Szentendre is rolling out a season of theater and comedy across multiple venues, inviting audiences to discover why this riverside town makes time feel well spent. The aim is simple: shared experiences build trust, spark belonging, and turn a night out into a lasting memory. From musical fairy tales to marital farce, swing-era spectacle to razor-sharp stand-up, the calendar is stacked for families, date nights, and anyone craving live performance. Online tickets available; programs may change.
Family magic: The Red Umbrella
2025. December 27, Saturday, 11:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
2025. December 28, Sunday, 16:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
A special children’s show debuts at the Szentendre Theater (Szentendrei Teátrum): Here Comes the Red Umbrella (Jön a Piros Esernyő), a musical adventure by Anikó Csetényi with music by Gábor Presser, adapted with wit by Ildikó Lőkös for kids 4+ and their grown-ups. Pirkó the kitten gets a brilliant red umbrella for her birthday. There’s not a cloud in the sky, but she takes it anyway to show her friends—and finds out just how many wonders a simple umbrella can hold. By day’s end, the forest’s mismatched residents are connected, villains are vanquished, and kindness proves its power.
The show features live, catchy songs arranged by Bence Darvas; enchanting visuals and puppets by Gábor Michac; directed by György Vidovszky. Cast: Krisztina Nyirkó (Pirkó), Dániel Nizsai (Pumi), Gábor Krausz (Dezső/Tóni/Tipsi), Rita Alexics (Szarka/Csipicsupp), Juli Erdei (Ida/Bella), Kármen Rácz (Réka/Tapsi), Kriszta Rácz (Nyuszi tanító/Béla). Musicians: József Radics, György Orbán (double bass); Zoltán Marosi, Sándor Vida (accordion). Producers: Zoltán Bereczki, Orsolya Ferenczi. A gentle reminder runs through it: a simple object, used with care, becomes extraordinary.
A marriage on the brink: Wife Begins at Forty
2025. December 29, Monday, 19:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
A marriage-mending comedy translated by Endre Beleznay. Linda is over her 17-year marriage, their suburban English routine, the march toward forty—and especially her husband George. He’s fine with the status quo until he literally falls asleep during intimacy. That’s it for Linda: she wants attention, passion, life. Even divorce. Chaos swirls: their teen son discovers girls, senile grandpa reruns war stories, well-meaning friends dish terrible advice, and poor George—fortified by the bar cabinet—vows to rejuvenate their marriage, with wildly risky results.
Cast: Endre Beleznay (George Harper), Gerda Pikali (Linda Harper), Kristóf Németh (Roger Dixon), Bernadett Gregor (Betty Dixon), Sándor Szűcs (Bernard Harper), Zsombor Náray-Kovács (Leonard Harper). Set/costumes: György Csík. Assistant/prompter: Andrea Juhász. Directed by Kristóf Németh and Endre Beleznay. Producer: Kristóf Németh. Length: 180 minutes with one intermission. Recommended 14+. A Forum Theater (Forum Színház)–Szentendre Theater (Szentendrei Teátrum) co-production. Program subject to change.
Scientific Stand-Up: László Mérő – The Power of Words
2026. January 5, Monday, 19:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
Dumaszínház night. Words can win races when a coach shouts the right ones mid-competition. They can send a subject into trance via hypnosis. They can push a CEO to make decisions that reshape a business for years. Illés sang it half a century ago: “The word is a dangerous weapon.” Demand-based pricing applies.
Farce in furs: Not Now, Darling!
2026. January 13, Tuesday, 19:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
Love affairs, mink coats, and underdressed women drive John Chapman and Ray Cooney’s high-velocity farce set in a fourth-floor fur salon where the truth is optional and garments fly out the window. What starts as a neat love triangle mutates into a dozen interlaced who’s-with-whom knots, with adulterous husbands and wives popping in at tighter and tighter intervals, and mink-as-status becoming the ultimate bargaining chip. It’s a sharp portrait of testosterone-fueled tunnel vision—and the women who match it with equal determination.
Cast: Sándor Nagy (Gilbert Bodley), András Csonka (Arnold Crouch), Nelly Fésűs / Edina Csáki (Janie McMichael), Enikő Zorgel (Miss Tipdale), Gyöngyi Molnár (Maude Bodley), Kornél Pusztaszeri (Harry McMichael), Edina Csáki / Szandra Holczinger (Sue Lawson), Szandra Fejes / Kriszta Miklós (Mrs. Frencham), Sándor Venyige (Captain Frencham), László Janik (Mr. Lawson), Emma Henczi / Olívia Géczi (Miss Whittington). Sets: György Bátonyi. Costumes: Szilvia Molnár. Director: Sándor Venyige. American comedy spirit, Hungarian staging snap.
Swinging spectacle: American Comedy
2026. January 18, Sunday, 19:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
A swing musical based on Károly Aszlányi’s play of the same title. Cast includes Kata Janza / Mónika Horváth (Tony Roe), Kornél Simon (Frank Anderson), Ádám Bálint (Albert Morning), Péter Harna (Alphonse Sapault), Ágota Siménfalvy / Mariann Falusi (Edith Sapault), Enikő Zorgel (Mrs. Irene Roe), Béla Oláh / Krisztián Károlyi (Pershing), Zoltán Palotai (Whitman, reporter). Dancers: Olívia Géczi, Botond Kalmár, Réka Maros-Szabó, Róbert Nagy, Balázs Pálinkás, Renáta Szeretva. Set: Tímea Széll. Costumes: Katalin Böhm. Music director: László Vecsei. Choreography: Bertalan Vári, with Éva Papp as assistant. Assistant director: Veronika Páli. Directed by Károly Peller.
Too Much: Gergely Litkai’s solo night
2026. January 30, Friday, 19:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
Dumaszínház night, hosted by Boldizsár Fehér. Average is worthless; everything’s either brilliant or awful. Litkai sizes up the age of extremes: how long he wants to live, what he expects from healthcare, the state of his mind, whether depression drags GDP, if we need a revolution, and why even an appetizer needs entrance music when he’s only just gotten one himself. A full-evening excess for the most perfect audience. Demand-based pricing applies.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
2026. February 26, Thursday, 19:00 – Pest County Library (Pest Megyei Könyvtár)
Dumaszínház night with Fruzsina Ács and Balázs Máté Szabó. Crystals can’t fix Mars, your ex still watches your stories, gratitude journaling and intermittent fasting don’t erase doubt, downward-dog self-help isn’t soothing your attachment issues, and your pescetarian cat’s dolphin-safe tuna doesn’t make you a better person. If TikTok has trimmed your attention span to six seconds, you’ll still manage this: show up, laugh, and ask—what could possibly go wrong? Demand-based pricing applies.
Key dates in Szentendre
2026.01.05 – Scientific Stand-Up: László Mérő, The Power of Words
2026.01.13 – Not Now, Darling!
2026.01.18 – American Comedy
2026.01.30 – Too Much – Gergely Litkai
2026.02.26 – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Additional January picks include multiple listings on 2026.01.05. Example price shown: Scientific Stand-Up – 6,590 HUF (about 18.46 USD).
