Premieres & revivals 25/26 | Schauspiel Leipzig

Premiers Große Bühne

Was ihr wollt (A Tortured Lover’s Version)

by William Shakespeare
German by Jens Roselt
Version by Pia Richter

Director: Pia Richter

Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

deutsche märchen (UA)

by Thomas Köck

Director: Elsa-Sophie Jach

Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans)

by Friedrich Schiller

Director: Nuran David Calis

Revivals Große Bühne

Andersens Märchen (UA)

by Stephan Beer and Georg Burger
based on motifs by Hans Christian Andersen

Director: Stephan Beer

Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen (Arsenic and Old Lace)

by Joseph Kesselring

Director: Tina Lanik

Das kalte Herz (Heart of Stone)

by Wilhelm Hauff

Director: Enrico Lübbe

Der Besuch der alten Dame

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Director: Nuran David Calis

Der Gott des Gemetzels (God of Carnage)

by Yasmina Reza

Director: Enrico Lübbe

Der Sturm (The Tempest)

by William Shakespeare
Version by Adewale Teodros Adebisi

Director: Adewale Teodros Adebisi

Der zerbrochne Krug (The Broken Jug)

by Heinrich von Kleist

Director: Elsa-Sophie Jach

Medea

By Euripides

Director: Markus Bothe

Richard III

by William Shakespeare
German translation by Thomas Brasch
Leipzig version by Marion Tiedtke

Director: Enrico Lübbe

Romeo und Julia

By William Shakespeare
German translation Sven-Eric Bechtolf & Wolfgang Wiens

Director: Pia Richter

Woyzeck

by Georg Büchner

Director: Enrico Lübbe

Premiers Diskothek

Staubfrau (DE)

by Maria Milisavljević

Director: Kamila Polívková

Compania Sincara bringt: „Frieden“

Freely adapted from Aristophanes

Director: Rico Dietzmeyer

Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Der Girschkarten (UA)

by Lukas Rietzschel
Comedy based on Anton Chekhov

Director: Enrico Lübbe

Liebe / Eine argumentative Übung

by Sivan Ben Yishai
German by Maren Kames

Studio Production 2026
Director: Katrin Plötner

Bu sözler bizim — Die Worte gehören uns (UA)

Director: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers

Ein neues Stück

Director: Wilke Weermann

Revivals Diskothek

Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Altbau in zentraler Lage (UA)

Eine Schaueroper

by Raphaela Bardutzky
Artistic collaboration: Athena Lange

Director: Salome Schneebeli

Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Anouk & Adofa (UA)

Marco Damghani

Aufzeichnungen aus einem weißen Zimmer (UA)

by Anna Behringer

Director: Thirza Bruncken

Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Kein Schicksal, Klytämnestra (UA)

by Nino Haratischwili

Director: Enrico Lübbe

Letzte Station Torgau. Eine kalte Umarmung (UA)

Documentary Theatre Project by dura & kroesinger

Director: Regine Dura & Hans-Werner Kroesinger

White Passing (UA)

by Sarah Kilter

Director: Thirza Bruncken

Premiers Residenz in der Spinnerei

Live radio play

SOUND OF US

ChorAlle (ZEOK e.V., Leipzig)

Irrsinn – Die Show

Diederik Peeters (Brüssel)

Gut Gemacht!

Antonia Baehr, Jule Flierl, Hermann Heisig, Claire Vivianne Sobottke (Berlin/Leipzig)

OH FAITH – Eine Zweiflermesse

Elia Rediger & int int irrit (Berlin)

Third Workshop & Performance Festival of Tanzplattform Leipzig

GAP

Doris Uhlich (Wien)

Exit-Pieces

Iggy Malmborg (Malmö)

Premieres Foyer 1

Showtime (ein enttäuschender Abend)

by Felix Krakau

Scenic project by Tilo Krügel and Denis Petković

Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß ( (The Confusions of Young Törless)

Based on the novel by Robert Musil

Director: Lukas Leon Krüger

fünf minuten stille — in German Sign Language

with live synchronisation into German spoken language

by Leo Meier

Artistic direction: Emily Huber & Matthias Döpke

Revivals Foyer 1

fünf minuten stille

by Leo Meier

Director: Markus Lerch

Ophelias Tränen

A show about and below water for all cute babes by and with Paula Winteler

„Spieglein, Spieglein, halt's Maul, wir müssen nachdenken“

with texts of Ada Berger and Liv Strömquist

Translation: Ellen Neuser and Leonard Merkes

Artistic direction: Ellen Neuser

ag(o)ra

Der Sturm (The Tempest)

by William Shakespeare
Version by Adewale Teodros Adebisi

Director: Adewale Teodros Adebisi

Ich denk schon wieder (nur an dich) (UA)

OPEN-AIR-THEATER

Play development with texts by Liv Strömquist, Ada Berger, Ellen Neuser and ensemble

Director: Ellen Neuser

Die Gläserne Kuh (UA)

Prüfbegehung der agra-Landwirtschaftsausstellung 1981

Scenic guided walk by Tino Kühn and Falk Rößler

Director: Falk Rößler

Specials

12. Festival Politik im Freien Theater

Zum Thema „Grenzen“

ClubFusion 2026

Festival of the theatre clubs of Schauspiel Leipzig, TDJW and Oper Leipzig