Schauspiel Leipzig
Diskothek
In 2013, we launched the Diskothek as a venue dedicated exclusively to contemporary drama. At that time, it was still housed within the Schauspielhaus on Rehearsal Stage 1, though we already had plans to move to the ground floor on the Ring into the former “Schauhaus” nightclub – which is exactly what happened in 2017. That is why this season we we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the venue.
And that is exactly what we intend to do by transforming the Diskothek back into a disco, with music and a party. To mark the anniversary, we will once again construct the magnificent stage set for the production of Elfriede Jelinek’s “Wolken.Heim”, which was inspired by a painting by the Leipzig artist Titus Schade. You are invited to explore this impressive set design space accompanied by sound installations based on the text.
We are delighted that productions from the Diskothek programme have once again received festival invitations. It is a great honour to have two productions among the seven plays invited to this year’s Mülheim Theatre Days, the leading festival for contemporary drama. “Aufzeichnungen aus einem weißen Zimmer” by Anna Behringer and “Der Girschkarten”, a work commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig from Lukas Rietzschel, are thus in the running for the 2026 Mülheim Drama Prize, the most important prize for German-language contemporary drama. Since 2013, ten productions from the Diskothek have been invited to Mülheim, with three of them having won the Drama Prize.
In the 2026/27 season, we will once again focus on continuing our collaboration with the people who have shaped this theatre: Thirza Bruncken, a frequent guest director with her unmistakable stylistic signature, will follow up on “Drei sind wir” (2016) by directing Schauspiel Leipzig’s new commissioned work by Wolfram Höll, who has been contributing his texts to Schauspiel Leipzig since 2013. Marco Damghani, another pillar of the venue’s programme, will direct a new play of his own, which is also being created as a commission for Schauspiel Leipzig. And the documentary theatre team of Regine Dura and Hans-Werner Kroesinger, who consistently explore the present in a unique and documentary style, will also present a new work.
Alongside the repertoire, which includes works by Yade Yasemin Önder, Sam Max, Sivan Ben Yishai, Maria Milisavljevic and Sarah Kilter (whose *White Passing* has already been performed over 50 times), these productions invite audiences to explore the present through theatre with all its diverse themes, contradictions, questions and challenges.
And that is exactly what we intend to do by transforming the Diskothek back into a disco, with music and a party. To mark the anniversary, we will once again construct the magnificent stage set for the production of Elfriede Jelinek’s “Wolken.Heim”, which was inspired by a painting by the Leipzig artist Titus Schade. You are invited to explore this impressive set design space accompanied by sound installations based on the text.
We are delighted that productions from the Diskothek programme have once again received festival invitations. It is a great honour to have two productions among the seven plays invited to this year’s Mülheim Theatre Days, the leading festival for contemporary drama. “Aufzeichnungen aus einem weißen Zimmer” by Anna Behringer and “Der Girschkarten”, a work commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig from Lukas Rietzschel, are thus in the running for the 2026 Mülheim Drama Prize, the most important prize for German-language contemporary drama. Since 2013, ten productions from the Diskothek have been invited to Mülheim, with three of them having won the Drama Prize.
In the 2026/27 season, we will once again focus on continuing our collaboration with the people who have shaped this theatre: Thirza Bruncken, a frequent guest director with her unmistakable stylistic signature, will follow up on “Drei sind wir” (2016) by directing Schauspiel Leipzig’s new commissioned work by Wolfram Höll, who has been contributing his texts to Schauspiel Leipzig since 2013. Marco Damghani, another pillar of the venue’s programme, will direct a new play of his own, which is also being created as a commission for Schauspiel Leipzig. And the documentary theatre team of Regine Dura and Hans-Werner Kroesinger, who consistently explore the present in a unique and documentary style, will also present a new work.
Alongside the repertoire, which includes works by Yade Yasemin Önder, Sam Max, Sivan Ben Yishai, Maria Milisavljevic and Sarah Kilter (whose *White Passing* has already been performed over 50 times), these productions invite audiences to explore the present through theatre with all its diverse themes, contradictions, questions and challenges.
