Theatre

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

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

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

"A passionate one-man show" (The New York Times) Silent is the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldrig, who once had splendid things. But he has lost it all – including his mind. He now dives... more

KING tells the story of Luther, a man from Cork named in honour of his Granny Bee Baw’s hero, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Luther only leaves his apartment for essential journeys, and to perform as an Elvis... more

Happy Days  first premiered in 1961 in New York and has since then unquestionably become a classic of the modern stage. In 2022, The Independent named it one of the 40 best plays of all time. More than... more