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19:30 — 21:20
Große Bühne
for the last time!
Director: Adewale Teodros Adebisi
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
20:00 — 21:40
Diskothek
Director: Thirza Bruncken
18:00 — 20:30
Große Bühne
Director: Tina Lanik
20:00 — 21:55
Diskothek
Studio Production 2026
Director: Katrin Plötner
Director: Katrin Plötner
20:00
Residenz
Unfortunately this event has to be cancelled.
Guest Performance
Musical reading
Christiane Rösinger: „The Joy of Ageing“
19:30 — 20:45
Foyer 1
„Spieglein, Spieglein, halt's Maul, wir müssen nachdenken“
with texts of Ada Berger and Liv Strömquist
Artistic direction: Ellen Neuser
Ada Berger and Liv Strömquist give a voice to women who consider social expectations – beautiful, ugly, old, young, envious, empathetic, suffering, cheerful, questioning, complex and contradictory women, all played by Paulina Bittner.
20:00 — 21:30
Diskothek
Director: Thirza Bruncken
19:30 — 20:50
Foyer 1
Director: Lukas Leon Krüger
19:30 — 20:45
Große Bühne
Zum vorletzten Mal!
Director: Enrico Lübbe
20:00 — 22:00
Diskothek
Director: Regine Dura & Hans-Werner Kroesinger
19:00
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1)
Schauspiel on the road, Theatertreffen 2026
19:30 — 21:15
Große Bühne
Director: Elsa-Sophie Jach
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
20:00 — 21:10
Diskothek
Director: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers
19:00
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1)
Schauspiel on the road, Theatertreffen 2026
19:30 — 20:55
Große Bühne
with english surtitles
Director: Pia Richter
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
20:00 — 21:55
Diskothek
Studio Production 2026
Director: Katrin Plötner
Director: Katrin Plötner
14:00 — 15:30
Altes Rathaus
Der Fall Woyzeck
Tour of Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
16:00
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1)
Schauspiel on the road, Theatertreffen 2026
18:00 — 19:50
Große Bühne
“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.
20:00 — 21:45
Diskothek
19:30 — 21:10
Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr
Schauspiel on the road, 51. Mülheimer Theatertage
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig
Der Girschkarten (UA)
Director: Enrico Lübbe
20:00
Große Bühne
Guest Performance
20:00
Residenz
19:30 — 21:10
Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr
Schauspiel on the road, 51. Mülheimer Theatertage
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig
Der Girschkarten (UA)
Director: Enrico Lübbe
20:00 — 22:00
Große Bühne
Guest Performance
19:30 — 21:00
Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr
Schauspiel on the road, 51. Mülheimer Theatertage
Director: Thirza Bruncken
19:30 — 20:45
Foyer 1
„Spieglein, Spieglein, halt's Maul, wir müssen nachdenken“
with texts of Ada Berger and Liv Strömquist
Artistic direction: Ellen Neuser
Ada Berger and Liv Strömquist give a voice to women who consider social expectations – beautiful, ugly, old, young, envious, empathetic, suffering, cheerful, questioning, complex and contradictory women, all played by Paulina Bittner.
19:30 — 21:00
Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr
Schauspiel on the road, 51. Mülheimer Theatertage
Director: Thirza Bruncken
18:00 — 19:00
Diskothek
18:00 — 19:00
Große Bühne
20:00
Residenz
Premiere
19:30
Foyer 1
20:00
Residenz
19:30 — 20:55
Große Bühne
Director: Pia Richter
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
20:00
Residenz
With Follow-up discussion
15:00 — 16:40
Diskothek
with German sign language
Director: Salome Schneebeli
18:00 — 19:15
Große Bühne
For the 66th and final time!
Director: Enrico Lübbe
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
Following: “Selfie in the spotlight”
Following: “Selfie in the spotlight”
20:00
Residenz
20:00
Diskothek
19:30
Große Bühne
19:30
Foyer 1
Director: von Lina Wegner
20:00 — 21:30
Diskothek
Director: Thirza Bruncken
18:00 — 19:45
Große Bühne
Director: Elsa-Sophie Jach
Introduction 17:15 + 17:30 at Rangfoyer
Followed by a discussion with the ensemble and Thomas Köck
Followed by a discussion with the ensemble and Thomas Köck
20:00 — 21:10
Diskothek
Director: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers
Volkstheater Rostock
Schauspiel on the road, Schauspielschultreffen 2026
Studio Production 2026
Director: Katrin Plötner
Director: Katrin Plötner
16:00 — 18:00
Clara-Zetkin-Park (AOK-Wiese)
Auftakt ClubFusion 2026
Festival der Theaterspielclubs von Schauspiel Leipzig, TDJW und Oper Leipzig
19:30
Große Bühne
Director: Nuran David Calis
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
17:00
Foyer 1
Premiere
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
Wand an Wand
19:00 — 20:00
Diskothek
Premiere
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
Sag ihnen: Ich bin perfekt
17:00
Foyer 1
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
Wand an Wand
With Follow-up discussion
18:00 — 19:00
Diskothek
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
Sag ihnen: Ich bin perfekt
With Follow-up discussion
18:00 — 19:00
Diskothek
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
Sag ihnen: Ich bin perfekt
19:00
Foyer 1
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
Wand an Wand
20:00 — 21:45
Diskothek
14:30
Foyer 1
4 + 1 – a meeting of young authors 2026
Lesung Leipzig
17:00
Foyer 1
4 + 1 – a meeting of young authors 2026
Lesung Hildesheim
20:00 — 21:10
Diskothek
Director: Ebru Tartıcı Borchers
With Follow-up discussion
20:00 — 21:30
Hinterbühne
Premiere
14:30
Foyer 1
4 + 1 – a meeting of young authors 2026
Lesung Wien
17:00
Foyer 1
4 + 1 – a meeting of young authors 2026
Lesung Berlin
20:00 — 21:30
Hinterbühne
With Follow-up discussion
20:00 — 21:20
Diskothek
Director: Yves Hinrichs
14:30
Foyer 1
4 + 1 – a meeting of young authors 2026
Lesung Biel
17:00
Foyer 1
4 + 1 – a meeting of young authors 2026
Lesung Graz
20:00 — 21:20
Diskothek
Director: Yves Hinrichs
With Follow-up discussion
20:00
Residenz
20:00 — 21:30
Hinterbühne
20:00
Residenz
In Swedish and English with German surtitles
20:00 — 21:40
Diskothek
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig
Der Girschkarten (UA)
Director: Enrico Lübbe
18:00 — 21:00
Diskothek
Im Rahmen der ClubFusion 2026
COMETOGETHER
19:30 — 20:40
Foyer 1
Revival
Ophelias Tränen
A show about and below water for all cute babes by and with Paula Winteler
20:00
Diskothek
Studio
Monologvorspiel der Schauspielstudierenden
19:30
Foyer 1
Katze im Sack
Überraschungsabend von und mit dem Ensemble des Schauspiel Leipzig
A new, different and surprising show every time – the acting company of Schauspiel Leipzig lets the cat out of the bag.
20:00
Diskothek
Studio
Monologvorspiel der Schauspielstudierenden
19:30 — 21:05
Foyer 1
Scenic project by Tilo Krügel and Denis Petković
20:00 — 22:00
Diskothek
Director: Regine Dura & Hans-Werner Kroesinger
20:00
Residenz
In Swedish and English with German surtitles
19:30
Große Bühne
Guest Performance
Leipziger Tanztheater
reinpflanzlich & Interlude Inn
20:00
Diskothek
Director: Wilke Weermann
20:00
Residenz
In Swedish and English with German surtitles
With Follow-up discussion
With Follow-up discussion
19:30
Große Bühne
Guest Performance
Leipziger Tanztheater
MENSCHINE & Interlude Inn
20:00
Residenz
In Swedish and English with German surtitles
20:00
Diskothek
Studio
Liedvorspiel der Schauspielstudierenden
14:00
Große Bühne
Guest Performance
Leipziger Tanztheater
MENSCHINE & Interlude Inn
18:30
Große Bühne
Guest Performance
Leipziger Tanztheater
reinpflanzlich & Interlude Inn
20:00 — 21:40
Diskothek
Commissioned by Schauspiel Leipzig
Der Girschkarten (UA)
Director: Enrico Lübbe
16:00 — 17:30
Altes Rathaus
Der Fall Woyzeck
Tour of Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
19:30
Große Bühne
Theatre day
Director: Nuran David Calis
Introduction 18:45 + 19:00 at Rangfoyer
With Follow-up discussion
With Follow-up discussion