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Johannes Scheidweiler plays the leading role in "Hamlet" at the Staatstheater Cottbus. The up-and-coming actor has also landed a role in the Odenthal "Tatort". Which investigator does he like best?
Morgenroth is moving back home from Lusatia - to Bavaria. After him, there will initially be an interim solution in Görlitz and Zittau.
Actor Rolf Becker can look back on a long career in theater and film. Even after decades, he cannot make a certain decision.
Money has become scarce in public coffers. Funding for cultural projects has been cut or no longer approved. In eastern Saxony, an ambitious theater project has been affected.
It was not only his production of "Waiting for Godot" that caused a rush of visitors in Dresden. Director Engel became a master of political metaphor before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Construction work at Schauspiel Leipzig causes the summer program to be rescheduled. The team moves into an old GDR cultural hall.
Robin Hood is to ride between the rocks in Jonsdorf in eastern Saxony this summer. Volunteers are still needed for the production to accompany him - or chase him.
The position at Theater Erfurt has been vacant for some time. Now there is an interim solution - which has a chance of lasting longer.
Chemnitz celebrated the start of the Capital of Culture year. Thousands of visitors flocked to the city's stages.
Chemnitz kicked off its year as European Capital of Culture with a major stage show. The nationally renowned Karl Marx Monument provided the backdrop.
Chemnitz in Saxony is the European Capital of Culture 2025. The Federal President invites you to take a closer look and get to know the region and its people.
The official launch of Chemnitz as Capital of Culture is accompanied by demonstrations. There are loud protests against a march by the far-right Free Saxons.
Chemnitz rings in the year as European Capital of Culture with a big show and a ceremony. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected. What is planned?
After years of preparation, Chemnitz is ready for its year as European Capital of Culture 2025. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected for the opening.
Chemnitz starts as European Capital of Culture. Around 2 million visitors from Germany and around the world are expected. The government's Commissioner for Eastern Europe hopes to combat prejudices.
It is less than 40 kilometers from Chemnitz to the Czech border. This is reflected in the program of the European Capital of Culture 2025. It starts on Saturday.
Chemnitz wants to officially ring in the year as European Capital of Culture 2025 with a big celebration in the city center on Saturday. The main stage at the landmark is already in place.
On Saturday, Chemnitz is expecting tens of thousands of visitors for the opening of the Capital of Culture year. Further artists for the big show at the Marx Monument have now been announced.
The countdown is on: Chemnitz will officially ring in the year as European Capital of Culture 2025 with a big celebration in the city center on Saturday. What can visitors expect?
Selling the naming rights to a theater, as is common practice for sports arenas? The Görlitz-Zittau Theater caused a stir with this idea. Now the plans have been scrapped.
One theater, two languages: A theater in Bautzen stages plays in German and Sorbian. At the beginning of the year, there is also a political message from the artistic director.
Leipzig's municipal theater can look back on a successful year. There were more visitors - which led to record capacity utilization.
In Annaberg-Buchholz, cuddly toys are coming to the opera stage. The theater is looking for such cuddly companions to donate.
Cultural institutions are in financial difficulties. The theater in the district of Görlitz wanted to organize money in an unusual way. The idea is not yet completely off the table.
Europe's cultural scene looks to Chemnitz: after years of preparation, the city is now the European Capital of Culture together with Nova Gorica in Slovenia. The opening on January 18 will be marked by a big celebration.
Faced with a looming deficit, the Plauen-Zwickau Theater is struggling to secure its future. But the theater has many advocates. Can they avert the cultural downsizing?
The Plauen-Zwickau Theater is facing an immense financial hole. According to a petition, it could even face closure in 2025. It calls the shareholders to account, but also the state.
Quite a few theaters and orchestras are looking to 2025 with concern. Many places lack money - some even fear insolvency.
In 2025, Chemnitz wants to inspire guests from near and far as the European Capital of Culture. Preparations are also well advanced at the five-division theater. What does it have up its sleeve?
Socio-political issues were the focus of the euro-scene Leipzig dance and theater festival. The organizers draw a positive balance.
Born in Leipzig, trained in Dresden and now working in Chemnitz: Christine Marquardt will start there next year as the new opera director.
Art without words is still very popular with many spectators. The International "PantomimeTheaterFestival" invites you to Dresden for the 39th time.
In just under three months, the Capital of Culture year will officially open in Chemnitz. The final program has now been announced. What can visitors from Germany and abroad expect?
In 2025, Chemnitz and Nova Gorica in Slovenia will be the European Capital of Culture. Around two million visitors are expected. What will they be offered in Saxony?
The Leipziger Lachmesse satire festival has been inviting people to smile and reflect for 34 years. This year's program brings together up-and-coming artists and old acquaintances.
The conflict in the Middle East and the Russian war of aggression: the dance and theater festival euro-scene Leipzig focuses on socio-political issues.
Allianz Arena or Playmobil Stadium - this type of sponsorship has long been the norm in sport. A theater in eastern Saxony is now taking this form of advertising as a model.
She is one of Germany's leading actors. Her love belongs to language and music. For years, Martina Gedeck has been combining this outside of the movies - and she also knows the big stage.
The Saxon State Opera Dresden opens its doors at the start of the season. Thousands take the opportunity to get to know the Semperoper better - also to the surprise of the new artistic director.
The Felsenbühne Rathen in Saxon Switzerland is home to popular characters from opera and literature in summer. In addition to the classics, the Landesbühnen Sachsen always offers something new in the open air.
The Small Projects Fund has been supporting cultural events in rural areas for several years. However, demand far exceeds the budget.
The Landesbühnen Sachsen is a multi-genre theater. They offer musical theater, drama and dance, in the main building in Radebeul and at guest venues - including schools and daycare centers.
He is known as the Görlitz TV detective and from popular crime series such as Tatort, Wilsberg, Bella Block and Kolleginnen. Götz Schubert is equally present in the theater - and at festivals.
He is known as the Görlitz TV detective and from popular crime series such as Tatort, Wilsberg, Bella Block and Kolleginnen. Götz Schubert is equally present in the theater - and at festivals.
The European art festival aims to culturally revitalize the lignite mining region during structural change. With a diverse program, it attracts guests every year - even from afar.
In the warmer months of the year, many people enjoy an evening at the theater in the open air. And the theaters use the season for many an opulent performance. Plays for the whole family are particularly popular.
In the warmer months of the year, many people enjoy an evening at the theater in the open air. And the theaters use the season for many an opulent performance. Plays for the whole family are particularly popular.
The European Center for the Arts in Dresden-Hellerau will kick off the new 2024/2025 season with international guest performances at the "Heller Sommer" on 23 August. The Lyon Opera Ballet and the Cloud Gate Company from Taiwan will imitate nature, while the climate-neutral dance production "Join" w ..
Swiss conductor Brogli-Sacher takes over the direction of the New Lusatian Philharmonic Orchestra in Görlitz from Ewa Strusińska.
The artist duo Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch often present their work together at exhibitions. Now they are showing works for their Bayreuth "Lohengrin" in Aschersleben.
Cruise ship in front of the Kaisertrutz: Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater shows "Anything Goes"; Deutsch-Sorbisches Volkstheater plays "Spuk unterm Riesenrad".
The 12th Theatertreffen begins on Tuesday at the Theater der Jungen Welt in Leipzig. Patron Barbara Klepsch will be present at the opening in the evening.
Hasko Weber takes over the interim directorship of the Staatstheater Cottbus for the 2025/26 season.
As European Capital of Culture in 2025, Chemnitz also wants to score points with international guests. The city's five-division theater is preparing for this. What projects can visitors look forward to?
Despite financial challenges, Chemnitz Theatre believes it is well prepared for the Capital of Culture year 2025. However, the situation surrounding the refurbishment of the Schauspielhaus is causing particular concern.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer attend a play in Görlitz. Topic: populist politician.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in Görlitz and Fit GmbH in Zittau. Together with Prime Minister Kretschmer, he sees the play "The Exemplary Life of Samuel W.".
Five Leipzig theaters want to track down and compare current trends and political positions. In autumn 2025, the trade fair city will host the "Politics in Independent Theater" festival for the first time.
Five Leipzig theaters want to track down and compare current trends and political positions. In autumn 2025, the trade fair city will host the "Politics in Independent Theater" festival for the first time.
The Staatsoperette Dresden is planning five premieres with a new musical director and chief conductor in the new season under the motto 'Life is a Cabaret'.
Director Miriam Tscholl is to take over as artistic director of Leipzig's Theater der Jungen Welt (TDJW) from August 2025. According to a statement from the city council on Monday, the selection committee has decided in favor of the Freiburg-born director. A total of 31 applications were received. T ..
Saskia Zimmermann publishes biography of her late husband Udo Zimmermann with personal documents and memories of prominent colleagues.
Theater fans can look forward to a varied program at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden in the new season. The season opens with the classic "Nathan the Wise".
Theater Plauen-Zwickau is planning the next season under the motto "WAS MACHT MACHT". And wants to make a statement in the election year 2024.
The Staatsschauspiel Dresden is replacing a picture in its ancestral gallery due to the painter Wolfgang Willrich's Nazi past.
The director of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Ralf Ludwig, has reacted sadly to the death of actor Peter Sodann. "The news of Peter Sodann's death makes us very sad," said Ludwig on Sunday. The actor had achieved great popularity primarily through his role as Commissioner Bruno Ehrlicher in the MD ..
The actor Peter Sodann is dead. He died on Friday at the age of 87 in Halle an der Saale, his family announced on Sunday. The "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung" had previously reported.Copyright 2024, dpa (www.dpa.de). All rights reserved
The 12th Saxon Theatertreffen in Leipzig is intended to reflect the diversity of the theater landscape in the Free State. Eleven theaters will be sending productions to the meeting, as announced by Schauspiel Leipzig as co-organizer on Thursday. This includes a classroom play as well as a 360-degree ..
Benjamin Reiners will become General Music Director in Chemnitz and Chief Conductor of the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra from 2025.
Actor Jörg Hartmann appreciates the feelings and intuition of his father, who was an important inspiration in his life.
The Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in Görlitz is looking for a successor to General Music Director Ewa Strusinska. Decision in mid-May.
Further aspects are to be investigated in the wake of allegations of suspected abuse of power at the Erfurt Theater. In addition to the audit office, further experts are now required.
The dramaturge and artistic director Nele Hertling has been awarded the Berlin Theater Prize. The jury said on Thursday that Hertling has been transforming Berlin for 60 years.
Gunild Lattmann-Kretschmer, the long-time director of the Dresden Children's and Youth Theater, has died at the age of 87. She was director of the theater from 1976 to 1996 and was politically active.
The city of Dresden has congratulated its latest art prize winner Christian Friedel on his Oscar nomination for "The Zone of Interest". The actor has become an international ambassador for Dresden.
Actress Sandra Hüller can be seen as "Hamlet" at Schauspiel Leipzig in March. During the book fair, the Schauspielhaus Bochum's production of "Hamlet" will make a guest appearance in Leipzig on 22 and 23 March, the theater announced on Monday. Hüller has received several awards for her role in the S ..
The rise, views and fictional life of a populist politician are the focus of a new stage play that will premiere in Zittau on January 20. The Görlitz writer Lukas Rietzschel has written the commissioned work entitled "The Exemplary Life of Samuel W.", the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater announced on Thurs ..
The Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater is preparing to renovate its main building in Görlitz after it was badly damaged by water a year ago. An alternative venue is currently being prepared.
Saxony's government wants to secure cultural offerings in the Free State with additional money. Ten municipal theaters and orchestras have agreed with State Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch (CDU) on funding totalling 4.6 million euros for 2023 and 2024, the Ministry of Culture announced in Dresde ..
In view of the financial difficulties and concerns about the future of many municipal theaters and orchestras, Saxony's Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch has promised help. There are talks with the Ministry of Finance, said the CDU politician in the state parliament on Thursday. She is hoping for ..
The art without words is understood in all languages: Pantomime. At its 38th edition next week, the Pantomime Theater Festival in Dresden will present artists and ensembles from Mexico, Estonia, Portugal, France, Germany and Switzerland. As the organizers announced on Friday, seven performances are ..
The Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz is staging a production on the big stage for the first time after devastating water damage: the baroque opera 'Saul' by George Frideric Handel.
Thanks to financial support, Saxony's culture has come through the Corona pandemic well, despite severe restrictions and losses. Museums and theaters, festivals and events are in demand - and the response is sometimes surprising.
Actor and journalist Lutz Riemann has died at the age of 82.
In the summer of 2024, seven productions of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand will be shown at the Felsenbühne Rathen in Saxon Switzerland.
A Leipzig student theater group is currently in Herzliya, Israel. All 15 young people are safe and well. Their return to Germany is under consideration. Leipzig's mayor condemns Hamas' major attack on Israel.
The Leipzig dance and theater festival Euro-Scene wants to take a look at the challenges and crises in society with its new edition. "This year we have summed it up with the three terms critical, poetic and relevant," said festival director Christian Watty at the presentation of the program in Leipz ..
Berlin's culture senator Joe Chialo (CDU) plans to announce the new musical director at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden on Wednesday (12:00). The post has been vacant since Daniel Barenboim released himself from his duties as music director.The "Berliner Zeitung" reported, citing several sources, th ..
Berlin's culture senator Joe Chialo (CDU) plans to announce the new musical director at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden on Wednesday (12:00). The post has been vacant since Daniel Barenboim released himself from his duties as music director.The "Berliner Zeitung" reported, citing several sources, th ..
The Landesbühnen Sachsen will present 24 premieres in the coming season, including five under the motto 'Last Call' in October. Artistic director Manuel Schöbel describes 'Last Call' as the last call for the flight to Utopia or to Neverland. The season is intended to take audiences into a magical world of a thousand possibilities.
Stages in Berlin, Jena and Leipzig are among the winners of this year's Federal Theater Prize. The main prize, worth 200,000 euros, goes to Ballhaus Naunynstraße in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Green Party) announced in a statement Wednesday. Three with in each case ..
It was a shock when the Görlitz Theater was flooded last fall. The play schedule was thrown into disarray. With an emergency variant, the return to the big stage is now possible.
Saxony's theaters are entering the new season with well-filled schedules. They are wooing visitors with popular plays, premieres and special offers. The theaters are avoiding raising prices.
In the 2023/24 season, the Theaterbetriebe der Stadt Leipzig will offer audiences the opportunity to determine the ticket price themselves for selected events.