Theatre

Out of the night rain, a stranger appears. It is Kurt, an Israeli chicken farmer returning to Germany, to the very house where he was given refuge as a Gestapo prisoner and in return was to father a child... more

Türkisches Theaterstück – mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln Eines meiner Vergehen… oh, diese Augen… Ach! Lehrer, wir sind es leid, wirklich leid! Nein, nein, das darf nicht sein!! Sie gehören doch... more

– Please note that strobe lights will be used during performances! Because I grew up here, I dream. Whose dream? Just because one grew up in this system, doesn’t mean that one feels good in it, that... more

After 9 unforgettable editions of AmnAsia, we went a little quiet... or did we? Truth is, we’ve been cooking up something exciting behind the scenes. 2025 has been our year of reflection, rest, and rethinking.... more

The termination of a pregnancy is a very private but also a highly political decision. "Happening" by Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is the unsparing account of an illegal abortion... 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

Kuvetteki Gelinler Turkish Theatre Play - with English surtitles    "A woman found in the bathtub again." Inspired by true events, this play is woven with humor, poetry, and darkness. A journey that... 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

Paris, 1935: a pulsating metropolis at the centre of Europe. The city has become a place of exile for thousands who had to leave Germany after the National Socialists seized power in 1933. more

Is Beauty really only skin deep? Does Ugliness hide somewhere deeper? This stunning play is a blackly comic, rich and vivid tale of a life lived in secret, a testament to the people who live on the fringes,... more

In Thorsten Lensing’s play “Tanzende Idioten”, Ursina Lardi, Karin Neuhäuser, Sebastian Blomberg, André Jung and drummer Willi Kellers play characters careening their way from one disaster to the next.... more

Elly Jarvis wholeheartedly believes in play as an emancipatory and transcendental act and theater as a forum for examining polemics, for encouraging dialogue and for inviting humans to listen and to witness.... more

A band on stage: vocals, guitars, faces and bodies moving with every beat, outfits shining under wild lights – this is a concert, right? Or is it a theatre show in disguise? Scottish composer-performer... 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

After LA RONDINE and DIE FLEDERMAUS, Rolando Villazón returns as director to demonstrate his comic talent with one of bel canto's great operatic comedies. The fact that L'ITALIANA continues to inspire... more