Premiere on 6 February 2026
For international guests, Schauspiel Leipzig offers performances with English surtitles at regular intervals. Furthermore, English-language introductions will give you interesting background information about the plays and their productions.
The surtitles are best visible in the stalls (Parkett), starting from row 10. Surtitles are only partially legible in the tier (Rang). Please bear this in mind when purchasing tickets.
The surtitles are best visible in the stalls (Parkett), starting from row 10. Surtitles are only partially legible in the tier (Rang). Please bear this in mind when purchasing tickets.
By William Shakespeare
German translation Sven-Eric Bechtolf & Wolfgang Wiens
Director: Pia Richter
1.2. / 4:00 pm / Große Bühne
➤ with English surtitles
➤ with childcare
We live in a time where romantic love as a universal longing may still fill the cinemas but is often met with cynicism in real life. So what is it about Shakespeare’s most famous lovers that continues to enthral us? In all their radical self-abandonment, are Romeo and Juliet a progressive alternative concept for today?
German translation Sven-Eric Bechtolf & Wolfgang Wiens
Director: Pia Richter
1.2. / 4:00 pm / Große Bühne
➤ with English surtitles
➤ with childcare
We live in a time where romantic love as a universal longing may still fill the cinemas but is often met with cynicism in real life. So what is it about Shakespeare’s most famous lovers that continues to enthral us? In all their radical self-abandonment, are Romeo and Juliet a progressive alternative concept for today?
by Georg Büchner
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Revival on 9.1. / 7:30 pm / Große Bühne
➤with English surtitles
➤ Theatertag (each Ticket for 13 EUR)
“On and on. On and on.” Life is a roundabout, constantly spinning. A person approaches here, words drift by there, lights, voices. For Woyzeck, life’s spinning only ever passes him by. “I think if we ever got to heaven, we'd have to help with the thunder”, he says.
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Revival on 9.1. / 7:30 pm / Große Bühne
➤with English surtitles
➤ Theatertag (each Ticket for 13 EUR)
“On and on. On and on.” Life is a roundabout, constantly spinning. A person approaches here, words drift by there, lights, voices. For Woyzeck, life’s spinning only ever passes him by. “I think if we ever got to heaven, we'd have to help with the thunder”, he says.
by Joseph Kesselring
Director: Tina Lanik
25.1. / 6:00 pm / Große Bühne
➤ with English surtitles
“Arsenic and Old Lace” was premiered in 1942 and may be the most amicable, famous and dark among all famous dark theatre comedies. Nothing and nobody is ‘normal’ here. Abby and Martha are the least normal of them all; they do the darkest things with the greatest air of normality and helpful peace of mind. Morality is a malleable term in the two aunts’ house, but how they all uphold it as a matter of course is very, very funny.
Director: Tina Lanik
25.1. / 6:00 pm / Große Bühne
➤ with English surtitles
“Arsenic and Old Lace” was premiered in 1942 and may be the most amicable, famous and dark among all famous dark theatre comedies. Nothing and nobody is ‘normal’ here. Abby and Martha are the least normal of them all; they do the darkest things with the greatest air of normality and helpful peace of mind. Morality is a malleable term in the two aunts’ house, but how they all uphold it as a matter of course is very, very funny.
by William Shakespeare
Revival on 13.2. / 7:30 pm / Große Bühne
➤ with English surtitles
➤ Theatertag (each Ticket for 13 EUR)
These are uncertain times. No one knows what tomorrow may bring. Who will rule, who will be overthrown? Who is still playing the game of power and who has already lost – lost the game, lost power and lost their life? Richard, Duke of Gloucester, wants to be more than just a pawn in this game. He wants to be the key player. The one who beats them all.
Revival on 13.2. / 7:30 pm / Große Bühne
➤ with English surtitles
➤ Theatertag (each Ticket for 13 EUR)
These are uncertain times. No one knows what tomorrow may bring. Who will rule, who will be overthrown? Who is still playing the game of power and who has already lost – lost the game, lost power and lost their life? Richard, Duke of Gloucester, wants to be more than just a pawn in this game. He wants to be the key player. The one who beats them all.
