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Lisa Förster, Hendrik Richter, Marco Albrecht; Photo: Susane Reichardt
Scene from »Farewell Dinner«: In a medium close-up, Clotilde and Pierre stand facing each other and clink glasses of wine. Clotilde smiles happily, Pierre looks tense. Antoine laughs heartily and places his left hand over his heart.
Flo Sohn,Simon Mazouri, Nele Christoph, Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Photo for »Why We Took the Car«: Tschick, Maik and Isa are pushing a black car from right to left. Tschick stands by the open driver's door while Maik and Isa push from behind.
Hendrik Richter; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from »Murder on the Orient Express«: Hercule Poirot is standing in the centre, against a black background. He is wearing a black suit and bow tie, and his hands are slightly raised. In his right hand, he raises his index finger. He looks towards the camera, raising his left eyebrow.
Vladlena Sviatash; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene Photo from »On the Other Side of the Moon«: Vladlena Sviatash stands alone on stage. She is wearing black boots, knee-length black shorts, and a white windbreaker. A white parachute harness is strapped around her body. Behind her, a large white parachute billows out, filling the room. Vladlena Sviatash looks up desperately.
Anna Schönberg, Friedrich Witte, Martin Wißner; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from “Achtsam morden”: Anna Schönberg, Friedrich Witte, and Martin Wißner are sitting next to each other on small chairs. Friedrich is sitting in the middle and wearing a suit. A briefcase rests on his lap. To his left sits Anna Schönberg. She is wearing a blue cap and a light blue hoodie. She is looking at Friedrich Witte and holding out a hand puppet to him, which is also looking at him. To the right of Friedrich Witte sits Martin Wißner. He is wearing a green jacket and a wig wit
Henry Morales, Simon Mazouri, Lisa Förster, Beatrix Doderer, Flo Sohn; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from »If the widow wants to be addressed, she places the watering can on the grave with the spout facing forward«: On the left, Henry Morales stands at the top of the steps of the stage element. It looks like an island. On the right-hand side, there is also an island made of steps. Simon Mazouri, Lisa Förster, Beatrix Doderer, and Flo Sohn are standing on it. They are holding their arms up in the air and cheering. They are all wearing tracksuits and long-haired wigs.

Farewell Dinner

Next event: 11.6.26
19:30 → 21:10 h
Marguerre-Saal
Comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière
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Frankenstein, or Why Is There a Piece Missing from the Thick Tower?

Opening night
Next event: 14.6.26
20:30 h
Dicker Turm
Originally by Mary Shelley, adapted by Philipp Löhle
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Cyrano de Bergerac

Opening night
Next event: 19.6.26
20:30 h
Schlosshof
Romantic comedy by Edmond Rostand
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Why We Took the Car

Next event: 24.6.26
11:00 → 12:40 h
Alter Saal
by Wolfgang Herrndorf
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Murder on the Orient Express

Next event: 24.6.26
19:30 → 21:45 h
Marguerre-Saal
after Agatha Christie
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On the Other Side of the Moon

UA
Next event: 27.6.26
19:30 → 21:50 h
Marguerre-Saal
based on motives from the world of Hilde Domin
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Murder Mindfully

Theatre•Lovers
Next event: 2.7.26
19:30 → 21:05 h
Alter Saal
Crime comedy based on the novel by Karsten Dusse
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If the Widow Wishes to Be Addressed She Puts the Watering Can on the Grave with the Spout Facing Forward

Next event: 23.7.26
19:00 → 19:45 h
Open Air vor dem Bürgerhaus HeidelBERG Emmertsgrund
based on the short stories by Saša Stanišić
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New in season 2025/26
based on a text by Han Kang
Opening night: 19.9.2025
Alte Chirurgie
Friedrich Witte, Esra Schreier, Cecilia Ponteprimo, Thorsten Hierse. Photo: Susanne Reichardt.
Scene photo from »The Vegetarian«: Friedrich Witte, Esra Schreier and Thorsten Hierse are seated on chairs scattered around a small platform. Cecilia Ponteprimo lies almost naked and curled up on the platform. In the background, three projection screens show a lecture theatre and a woman asleep in bed. Photo: Susanne Reichardt.
or: Are these really my thoughts that I’m thinking? / A Chilean-German theatre play by Juan Pablo Troncoso and Björn SC Deigner
Opening night: 3.10.2025
Alter Saal
Josefa Cavada, Leon Maria Spiegelberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
by Heinrich von Kleist
Opening night: 18.10.2025
Marguerre-Saal
Nele Christoph; Elisabeth Auer; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
Opening night: 5.12.2025
Zwinger 1
Hendrik Richter, Jacob Bussmann, Leon Maria Spiegelberg, Esra Schreier, Katharina Quast; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
by Tennessee Williams
Opening night: 13.12.2025
Marguerre-Saal
Hans Fleischmann, Andreas Seifert, Steffen Gangloff, Beteiligte des Kinderchors, Lisa Förster, Nicole Averkamp, Marco Albrecht; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Revuette on the end of the world / with songs and texts from Udo Lindenberg to Dota Kehr
Opening night: 19.12.2025
Zwinger 1, Alter Saal
Martin Wißner; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
based on the novel by Hans Fallada
Opening night: 21.2.2026
Alter Saal
Trixi Strobel, Nicole Averkamp; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from “Every Man Dies Alone”: A medium close-up shows Trudel Baumann and Anna Quangel. They are embracing each other and wearing gray-black clothing.
Overwriting Antiquity based on Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles by Tine Rahel Völcker
Opening night: 28.2.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Helene Krüger, Statisterie des Theaters und Orchesters Heidelberg; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from »We Are Family«: In the centre of the picture, Elektra is depicted in armour, striding purposefully towards the viewer. Six masked figures follow her. The scene is shrouded in white mist.
by Yannic Han Biao Federer
Opening night: 24.4.2026
Zwinger 1
Jenny Groß, Statisterie; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière
Opening night: 5.6.2026
Marguerre-Saal
Lisa Förster, Hendrik Richter, Marco Albrecht; Photo: Susane Reichardt
Scene from »Farewell Dinner«: In a medium close-up, Clotilde and Pierre stand facing each other and clink glasses of wine. Clotilde smiles happily, Pierre looks tense. Antoine laughs heartily and places his left hand over his heart.
Back in season 2025/26
Songs and texts from bars, ranging from Kurt Tucholsky to Udo Lindenberg
First night this season: 20.9.2025
Zwinger 1
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
by Pavlo Arie / based on an idea by William Shakespeare / translated from Ukrainian by Sebastian Anton
First night this season: 4.10.2025
Marguerre-Saal
Hans Fleischmann; Photo: Susanne Reichardt 
Scene photo from »King Lear – His Last Walk«: King Lear in a white shirt with suspenders in a magnificent pose (only his upper body is visible).
Based on the text by Patricia Highsmith
First night this season: 25.10.2025
Zwinger 1
André Kuntze (Tom Ripley). Photo: Susanne Reichardt.
Scene Photo from »The talented Mr. Ripley«: A close-up of Ripley shows him wearing a short-sleeved white shirt. He holds his hands towards the camera, formed into a stranglehold.Photo: Susanne Reichardt.
by Wolfgang Herrndorf
First night this season: 3.11.2025
Zwinger 1, Alter Saal
Flo Sohn,Simon Mazouri, Nele Christoph, Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Photo for »Why We Took the Car«: Tschick, Maik and Isa are pushing a black car from right to left. Tschick stands by the open driver's door while Maik and Isa push from behind.
based on Robert Seethalers novel / Stage version by Marcel Kohler
First night this season: 20.1.2026
Alter Saal
Photo: Susanne Reichardt
A morality without a moral by Max Frisch
First night this season: 21.1.2026
Zwinger 1
Daniel Friedl, Steffen Gangloff, Benedict Fellmer, Katharine Quast; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Crime comedy based on the novel by Karsten Dusse
First night this season: 20.3.2026
Alter Saal
Anna Schönberg, Friedrich Witte, Martin Wißner; Photo: Susanne Reichardt
Scene photo from “Achtsam morden”: Anna Schönberg, Friedrich Witte, and Martin Wißner are sitting next to each other on small chairs. Friedrich is sitting in the middle and wearing a suit. A briefcase rests on his lap. To his left sits Anna Schönberg. She is wearing a blue cap and a light blue hoodie. She is looking at Friedrich Witte and holding out a hand puppet to him, which is also looking at him. To the right of Friedrich Witte sits Martin Wißner. He is wearing a green jacket and a wig wit

Theatre

The theatre repertoire comprises classics as well as numerous world premieres and German premieres. 1984 saw the first Heidelberger Stückemarkt, one of the oldest and most renowned festivals for contemporary theatre, profiling a different guest country each year. In February 2017, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg first staged ¡Adelante! as a festival with extraordinary guest performances from Ibero-American countries that is unique on Germany’s stages. In 2022, the one-off festival Remmidemmi celebrates contemporary drama by staging ten new plays, commissioned by the Theater Heidelberg, all focusing on »resistance«.

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Helene Krüger

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Jürgen Popig

Dramaturge
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Blickwinkel
Kolumne von Hausautorin Oksana Savchenko

In einer zweimonatlich erscheinenden Kolumne, die hier und im aktuellen Theatermagazin veröffentlicht wird, erzählt Oksana Savchenko von ihren Erfahrungen in Heidelberg und der Ukraine.

Oksana Savchenko ist Dramatikerin, Drehbuchautorin, Journalistin und Mitbegründerin des Kyjiwer Dramatiker*innen-Theaters. Geboren und aufgewachsen in Kyjiw, floh sie nach dem Angriffskrieg Russlands auf die Ukraine und lebt seit April 2022 in Heidelberg.


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