The first plays in the city were religious, conducted regularly in the Jesuit school from the middle of the 18th century, most often in Latin.

Győr's first stone theater was built in 1798 by József Reinpacher in Győrsziget, although the entrance hall was still made from wood.

This building, expanded in 1830 to a capacity of 600 seats, provided home for German and Hungarian theatre in the city for over 130 years, and was demolished in 1927.

The city regained its playhouse in 1937 by transforming a former diary factory into a community centre, including a theatre and a concert hall.

As the new home of the Kisfaludy Károly Theatre, the building features distinct Greek marble slabs, and two 55 x 10 meter large ceramic work of Victor Vasarely, and had its premier on the 2 November.