Productions
NO future, dear darkness! In the face of the crises of our time, looking to the future may seem far from promising. And yet, in the 2026/27 season, we want to take that look – together with the generations who will inherit the future. Together with young people, we will take an open and honest look at what lies ahead, sometimes dystopian, sometimes utopian, and develop imaginative strategies for dealing with it.
VOX HUMANA
VOX HUMANA
Eurovision, metal, Ukrainian folk songs, vocal experiments. Opera, obviously. The Ukrainian musical theater group Opera Aperta takes the audience on a roller-coaster ride of emotions, one loop after another – from a Eurovision hit to a metal song, from a traditional Ukrainian folk song to an experimental vocal exercise; laughter follows tears, goosebumps follow a […]
To 18. October 2026.
PÖBELARIEN
PÖBELARIEN
In PÖBELARIEN, opera is under attack – and you are the infection! A collective of parasites crawls into costumes, gnaws away at arias and takes whatever feels good from the operatic canon. The rest is thrown out. The Snake Boys bring fat beats, clear voices and a mountain of shimmering costumes. Whoever wants to can […]
To 12. December 2026.
I MUST DIE
I MUST DIE
An empty stage. One body. Two parallel universes. In I MUST DIE, performer Nico Sauer meets… himself. And one of them is not going to survive. A musical theatre solo between everyday sounds, Jacques Tati-style absurdity, and seriously nerve-wracking suspense. Light and music split the stage into two worlds. They exist side by side, completely […]
To 25. October 2026.
Tiresias
Tiresias
The country needs new children. Smart, beautiful, productive children. As close to perfect as possible – to clean up the mess their parents left behind. They’re supposed to save the future and keep the pension system afloat. In Poulenc’s musical theatre piece Les mamelles de Tirésias, Thérèse rebels against the obsession with reproduction, opts out […]
To 07. November 2026.
1984
1984
George Orwell’s legendary dystopian novel 1984 depicts life under a totalitarian surveillance state: relentless control, a Thought Police ready to punish every deviation. Now composer Rui Rodrigues and writer John von Düffel bring Orwell’s nightmare into the 21st century, together with the fourth-year students of Musical/Show at Berlin University of the Arts. A stage piece […]
To 02. January 2027.
