marci Budai; Dundi Bandi — Lilla Kecskeméti/Ádám Lévai; Molyra — Andi Dóka/Erika Gyenis; Peonza — Zsófi Gergelyfy/Nóra Nemcsók; Ferrit King — László Egri/András Fogarassy; plus an energetic ensemble. Creative team: sets G. Péter Halász; music Imre Harmath; lyrics László Lénárt; costumes Mária Reidinger; directed by Csilla Bereczki.
Classic mischief: The Devil Never Sleeps
January 31, Saturday, 19:00 — Pesti Művész Theater. A two-part comedy orbiting Lord Archibald Cavendish (Dezső Straub), granddaughter Jane (Bernadett Fogarassy), nephew Ronald (Géza Egyházi), the lawyer Horace (Gyula Benedek), and a flurry of friends who set chaos in motion. Choreography by Kriszta Ullmann; directed by Dezső Straub. With Éva Fritz, Dóra Köves, Nóra Lengyel, Roland Czető, Péter Straub, Ádám Boros, András Fogarassy/Sándor Várfi, and Attila Bodrogi as the butler Timothy.
Stand-up with bite: Idővel
February 7, Saturday, 19:00 — Siófok, Hotel Azúr. Dumaszínház night with András Péter Kovács, opener Viktor Fülöp. One life — or many versions of it? How many times do we declutter our stuff, knowledge, friends, loves? Is 40 years of marriage actually several marriages? If life is short, why don’t we dare rejoice? And if we don’t, why do we want a long one? Demand-based ticket pricing.
High-stakes dinner: Impact
February 12, 19:00 — Kálmán Imre Cultural Center. Loupe Theater Company. Two married couples, ten years into a biweekly lunch ritual, sit down again — but the national mood is on edge. Phones ping: the head of state will speak. A rocket has struck a border town; four dead. Conscription of military-age men begins immediately; borders close in 12 hours. Can they live with the choices they must now make? Is life worth living without a homeland — or dying for one that won’t be yours again? Maybe no one leaves the room, let alone the country.
Cast: Eszter Földes, Tamás Lengyel, Áron Molnár, Mónika Ullmann. Sets Nelli Pallós; costumes Ádám Kisprumik; dramaturg Eszter Balassa; music Máté Hunyadi; projection Gábor Karcis; assistant director Luca Perényi. Written by János Antal Horváth “based on and despite” the actors’ improvisations; directed by János Antal Horváth. Recommended 16+.
Bedlam benefits: Michael Cooney’s Nicsak, ki lakik itt?!
March 1, Sunday, 19:00 — “Madness in two parts.” Bánfalvy Stúdió’s refreshed 2025 version directed by Csaba Horváth; translation/dramaturgy by Albert Benedek; producers HCS and Oliver W. Horvath. Starring Izabella Varga, Ferenc Hujber, Ganxsta Zolee, Péter Sándor, Anna Bugár.
A London-based Hungarian drowns in benefits — unemployment, old-age pension, sick pay, child support, disability allowance, even free cow’s milk — plus a nursing-bra side hustle that riles his wife. Terrified of getting caught, he decides it’s easier to ditch the illicit payouts than his freedom or his marriage. But shedding benefits is a lot harder than cashing them in. Cast includes Iza Varga/Zsófia Kondákor, Ferenc Hujber, Imre Harmath/Ádám Gombás, Zoli Kiss, Ganxsta Zolee, Anna Bugár/Zsófia Kondákor, Péter Sándor/Levente Hajdu, István Imre/Dávid Csányi, Orsolya György, Timi Stelczer.
Ferenc Molnár ignites: The Devil
March 18, Wednesday, 19:00 — Kálmán Imre Cultural Center, theater hall. Veszprém Petőfi Theater, part of the Kálmán Imre season. Directed by Péter Benkő, twice Jászai Mari Award winner, Merited and Excellent Artist. This hit made Molnár world-famous — a daring probe into male–female dynamics, with the Devil himself explaining the subconscious and illogic. A fashionable painter is set to paint his best friend’s wife when the Devil exposes their most guarded truths. The painter fights his feelings; the Devil proves he isn’t indifferent. At a glittering soirée, the Devil convinces him the woman wears nothing beneath her floor-length gown. The plot crackles with wit and turns.
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. Sets and costumes Katalin Libor; assistant director Zsófi Varga; stage manager Ildikó Szentmiklósi; prompter Viktória Taubel. Directed by Péter Benkő.
