In his newly dramatised version of Shakespeare’s play, director and playwright Marius von Mayenburg creates an apocalyptic and dystopian world centred around the serial killer Macbeth for the Norwegian stage.
The premiere will take place on October 17, 2025 at 6 p.m. at the Nationtheatret (Hovedscenen) in Oslo.
by and with Yousef Sweid
Director + Co-Author: Isabella Sedlak
Produced by Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin
Palestinian-Israeli actor Yousef Sweid dives into the chaos of identity, truth, and family life in Between The River And The Sea. Raised as a Christian-Arab kid in Haifa, now raising two Jewish-Arab kids in Berlin, he unpacks his in-between-ness – where contradictions clash and slogans fail. With biting humour and raw honesty, Sweid weaves personal stories, political reflection, and absurd everyday moments into a sharp, unflinching solo performance.
BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE SEA will be shown as part of steirischer herbst ’25 on October 12, 2025 in Graz (Dom im Berg, Schloßbergplatz).
The premiere of WOZZECK will take place on 12 October 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Staatstheater Braunschweig (Großes Haus).
With her biting, absurd comedy DER DÄMON IN DIR MUSS TRAUER TRAGEN at Theater Dortmund, Lola Fuchs was invited to join radikal jung in Munich. Now she has adapted and staged the classic play, turning the courtroom comedy into a biting media satire. What begins as a minor trial becomes a mirror of social abysses – somewhere between courtroom drama, Instagram reality and suppressed provincial madness.
The premiere will take place on 11 October 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in the Schauspielhaus of the Theater Dortmund.
After the success of her stand-up show Female Shit, in which Orit Nahmias candidly shared her painful and hilarious stories about moving from Tel Aviv to Berlin, and becoming a mother while trying to save her marriage, she now takes to the stage as a middle-aged, divorced woman exploring her fear of death and her lust for 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 world premiere will take place at Maxim Gorki Theater on October 10, 2025.
Additional shows: October 11+29; November 8.
THE WHALE tells the moving story of a reclusive man who confronts his past, his guilt and his longing for reconciliation.
Darren Aronofsky adapted the play for film in 2022 after it had already been enjoyed success on US stages.
The German-language premiere will take place on October 9, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin.
A co-production by Riksteatern and Borås Stadsteater
The commissioned work AUGUSTISNÖ is a biting satire about class, climate and today’s longing for ready-made stories in an export-friendly format. Trinidad Gonzalez stages this tour de force with incredible precision and plenty of humour.
The world premiere will take place on 3 October at Väven, Vävenscenen in Umeå, after which the production will be on tour across Sweden.
Natalia Sinelnikova caused a sensation with her film debut which was screened at many A-list festivals and was highly acclaimed. Now she is turning her attention to theatre and presenting her first stage work.
The premiere of DER FISKUS will take place on 3 October 2025 at 5 p.m. at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (Theatersaal).
The Ensemble dlé – director Florian Hertweck, actor Tim Knapper and musician Malcolm Kemp – stages DIE ORESTIE based on Aeschylus at Theater Aachen. This is where great ancient tragedy meets participatory theatre, ‘true crime’ meets rap theatre.
‘Remarkably relaxed and linguistically very precise’ / ‘A magnificent performance that gives you a lot to think about.’ – Andreas Falentin, Die Deutsche Bühne
Tickets and further performance dates
The debut of British-Iranian author Zak Zarafshan sparkles with sharp wit and quirky ideas, and caused a sensation in London’s West End. Vienna-based Martina Gredler brings this brilliant comedy about tolerance, double standards and the secrets between parents and children to the stage as a German-language premiere.
The German Language Premiere takes place on September 25, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Volkstheater Vienna.