With "Simsalabim - Das magische Leben des Dr. Schreiber", Staatsoperette Dresden is bringing the story of the illusionist Kalanag to the stage in the upcoming season. The production by "Faust" prizewinner Martin G. Berger tells of "glamor and mystery, of playing with illusion and reality" in the Nazi and post-war era, according to a press release. The music is by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.
The title of the play is the motto of the 2025/2026 season, symbolizing the creative power of theater and inviting audiences to "discover the unexpected with openness and curiosity". Despite the cost-cutting constraints, it was a "full" season, said Artistic Director Kathrin Kandaurow. It presents the lives and works of dazzling personalities who lived their dreams, inspired or polarized. "We alternate between great shows and thought-provoking moments, between light entertainment and great emotions" - right up to questions of social and personal responsibility.
Hollywood to kick off the season and a total of three premieres
A summer night ball entitled "Dream Factory Hollywood" will turn the former power plant building into a glamorous stage for dance, music and film magic to kick off the season on September 13. Ralph Benatzky's "Kinostar", a criminal love comedy in showbiz, is the first of three planned premieres - "The Merry Widow" and "Evita" are new productions. While the operetta classic by Franz Lehár was the first play performed at the theater after the war in 1947, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice caused a sensation in 1987 as the GDR premiere.
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