Hevesi Sándor Theatre (''Hevesi Sándor Színház'') is a theatre in the city of

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. Its building is situated in the city centre, on Kosztolányi street.

History

Work on the building of the theatre began in the late 1950s, with the original goal to house cultural and artistic events for the working class - it was then known as Worker's Home of Trade Unions of Zalaegerszeg (''Szakszervezetek Zalaegerszegi Munkásotthona''). It opened with the play ''

Bánk bán Bánk is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the nor ...

'' by

József Katona József Katona (11 November 1791, Kecskemét – 16 April 1830, Kecskemét) was a Hungarian playwright and poet, creator of the Hungarian historical tragedy '' Bánk bán''. Biography József Katona was born and died in Kecskemét. He stud ...

on 28 January 1968. From 1966 to 1980 it functioned as the cultural center of Zala county (''Megyei Művelődési Központ''). In 1980 work began to modernise it for proper theatrical use and the Hevesi Sándor Theatre was inaugurated on 11 October 1983 with the play '' Az ember tragédiája'' by

Imre Madách Imre Madách de Sztregova et Kelecsény (20 January 1823 – 5 October 1864) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian aristocrat, writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is ''The Tragedy of Man'' (''Az ember tragédiája'', 1861). It is a dr ...

Directors

* József Ruszt (1982–1983) * Zoltán Varga (1983–1984) * Ruszt József (1984–1988) * Imre Halasi (1988–1997) * Gábor Stefán (1997–2009) * József Szabó (2009–2010) * Árpád Besenczi (2010–)

External links

Official site
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