In her stand-up show, which premiered at the Maxim Gorki Theater, Orit Nahmias explores the fear of death and the joy of life. With brutal honesty and self-irony, she delves into the tangled intersection of love, sex, trauma, and politics—fully aware of the explosive nature of these topics.
The guest performance will take place on June 27, 2026, at 6 p.m. at the Oval Office at Schauspielhaus Bochum.
Written by Sibyl Kempson Directed by Sibyl Kempson and Daniel Brunet Original Music by Robert M. Johanson (Nature Theatre of Oklahoma)
Performed by Sibyl Kempson, Robert M. Johanson and Daniel Brunet
Henrik Ibsen created some of the most famous female characters in theater history. But what would these women say if they were no longer bound by his text and could finally tell their own stories?
Over the course of a weaving workshop for recovering Ibsen women, Nora, Hedda Gabler, and other heroines come together to tell their own versions of the story. They confront mistranslations, misunderstood origins, mistaken fates, mansplaining and everything their author, in their opinion, got wrong.
Somewhere between a concert, a comedy, and a feminist reimagining of the theatrical canon, Sibyl Kempson lets Ibsen’s characters break free from their roles and reinvent themselves.
The world premiere takes place on June 24, 2026, at 8 p.m. at the English Theatre Berlin. Additional Performances: June 25–27, 2026.
Direction and Concept: Isabella Sedlak
Music: Thomas Moked Blum
“Mozart. Schwarzenegger. Hitler.”—three names that symbolize Austria. This musical and theatrical performance brings Mozart into the present day: somewhere between TikTok and the Rococo era, a figure emerges who is at once a genius, a pop star, and an exploited individual.
Writer and director Isabella Sedlak and musician Thomas Moked Blum interweave Mozart’s melodies with Jewish, Arab, and Latin American traditions—in a style that is grotesquely humorous, highly political, and a declaration of love for Mozart as a transcultural artist in a state of perpetual remix. As one of four winning productions from the “To the Edges” directing competition at the National Theater Mannheim, the musical performance will have its world premiere as part of the Mannheimer Sommer festival.
The world premiere as part of the Mannheimer Sommer 2026 will take place on June 18, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. at the Festival Center at the National Theater Mannheim.
Additional performances will be held on June 19 and 21, 2026.
WAR AND PEACE. A stage essay about Russia, Ukraine, and compulsory military service
by Calle Fuhr in cooperation with CORRECTIV
A production by Schauspiel Köln
In his new stage essay, Calle Fuhr addresses the question of what a contemporary security policy might look like. Does Germany need conscription again? Or is the new armament simply excessive? In search of answers, he examines the history of Vladimir Putin, the corruption surrounding the Nord Stream pipelines, and Russia’s strategies to harm Western democracies.
The guest performance as part of the Autor:innenTheaterTage 2026 will take place on June 13, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. at the Deutsches Theater.
Based on the novel by Lucas Rijneveld
Translated from the Dutch by Helga van Beuningen
Directed by Leonie Böhm
Costume Design by Belle Santos
MEIN KLEINES PRACHTTIER tells the story of a man who succumbs to a fatal passion, and a young woman searching for security and a place in life – and of the growing fascination they develop for each other. In Leonie Böhm’s production, with costume design by Belle Santos, the imagined perspective of a man who mercilessly confronts his own potential for violence becomes the starting point for a playful investigation by three women.
The premiere takes place on June 13, 2026 at 8 pm at the Schauspielhaus of the Münchner Kammerspiele.
Anna Stiepani reimagines the classic tale in which a scientist becomes a victim of his own ambitions and the lines between creation and self-determination blur, using the timeless myth of Frankenstein to explore the question: What makes us human?
The premiere takes place on May 30, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at Theater im Werftpark at Theater Kiel.
by Roy Chen
translated by Matthias Naumann
Music: Thomas Moked Blum
In Roy Chen’s play, commissioned by Schauspiel Frankfurt, the characters from Kafka’s last text demand their place in history. They are four circus performers—not particularly successful, but undeniably unique. They reflect the sacrifices that art demands of artists: Must artists always go hungry? How much must the monster called the audience be fed before it is satisfied? Where is the line between the stage and private life? Is it even possible to make art without sacrificing one’s own life for it?
In this collaboration, Germany-based director Dor Aloni and Israel-based author Roy Chen delve into the universe of Franz Kafka and discover characters who, in grappling with their art, explore questions of morality, fame, identity, and belonging.
The World Premiere takes place on May 22, 2026, at 8 p.m. at Schauspiel Frankfurt (Kammerspiele).
Following its world premiere in Munich, the music theater production FINITE is now coming to Berlin. It explores our relationship with death and how we deal with our own decline. Through a group of elderly people, the audience is confronted with the reality of their own mortality and old age, with all its associated connotations. Through poetic imagery, a communal ritual emerges—somewhere between mythology and performance—that seeks a joyful surrender to this ultimate consequence of life.
The Berlin premiere will take place on May 22, 2026, at 8 p.m. at the Tischlerei at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
As part of the official opening of the PLUG & PLAY Theater Festival for Young Directors on May 14, 2026, the Carl Zuckmayer Work Scholarship from the Ministry of Family, Women, Culture, and Integration was awarded for the third time at the Staatstheater Mainz.
She is receiving the scholarship—which aims to promote contemporary European drama and honor the memory of the political playwright Carl Zuckmayer—for the concept of a new play titled Pech entkommt man nicht. Ein Aufstiegsmärchen (loosely based on Frau Holle). The new play will be presented to the public in a reading during the next PLUG&PLAY Festival.
“With Lola Fuchs, this year’s recipient of the Carl Zuckmayer Work Scholarship is a young playwright, actress, and director who impresses with her great artistic independence and a keen sense for social issues,” said Minister of Culture Katharina Binz in her tribute to the award winner.
As part of the WORLD VOICES Festival at the Martin E. Segal Center in New York, there will be readings of texts by Penda Diouf and Marius von Mayenburg, each followed by a discussion with the authors.
