Premieres & revivals 26/27

Premiers Große Bühne

Das Vermächtnis

(The Inheritance)
by Matthew López
Translated from the American English by Hannes Becker
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Premiere on 03.10.2026
Große Bühne

The House of Bernarda Alba

by Federico García Lorca
German by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Director: Salome Schneebeli
Premiere on 16.10.2026
Große Bühne

Alice Through the Looking-Glass (UA)

by Stephan Beer and Georg Burger
based on Lewis Carroll
Director: Stephan Beer
Premiere on 22.11.2026
Große Bühne
Recommended from 6 years

Uncle Vanya

by Anton Tschechow
German by Angela Schanelec
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Premiere on 04.03.2027
Große Bühne
Leipziger Ballett

Elegies — Black Box II

A three-part ballet evening by Andrea Carino, Marcelino Libao and Vincenzo Timpa
A co-production between the Leipzig Ballet and Schauspiel Leipzig
Premiere on 03.04.2027
Große Bühne

Schöne Vorstellung

Artistic direction: Falk Röẞler, Nele Stuhler, Hubert Wild & Salome Schneebeli
Premiere on 08.05.2027
Schauspielhaus

Revivals Große Bühne

Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen (Arsenic and Old Lace)

by Joseph Kesselring
Director: Tina Lanik
Revival on 30.12.2026
Große Bühne

Das kalte Herz (Heart of Stone)

by Wilhelm Hauff
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Revival on 16.12.2026
Große Bühne
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

deutsche märchen (UA)

(& super creeps)
by Thomas Köck
Director: Elsa-Sophie Jach
Revival on 13.09.2026
Große Bühne

Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans)

by Friedrich Schiller
Director: Nuran David Calis
Revival on 28.11.2026
Große Bühne

Medea

By Euripides
Director: Markus Bothe
Revival on 14.01.2027
Große Bühne

Richard III

by William Shakespeare
German translation by Thomas Brasch
Leipzig version by Marion Tiedtke
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Revival on 23.01.2027
Große Bühne

Was ihr wollt  (A Tortured Lover’s Version)

by William Shakespeare
German by Jens Roselt
Version by Pia Richter and Julia Buchberger
Director: Pia Richter
Revival on 21.10.2026
Große Bühne

Woyzeck

by Georg Büchner
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Revival on 27.01.2027
Große Bühne

Premiers Diskothek

Kitt (UA)

Documentary theatre project by dura & kroesinger
Director: Hans-Werner Kroesinger & ­Regine Dura
Premiere on 01.10.2026
Diskothek

Compania Sincara presents: The Dragon

Freely adapted from Yevgeny Schwarz
14. / 15.11.2026
Diskothek
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

OST (UA)

by Wolfram Höll
Director: Thirza Bruncken
Premiere on 11.12.2026
Diskothek
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Der Riss (UA)

A comedy
by Marco Damghani
Premiere on 04.02.2027
Diskothek

Revivals Diskothek

Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Altbau in zentraler Lage (UA)

Eine Schaueroper
by Raphaela Bardutzky
Artistic collaboration: Athena Lange
Director: Salome Schneebeli
Revival on 20.09.2026
Diskothek

Aufzeichnungen aus einem weißen Zimmer  (UA)

by Anna Behringer
Director: Thirza Bruncken
Revival in autumn/winter
Diskothek

Bu sözler bizim — Die Worte gehören uns (UA)

Director: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers
Revival on 18.10.2026
Diskothek
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig

Der Girschkarten (UA)

by Lukas Rietzschel
Comedy based on Anton Chekhov
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Revival on 28.10.2026
Diskothek

Drive In (UA)

Produktion des Theaterjugendclubs „Sorry, eh!“
by Yannic Han Biao Federer
Director: Yves Hinrichs
Revival on 21.10.2026
Diskothek

Letzte Station Torgau. Eine kalte Umarmung (UA)

Documentary Theatre Project by dura & kroesinger
Director: Regine Dura & Hans-Werner Kroesinger
Revival on 23.10.2026
Diskothek

LIEBE / Eine argumentative Übung

by Sivan Ben Yishai
German by Maren Kames
Studio Production 2026
Director: Katrin Plötner
Revival on 29.8.2026
Diskothek

Staubfrau (DE)

by Maria Milisavljević
Director: Kamila Polívková
Revival on 12.9.2026
Diskothek

White Passing (UA)

by Sarah Kilter
Director: Thirza Bruncken
Revival on 6.9.2026
Diskothek

Wüste

by Sam Max
German translation by Maria Milisavljević
Director: Wilke Weermann
Revival in autumn/winter
Diskothek

Premiers Residenz in der Spinnerei

Pizza or A Door In the Dark Does Not Dance or The Meaning of Life

Nature Theater of Oklahoma (New York)
Leipzig-Premiere on 10.09.2026
Residenz

Ballroom Showcase & Queer Performance Night

TrueColours (Leipzig)
Premiere on 02.10.2026
Residenz

Kindheiten

vorschlag:hammer (Duisburg/Berlin/Zürich)
Leipzig-Premiere on 20.11.2026
Residenz

unearth

#BBF_Production (Leipzig)
Premiere on 29. January 2027
Residenz

BITCH, I EVOLVED!

Eva Meyer-Keller (Berlin)
Premiere on 5.3.2027
Residenz

Cut the Rope. A Ritual

Farn, George Bele & Bodenproben (Leipzig/Berlin/Freiburg)
Premiere on 21.5.2027
Residenz

Revivals Residenz in der Spinnerei

Drei Mal links ist rechts

Julian Hetzel (Utrecht) / Artists in Residence
Revival on 09.04.2027
Residenz

Premieres Foyer 1

Das Licht der Welt

by Raphaela Bardutzky
Director: Yves Hinrichs
Premiere on 20.11.2026
Foyer 1

Revivals Foyer 1

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

Based on the novel by Robert Musil
Director: Lukas Leon Krüger
Revival in planning
Foyer 1

IMMER EINE MEHR ALS DU (UA)

von Lina Wegner
Director: von Lina Wegner
Revival on 23.09.2026
Foyer 1

Ophelias Tränen

A show about and below water for all cute babes by and with Paula Winteler
Revival on 9.9.2026
Foyer 1

Showtime (ein enttäuschender Abend)

by Felix Krakau
Scenic project by Tilo Krügel and Denis Petković
Revival on 19.09.2026
Foyer 1

„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
Revival in planning
Foyer 1

Open Air

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
Revival on 22.8.2026
Open Air: agra Messepark Leipzig

Specials

KATAPULT 2027

Performance Plattform Leipzig
24. – 27.6.2027
Residenz

ClubFusion 2027

Festival der Theaterspielclubs von Schauspiel Leipzig, TDJW und Oper Leipzig
Stadtraum