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Review: SISTER ACT - National Tour, Germany


by André Böke - May 10, 2026

“Sister Act” owes its status as a global phenomenon to the iconic Whoopi Goldberg film, but Alan Menken’s stage version of the beloved Hollywood comedy has long since conquered stages all over the world. In its acclaimed West End incarnation, the musical has already been touring German-speakin...

Review: MÄNNERPARADIES at Boulevardtheater Bremen


by Konstantin Georgiou - May 08, 2026

„Männerparadies“ im Boulevardtheater Bremen: starke Darsteller, vor allem Marc Gelhart & Marco Linke, aber das Stück wirkt eher wie eine Sketch-Reihe ohne echte Handlung. Viel Potenzial bei Themen wie Männlichkeit & Vater/Sohn Dynamik verschenkt. Sehr 2000er. Trotzdem: Publikum hatte Spaß....

Review: MONÉT X CHANGE & GUESTS at Staatstheater Wiesbaden


by André Böke - May 07, 2026

Global drag excellence conquers the acclaimed “International May Festival” in Wiesbaden: Drag superstar Monét X Change, for one night only. Somewhere between opera, pop, and chanson unfolds a glittering gala concert evening – at times dreamy, at times exalted – unlike anything the sophistic...

One Last Bow: MRS. DOUBTFIRE Takes Her Leave in Germany


by André Böke - April 13, 2026

A dazzling farewell: 'Mrs. Doubtfire' concludes its German run as an emotional tour de force, combining exuberant choreography, impeccable design, and a superb ensemble into a production brimming with heart. Bound for the UK tour, it sets a formidable standard....

Review: THE BODYGUARD at Alte Oper, Frankfurt And On Tour In The UK


by André Böke - April 05, 2026

The touring production of The Bodyguard arrives at a pivotal moment in its continental journey. After stops in Zurich, Munich and Berlin, interspersed with various UK engagements including London, the show now plays its final German date at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. From here, it will return to Briti...

Review: THE LOOM SESSIONS BRAM THAMATA at Literaturhaus Cafe Hamburg


by Martin Ganeider - April 01, 2026

When talking about LOOM SESSIONS, everyone is referring to the one with Oliver Edward in December 2025. We are back with another Session, this time with Bram Tahamata, best known for playing May in the Hit-Musical & Juliet in Hamburg at the Literaturhauskaffee in Hamburg's picturesque Außenalster....

Review: FALCO MEETS AMADEUS at Metropol Theater BREMEN


by Konstantin Georgiou - April 01, 2026

„Falco meets Amadeus“ im Metropol Theater Bremen bleibt trotz solider musikalischer Umsetzung hinter seinen Möglichkeiten zurück: Der Abend startet holprig, verliert sich in bizarren, wenig durchdachten Szenen und findet keine klare dramaturgische Linie....

Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater


by Konstantin Georgiou - March 25, 2026

Ein intensiver, fordernder und überraschend intimer Theaterabend – getragen von einer herausragenden Hauptdarstellerin und einem starken Ensemble. Kein Musical zum Zurücklehnen, sondern eines, das einen nah heranholt und nicht mehr so schnell loslässt....

Review: ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT DAS MUSICAL at Stage Operettenhaus


by Martin Ganeider - March 23, 2026

It feels like yesterday, when the final curtain went down for &Juliet at the Stage Operettenhaus in Hamburg, no home for the German Opening Night of ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT- THE MUSICAL (BACK TO THE FUTURE). ...

Review: ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT - DAS MUSICAL at Stage Operettenhaus


by Konstantin Georgiou - March 23, 2026

Es gibt diese wenigen Filme, die sich nicht einfach schauen lassen, sondern sich ins Leben einbrennen. Zurück in die Zukunft ist für mich genau so ein Film. Seit 1985. Immer wieder. Immer gleich gut. Vielleicht sogar jedes Mal besser....

Past Shows

Notes From the Kitchen
Mar 17 – Mar 28, 2013

An impoverished artist hopes to achieve fame and fortune by winning an art prize. A father, who loves opera and boxing, gives his son vermouth...

Frankenstein-Projekt
Mar 23 – Mar 24, 2013
Susn
Mar 22 – Mar 23, 2013
Hyperion. Letters of a Terrorist
Mar 17 – Mar 18, 2013

Having grown up in harmony with nature and the ancient world of the gods, the Greek, Hyperion, has joined the armed struggle against the Turkish...

The Terrorist Ballroom
Mar 16 – Mar 18, 2013

In a plush ballroom from a bygone era dance partners come together. They meet as strangers in this anachronistic setting, supposedly for the first time,...

Measure for Measure
Mar 8 – Mar 10, 2013

Under Duke Vincentio’s rule criminality and prostitution threaten to overrun the city. His deputy Angelo wants to install a rigid morality and sentences Claudio to...

The Black Rider
Mar 3 – Mar 5, 2013

Just the right bullets To win the woman he loves, shy and retiring Wilhelm must shoot a white dove, while the chances are more in...

Hedda Gabler
Mar 2

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a general, has just married. Her husband Jörgen Tesman, an upcoming historian, is about to be appointed a professor. He...

Under Ice
Mar 1

Paul, a consultant in his mid-40s, is called for the tenth time. The gate is closing: final boarding call. Paul hears his name again and...

Eugene Onegin
Oct 3 – Oct 31, 2012

Alexander Pushkin is considered Russia’s greatest poet and the creator of the language of modern literary Russian. Eugene Onegin is his most famous work. The...

Die Tiefe
Oct 30
The Return of Ulysses
Oct 29 – Oct 30, 2012

Ulysses is called to wage war for a cause that does not concern him. Penelope waits 20 years for his return – or news of...

Hamlet
Sep 21 – Oct 27, 2012

Hamlet is going crazy. His father has died suddenly of a strange disease, and his mother has married her deceased husband’s brother, of all people,...

Bunny
Oct 24

Katie, an 18 year old middle-class kid from a liberal family, doesn’t want to be a good girl anymore. With smaller and larger inept acts...

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Oct 10 – Oct 24, 2012

When Christiane F.’s report was first published as a book in 1978, educators were jubilant. They hoped, at last, to hold the key to keeping...

The Well-Tempered Clavier
Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2012

A work by Johann Sebastian Bach forms the basis of a theatrical evening. What appears to be the epitome of a total world of sound...

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat
Oct 6 – Oct 21, 2012

The showdown between two revolutionary thinkers who could not be more opposed: Jean-Paul Marat, a leading figure of the French Revolution, and the Marquis de...

Miss Julie
Oct 19 – Oct 20, 2012

Strindberg's classic tragedy tells how the aristocratic Julie encounters the servant Jean in the kitchen of the manor. Jean's fiancée, Kristin also comes and goes...

The Good Person of Szechwan
Oct 16 – Oct 18, 2012

Shen Te, a youngwoman forced into prostitution by povertywho is rewarded handsomely after opening her home to three visiting gods. Disproving their contention that no...

I’d rather Goya robbed me of sleep than some arsehole
Oct 15

»Goya should rob me of my sleep before some other arsehole does it. I would rather Goya robbed me of my sleep than Adidas, Bofrost,...

Crave
Oct 14

Two women and two men. They are talking about love, about hopes, longings, desire, disappointment, despair and loneliness. We never find out exactly where they...

Open for Everything
Oct 13 – Oct 14, 2012

Open for Everything is a travel through the stagnation of Roma communities in Europe where itinerant traditions have been replaced by sedentary confined life in...

Galaxy
Sep 22 – Oct 13, 2012

The theatre group BLITZ from Athens together with actors from the Schaubühne Ensemble created their project »Galaxy«, a long parade from the other world: (un-)dead...

An Enemy of the People
Oct 7 – Oct 12, 2012

Dr. Stockmann, a spa town doctor, discovers that the sources of drinking and bathing water are riddled with pathogenic micro-organisms. The cause: contamination due to...

Antigone
Oct 10

Which truth is the correct one: that of the individual who wants to live his life through personal responsibility or that of the community which...

The Power of Darkness
Oct 5 – Oct 6, 2012

A farmer lies sick and shackled to his bed. While his farm decays, his young wife and especially his farm-hand exploit his helpless state to...

Demons
Sep 23 – Oct 4, 2012

Frank comes home. He trips over his wife’s shoes, surprised and annoyed by the general untidiness of the flat and cigarette ashes lying around in...

Videos


Duo Salmhofer/Väth-Schadler in Germany Duo Salmhofer/Väth-Schadler
Theater der Stadt Diepholz (9/27-9/27)
OSAN YARAN - Wollen wir beginnen? in Germany OSAN YARAN - Wollen wir beginnen?
Metropol Theater Bremen (12/11-12/11)
Cinnamon Moon - Akustisches Duo mit Groove und großem Sound in Germany Cinnamon Moon - Akustisches Duo mit Groove und großem Sound
Packhaustheater (10/28-10/28)
WESER-KURIER AboCard exklusiv: Die Zauberflöte in Germany WESER-KURIER AboCard exklusiv: Die Zauberflöte
Theater am Goetheplatz (5/29-5/29)
Die Zeitmaschine - Das Musical in Germany Die Zeitmaschine - Das Musical
Theater Am Dannhalm (12/05-12/05)
Friesenklang-Festival: Viatores Quartet, S. Polkötter & A. Vorontsov in Germany Friesenklang-Festival: Viatores Quartet, S. Polkötter & A. Vorontsov
"Weberei" Jugendzentrum (6/04-6/04)
Herr Schröder - Der Rest ist Hausaufgabe in Germany Herr Schröder - Der Rest ist Hausaufgabe
Theater am Marientor (5/21-5/21)
Aladin - das Musical in Germany Aladin - das Musical
EWE ARENA / D3 (3/06-3/06)
DER HERZOG & ICH - Das Theatermacher-Musical von Titus Hoffmann & Christoph Zirngibl in Germany DER HERZOG & ICH - Das Theatermacher-Musical von Titus Hoffmann & Christoph Zirngibl
Staatstheater Meiningen (12/05-6/22)
Sonne und Beton - Premiere in Germany Sonne und Beton - Premiere
Schnürschuh Theater (5/27-5/27)