On December 1, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., the World Traveler Club invites you to dive into French Polynesia at the Balaton Theatre’s Simándy Hall. Guide and speaker Balázs Buzás takes you across Taha’a’s turquoise lagoons and one of the world’s most stunning coral reefs, with close-up encounters: diving with dolphins, sharks, and rays. Free entry. Come for the color-saturated water, stay for the salt-on-skin storytelling. Also free. Yes, really.
KÖZEL: An Evening That Leans In
January 26, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., main theatre of the Balaton Theatre: KÖZEL – AMI ÖSSZEKÖT (CLOSE – WHAT CONNECTS US), a musical-psychological-literary surprise night with author Sarolta Dobray and psychiatrist-composer-performer Dr. György Bánki. “Come here. Closer. Very close…” The mood is whisper-level intimate. Dobray celebrates her new short story collection Közel (Close), a book catching life’s finest tremors: motherhood, loss, childhood memory, hushed instants, tiny gestures that say too much. It nudges us to focus less on what separates and more on what binds. These stories are our feelings, doubts, losses, wins. The twist: Bánki doesn’t just analyze—he composes and performs his own pieces, threading music and psychological insight through the texts to open new layers inside the audience. Expect a rare, inward night where stories don’t end—they linger. You might go home feeling less alone. The book Közel (Close) will be on sale on-site during the event.
Boundless Frames, or a Dead End Called Freedom?
February 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., main theatre: meet entrepreneur-author András Moldován live for “Határtalan keretek – Zsákutca a végtelen szabadság?” (Boundless Frames – Is Infinite Freedom a Dead End?). His interactive talk—where the audience often becomes participants—unpacks the essential frames individuals and societies need. Without them, the dream of total freedom slides into a dark cul-de-sac. This is the tour tied to his second book, Határtalan keretek (Boundless Frames). Thought-provoking and entertaining, it’s the signature energy of a star investor from the TV show Cápák között (Shark Tank Hungary). Come for the argument, stay for the edge-of-seat debate.
Science Stand-Up: Living With AI
February 11, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., Balaton Theatre: mathematician, psychologist, publicist, and former AI researcher Dr. László Mérő takes the stage with “Symbiosis With Artificial Intelligence.” Where is AI research in the 21st century? Should we fear proliferating machine minds? How do our own smart systems shape today and the fast-arriving future—and are Hollywood’s nightmares of machine takeover or technological singularity worth losing sleep over? Mérő surveys AI from multiple angles (not the technical rabbit holes), sketching the future we already inhabit and are speeding toward, including the psychological and even physiological impacts of an artificial mind on an individual. Expect clarity without the panic, and vision without the hype.
Human Beasts: Inside Serial Killers’ Minds
February 28, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., main theatre. Tickets: $14.90. “Emberi bestiák” (Human Beasts) is an exclusive night with former top homicide detective Péter Doszpot and consulting forensic psychologist Gábor Antal. Who are serial killers, really? What fuels their grotesque crimes? How does a psychopath think—and can that be treated? What investigative qualities lead police to their trail, and do killers make mistakes that hasten their fall? Through film clips and real cases, the duo shows how policing and psychology intertwine across notorious Hungarian and international investigations of the 20th century and today. Do childhood traumas forge killers? What does science say, and what do field lessons reveal? Two experts, two lenses, one unsettling deep dive. Join us to confront the questions that won’t sit quietly.
