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Heidelberger Stückemarkt

24.4.–3.5.2026

Photo: Gabriela Neeb
Photo: Jörg Brüggemann

Bar Blau x StüMa

Next event: 23.4.26
19:00 h
Heidelberger Kunstverein
Art and cocktails, conversation and community / A preview of Heidelberger Stückemarkt in collaboration with Heidelberger Kunstverein
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Opening of the 43rd Heidelberger Stückemarkt

Next event: 24.4.26
19:30 → 20:00 h
Zwinger 3
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Asia Weeks

Opening night theater+ UA
Next event: 24.4.26
20:00 h
Zwinger 1
by Yannic Han Biao Federer
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Autor*innenwettbewerb / Writers’ Competition Part I

Next event: 25.4.26
13:30 → 17:15 h
Zwinger 3
Readings / Autor*innenwettbewerb / Koch/Bradke/Nassar
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SWR Kultur Gespräche

Next event: 25.4.26
17:04 h
SWR Kultur
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Rotting Moon

Next event: 25.4.26
18:30 → 19:50 h
Zwinger 1
by Anaïs Clerc / Direction: Simon Friedl / Münchner Volkstheater
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zwinger x LIN

Next event: 25.4.26
19:00 → 20:15 h
Theaterplatz
1 × LIN, 5 × Instrumente - irgendwo zwischen Elektro und Pop
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A Little Light. And this Tranquillity.

Theatre•Lovers UA
Next event: 25.4.26
20:30 → 22:00 h
Marguerre-Saal
by Sibylle Berg / Direction: Lena Brasch / Schauspiel Hannover
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The theatre festival
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Writers' Competition, prizes, jury
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Theater aus Kanada
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Tickets and service information
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Rückblick auf den 42. Heidelberger Stückemarkt
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Festival website by nachtkritik.de
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Programme
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Opening of the 43rd Heidelberger Stückemarkt
Autor*innenwettbewerb
Guest performances
by Anaïs Clerc / Direction: Simon Friedl / Münchner Volkstheater
25.4.2026
Zwinger 1
Photo: Gabriela Neeb
based on the novel by Tomer Gardi / Stage adaptation and Direction: Noam Brusilovsky / Schauspiel Stuttgart
26.4.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Bjoern Klein
by Sarah Kilter / Direction: Anne Habermehl / Theater Aachen
26.4.2026
Zwinger 1
Photo: Thilo Beu
by Miriam V. Lesch / Direction and Choreography: Katja Wachter / Theater Lübeck
27.4.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Sinje Hasheider
by Christoph Marthaler / with texts by Elfriede Jelinek / Direction: Christoph Marthaler / Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
27.4.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Photo: Matthias Horn
by Nele Stuhler / Direction: FX Mayr / Deutsches Theater Berlin in cooperation with RambaZamba Theater Berlin
29.4.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Photo: Jasmin Schuller
A docu-dystopia by Martin Schäuble / Direction: Katharina Mayrhofer / Schauburg München [14+]
29.4.2026
Zwinger 1
Photo: Armin Smailovic
On Keeping Silent. Speaking. Contradicting. /Interdisciplinary stage project / by Bülent Kullukcu / Direction: Bülent Kullukcu and Karnik Gregorian / Gastspiel Galerie Kullukcu Gregorian
29.4.2026
Zwinger 3
Photo: Lothar Reichel
by Lena Gorelik based on voices and testimonies from then and now / Direction: Martina van Boxen / Theater der Jungen Welt Leipzig [12+]
30.4.2026
HebelHalle
Photo: Tom Schulze
by Miriam Unterthiner / Direction: Tomas Schweigen / Theater am Werk, Vienna
1.5.2026
Zwinger 3
Photo: Matthias Heschl
by Mareike Fallwickl / Direction: Fritzi Wartenberg / Burgtheater Vienna
1.5.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Photo: Tommy Hetzel
by Collectif Aalaapi / Direction: Laurence Dauphinais / Tour produced by La Messe Basse
2.5.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Anne-Marie Baribeau
by Coleen Shirin MacPherson / Direction: Coleen Shirin MacPherson / Open Heart Surgery Theatre, Toronto
3.5.2026
Zwinger 1
Photo: Henry Chan
Libretto: Safia Nolin, Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard / Music: Safia Nolin, Vincent Legault / Idea and Direction: Philippe Cyr / Théâtre Prospero, Montréal
3.5.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Photo: Maxim Paré Fortin
Guest country Canada
by Collectif Aalaapi / Direction: Laurence Dauphinais / Tour produced by La Messe Basse
2.5.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Anne-Marie Baribeau
by Coleen Shirin MacPherson / Direction: Coleen Shirin MacPherson / Open Heart Surgery Theatre, Toronto
3.5.2026
Zwinger 1
Photo: Henry Chan
Libretto: Safia Nolin, Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard / Music: Safia Nolin, Vincent Legault / Idea and Direction: Philippe Cyr / Théâtre Prospero, Montréal
3.5.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Photo: Maxim Paré Fortin
Extra Programme
Art and cocktails, conversation and community / A preview of Heidelberger Stückemarkt in collaboration with Heidelberger Kunstverein
23.4.2026
Heidelberger Kunstverein

Heidelberger Stückemarkt

Since 1984, the Heidelberger Stückemarkt has showcased the avant-garde of theatre for ten days each spring: new plays are read and excellent premieres from across German-speaking countries are invited on stage. The festival opens debates about our society and reflects on aesthetic trends in our theatres.

As an international highlight, the Heidelberger Stückemarkt features a different guest country each year, in 2026 it will be Canada.

Jürgen Popig

Dramaturge
Holger Schultze

Artistic Director
Fabian Appelshäuser Böger

Production Management and Artistic Collaboration
Go to Ensemble / Team Heidelberger Stückemarkt
We thank
We would like to thank the Embassy of Canada and the Representation of the Government of Québec in Berlin for their kind support of the host country programme.
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