Theatre

In her award-winning solo performance, choreographer and director Teresa Vittucci encounters one of the most important and influential female figures in Judeo-Christian societies: the Virgin Mary. more

This classic play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing deals with gender roles: What expectations are directed at the "stronger sex" and "male providers"? How and why does a woman have to fight to be allowed to... more

Tragicomedy by Anton Chekhov German translation by Ulrike Zemme Including “DAD MEN TALKING: Gesprächsreihe mit wechselnden Gästen & Carl Hegemann” as well as a monologue by Katja Brunner Münchner Kammerspiele Premiere:... more

Barrie Kosky transforms Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" into a big-city ballad about people seeking happiness in a functional, sober world. more

ANTHROPOLIS II By Roland Schimmelpfennig Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg World premiere: 29 September 2023 What guilt do the ancestors pass down to their descendants? Karin Beier and Roland Schimmelpfennig... more

A woman feels that time is slowing down. While it is unpleasant, it gives her an opportunity to fully understand what she has. She remembers her friend’s impression when she told her many years ago: “Promise... more

Oskar Matzerath has barely been born when he recognises the world to be a universal disaster – and rejects it entirely. Only the tin drum promised to him by his mother offers him an acceptable perspective... more

Eine Vorstellung über Finsternis, Schönheit und Vergebung, basierend auf einer wahren Begebenheit. Concept: Wunderbaum Text: Walter Bart, Hannah Baumann, Pina Bergemann, Nikita Buldyrski, Henrike Commichau,... more

Performance: Elly Jarvis Director: Lilli Strakerjahn Concept and text: Elly Jarvis & Lilli Strakerjahn Video/set/costume: Elly Jarvis & Lilli Strakerjahn Technical Direction: Josef Morawek Assistant... more

By William Shakespeare German translation by Angela Schanelec and Jürgen Gosch Text version by Koen Tachelet Schauspielhaus Bochum Premiere: 12 May 2023 Can one of William Shakespeare‘s goriest tragedy... more

Dramatic poem in five acts By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Salzburger Festspiele Premiere: 28 July 2023 Who has which right to take part in the debate on fundamental values? With the aid of strong formal... more

The Examination is the award-winning production by Brokentalkers exploring mental health and human rights in the prison system, performed by Brokentalkers’ Gary Keegan and stand-up comedian and former... more

“To understand the world we live in, we have to know how we love – because if we know how we love, we understand how we can save the world.” more

Based on the idea of wanting to play with international improvisers by building a community where different voices from different countries can come together and weave stories under the many styles of... more

With a star-studded cast and a stage-filling tree installation, Thomas Ostermeier has transferred Chekhov's classic from Russia to the Berlin countryside. more