Freely based on the fairy tale "The Clever Farmer's Daughter" by the Brothers Grimm

A girl from humble beginnings is summoned before the king – because she gives clever answers.
With courage, wit, and intellect, she brings light to the entrenched rules of the powerful.
What begins as a small story turns into a game of justice, language, and self-assertion.
The clever farmer's daughter shows: You don't have to be loud to be heard.
A lively, humorous play about the courage to show oneself – and to make thinking visible.

Common Good Ticket (every Friday): 1€ from you and 1€ from us go to a regional project for a crisis-proof and livable future.

Bookings through the theater (Tel. 0911/22 43 88)

Freely based on the fairy tale "The Clever Farmer's Daughter" by the Brothers Grimm

A girl from humble beginnings is summoned before the king – because she gives clever answers.
With courage, wit, and intellect, she brings light to the entrenched rules of the powerful.
What begins as a small story turns into a game of justice, language, and self-assertion.
The clever farmer's daughter shows: You don't have to be loud to be heard.
A lively, humorous play about the courage to show oneself – and to make thinking visible.

Common Good Ticket (every Friday): 1€ from you and 1€ from us go to a regional project for a crisis-proof and livable future.

Bookings through the theater (Tel. 0911/22 43 88)

»Because women enjoy doing it so much«

Socially, the image of women as "caretakers" and "guardians of the home" persists stubbornly. Women are often attributed traits such as empathy, self-sacrifice, and organizational talent – as if these qualities were innate and biologically predetermined. What historical, social, and political developments have led to the entrenchment of this role image over centuries and its continuation to this day? How have women's movements and social upheavals challenged this image? Where are changes visible – and where does the invisibility of women's care work persist to this day?

»[Ver]Kümmern« is a project that brings the often invisible, undervalued, and unpaid care work into focus – work that is predominantly carried out by women. Care work encompasses much more than the well-known activities such as childcare, household chores, or caregiving. It also manifests in more subtle social interactions: in emotional support, in relationship work within partnerships, and in familial as well as professional contexts. The piece weaves documentary material, personal stories, and historical research with performative elements, acting, and music.

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are the most famous bagpipe band in the world... Ever!
The "Kings of Bagrock" combine powerful bagpipes with vocals, electric guitars, drums, and keyboards for energetic performances that captivate audiences around the world..
The title of their current tour is "Back to Roots," which is also the title of their new album to be released in early 2025.

Doors open at 7:00 PM

Freely based on the fairy tale "The Clever Farmer's Daughter" by the Brothers Grimm

A girl from humble beginnings is summoned before the king – because she gives clever answers.
With courage, wit, and intellect, she brings light to the entrenched rules of the powerful.
What begins as a small story turns into a game of justice, language, and self-assertion.
The clever farmer's daughter shows: You don't have to be loud to be heard.
A lively, humorous play about the courage to show oneself – and to make thinking visible.

Common Good Ticket (every Friday): 1€ from you and 1€ from us go to a regional project for a crisis-proof and livable future.

Bookings through the theater (Tel. 0911/22 43 88)

Dark, thrilling, and masterfully constructed – the gripping opening of the new thriller trilogy by SPIEGEL bestselling author Linus Geschke! A remote campsite in the Ardennes. A student who disappears under mysterious circumstances. When the case remains unsolved nearly 15 years later, Hamburg detective Frieda Stahnke participates in a true crime podcast to refocus public attention on the events. She has no idea that this will only trigger more murders.

Welcome to the world of musicals! Enjoy the highlights from Dance of the Vampires, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and many other musicals!

At the Musical Dinner, you will be served the absolute highlights of the most popular musicals alongside an exquisite multi-course menu.

While you savor this musical dinner, the musical stars in authentic costumes will add a special touch.

Musical has never been so close!

Admittance at 6:30 PM

»Because women enjoy doing it so much«

Socially, the image of women as "caretakers" and "guardians of the home" persists stubbornly. Women are often attributed traits such as empathy, self-sacrifice, and organizational talent – as if these qualities were innate and biologically predetermined. What historical, social, and political developments have led to the entrenchment of this role image over centuries and its continuation to this day? How have women's movements and social upheavals challenged this image? Where are changes visible – and where does the invisibility of women's care work persist to this day?

»[Ver]Kümmern« is a project that brings the often invisible, undervalued, and unpaid care work into focus – work that is predominantly carried out by women. Care work encompasses much more than the well-known activities such as childcare, household chores, or caregiving. It also manifests in more subtle social interactions: in emotional support, in relationship work within partnerships, and in familial as well as professional contexts. The piece weaves documentary material, personal stories, and historical research with performative elements, acting, and music.

Chicago 1929, Al Capone returns to his favorite club "Green Mill" in Chicago after his first prison stay. A "speakeasy," because there is Prohibition all over America, which opened up an immense new field of business for organized crime. In addition, Capone owns numerous brothels, countless betting offices, gambling casinos, and has Chicago firmly in the grip of his gangs. Bribing police and city administration, brutally eliminating opponents, he is a cold businessman and yet a strictly Catholic, caring family man, a colorful personality. How did this small son of Italian immigrant parents from one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York manage to rise to the top of organized crime and become one of the richest and most influential men in America? This revue gets to the bottom of it, partly documentary, partly fictional, with exciting and hilarious scenes, enriched with slapstick in the style of old silent films, accompanied by a live band. There are rapid chases, equally rapid Charleston, brutal gangsters, charming prostitutes, and then there's Mama – Teresina Capone, who gave birth to her Alphonse in Brooklyn in 1899. Is she perhaps the real boss? Here, the ensemble of the Theater rote Bühne again shows in the best way how jazz music, dance, acting, and comedy combine to create one of the most entertaining revues this city has to offer.

Featuring:
Julia Kempken: Milli Malone, Teresina Capone, Narrator
Christian Kaltenhäußer: Al Capone, Policeman, Frankie Yale
Franziska Baumann: Mae Capone, Vegetable Seller, Croupier, Killer, Reporter
Adrian Klehr: the young Al Capone, Waiter, Policeman, Bodyguard, Reporter
Wolfgang Zarnack: Frank Galluccio, Priest, Frankie Yale, Mr. Mast, Reporter
Jacqueline Conforti: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Jana Bachmaier: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Natascha Beyer: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Nicole Müller: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest

The Band:
Robert Stephan: Piano and Musical Direction
Gerhard Schmidt: Saxophone and Clarinet
Winnie Neumann: Double Bass
Klaus Bleis: Drums and Tap Dance

Director: Klaus Hübner
Author and Set Design: Julia Kempken

Doors Open: 7:00 PM

„LaFee – The warrior is back!

Honest music, authentic lyrics – when fans and artists meet on equal ground, real magic happens. That’s what LaFee has been doing for years.

The German-Greek singer and songwriter has long reached cult status. With her debut album LaFee (2006), she landed directly at number 1 on the Austrian charts and achieved Gold in Germany. A year later, she followed up with Jetzt erst recht – another number 1 album, this time even awarded Platinum. Her energetic live shows and a loyal fanbase made her one of the most successful artists of the 2000s.

New music, new power

After five studio albums and over a million sold records, LaFee is back with fresh sound. While she focused on her family in 2023 and 2024, she was simultaneously working on new music – with a clear goal: honest, powerful, contemporary. The upcoming album combines strong beats, fat guitars, and profound lyrics about the challenges of our time.

The first singles already show where the journey is headed: Königin der Nacht – an energy-packed comeback full of power – and Kriegerin, an anthem for all strong women out there. Both songs were celebrated by fans and created goosebumps moments on the almost sold-out Kriegerin Tour.

The Schatten & Licht Tour 2025 – Get your tickets now!

LaFee is ready for the next round! With a new album in tow, she will embark on the Schatten & Licht Tour in 2025 – and fans can look forward to an explosive mix of new tracks and her biggest hits. Live, intense, unforgettable.

Are you in?

Doors open at 19:00.

The eccentric-beautiful quartet plays the adventurous pieces of Jörg Hochapfel and creates the - actually quite obvious - balancing act between deepest melancholy and the most bizarre humor. They flit about in a hummingbird-like and very peculiar way between old jazz, dubious exoticism, abstract improvisation, and strange yet outrageously catchy melodies. Feldman meets Clayderman meets Brötzmann, to put it rather shamelessly.

"These four colorful dogs have produced a highly entertaining double album that presents and celebrates the current facets of the Berlin jazz scene with a wink like hardly any other in recent years." (Rolf Thomas, Jazzthetik)

"This quartet means business. Here, the legacy and the future of music come together in a remarkable way. Peak climbers of jazz on an expedition course." (Jörg Konrad, Kultkomplott)

Doors open at 20:00. No seat guarantee.

Even with the first tones, Stefan Grasse succeeds in touching his audience.

With “Inner Sound,” a journey from inner sound worlds to new musical expressions begins. With the help of electro-acoustic effects and samples, the artist embeds the natural acoustics of his guitar into sonorous sound landscapes. In addition to atmospheric, shimmering colorful solo pieces, Grasse combines multiple instrumental voices in his “Soundscapes” to create layered, pulsating compositions.

In doing so, he becomes a musical storyteller, depicting the moods of nature or bringing to life impressions of an Alpine crossing in “Lontano e oltre i monti.” In the composition “Inner Sound,” he refers not only to a contemplative inner sound idea but also to the fjord of the same name near the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where he lived for a year.

The metamorphosis, the transition from sea to land symbolizes the changes in sound that Stefan Grasse implements in his instruments and compositions.

Doors open: 7:30 PM

Chicago 1929, Al Capone returns to his favorite club "Green Mill" in Chicago after his first prison stay. A "speakeasy," because there is Prohibition all over America, which opened up an immense new field of business for organized crime. In addition, Capone owns numerous brothels, countless betting offices, gambling casinos, and has Chicago firmly in the grip of his gangs. Bribing police and city administration, brutally eliminating opponents, he is a cold businessman and yet a strictly Catholic, caring family man, a colorful personality. How did this small son of Italian immigrant parents from one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York manage to rise to the top of organized crime and become one of the richest and most influential men in America? This revue gets to the bottom of it, partly documentary, partly fictional, with exciting and hilarious scenes, enriched with slapstick in the style of old silent films, accompanied by a live band. There are rapid chases, equally rapid Charleston, brutal gangsters, charming prostitutes, and then there's Mama – Teresina Capone, who gave birth to her Alphonse in Brooklyn in 1899. Is she perhaps the real boss? Here, the ensemble of the Theater rote Bühne again shows in the best way how jazz music, dance, acting, and comedy combine to create one of the most entertaining revues this city has to offer.

Featuring:
Julia Kempken: Milli Malone, Teresina Capone, Narrator
Christian Kaltenhäußer: Al Capone, Policeman, Frankie Yale
Franziska Baumann: Mae Capone, Vegetable Seller, Croupier, Killer, Reporter
Adrian Klehr: the young Al Capone, Waiter, Policeman, Bodyguard, Reporter
Wolfgang Zarnack: Frank Galluccio, Priest, Frankie Yale, Mr. Mast, Reporter
Jacqueline Conforti: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Jana Bachmaier: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Natascha Beyer: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Nicole Müller: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest

The Band:
Robert Stephan: Piano and Musical Direction
Gerhard Schmidt: Saxophone and Clarinet
Winnie Neumann: Double Bass
Klaus Bleis: Drums and Tap Dance

Director: Klaus Hübner
Author and Set Design: Julia Kempken

Doors Open: 7:00 PM

Welcome to the world of musicals! Enjoy the highlights from Dance of the Vampires, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and many other musicals!

At the Musical Dinner, you will be served the absolute highlights of the most popular musicals alongside an exquisite multi-course menu.

While you savor this musical dinner, the musical stars in authentic costumes will add a special touch.

Musical has never been so close!

Admittance at 6:30 PM

* Puddle Theater
* for children aged 9 and up and adults
* for students from 3rd to 9th grade

Based on the novel by Astrid Lindgren
Duration: 75 minutes without intermission
Cooperation with the Staatstheater Nürnberg

Two brothers, one adventure, a fantastic world: Nangijala. Here, Jonathan and "Krümel" arrive. They roam the paradise-like Cherry Blossom Valley and the mountains on their horses. They fish, refresh themselves in the creek, warm themselves by the campfire, and experience everything they have always dreamed of.
But in Nangijala, there are adventures that should not exist. The neighboring Hedge Rose Valley is oppressed by a cruel tyrant. The people are gearing up for a fight for freedom, and with them, Jonathan and Krümel. But not everyone is on their side, and so a race against time begins...
Astrid Lindgren's late masterpiece addresses the great, timeless questions of good and evil, freedom and oppression, and the moral duty to act from a child's perspective. The solidarity of the people and the grandeur of nature encourage Jonathan and Krümel to overcome their fears and grow beyond themselves.

Director: Maike Bouschen
Music: Dominik Vogl
Stage, Costume: Valentina Pino Reyes
Dramaturgy: Ulrike Kitta
Featuring: Jürgen Decke, Christine Janner, Christof Lappler, Elisa Merkens, Maria Magdalena Mund

Spiel mir das Lied vom Topf
Culinartheater with 4-course menu

Every day, the bus driver Alexis takes the children to school.
Every day, the nine-year-old Jason gets off last.
One day, Jason stands by Alexis at the steering wheel.
"Nobody likes me," says Jason. And looks down.
"Sit down," says Alexis.
He closes the door, keeps the engine running, and takes Jason on a marvelous journey. Together they set out in search of the golden fleece.
And in the end, everything turns out well, really well, and even better.

The Great Harry Hillman is a band from the vibrant, experimental music scene of Switzerland – a quartet that has achieved a telepathic level as an improvisational unit. Characterized by sensitivity to each other's play and the ability to channel the truth of the moment, their concerts oscillate between the lyrical, the surreal, and the brutal. This hypnotic trip emerges in real-time, in fleeting scenes of free improvisation over composed themes.

Trippy jazz with a healthy dose of punk, played by a band that is always searching for its musical identity and transforms current influences into both beautiful and disturbingly beautiful experiences.

The Great Harry Hillman has been playing together for 16 years and has recorded five albums.

Doors open at 8:00 PM. No seat guarantee.

Chicago 1929, Al Capone returns to his favorite club "Green Mill" in Chicago after his first prison stay. A "Speakeasy," as the Prohibition is in full force across America, opening up an immense new field of business for organized crime. In addition, Capone owns numerous brothels, countless betting offices, and gambling casinos, and has Chicago firmly under the control of his gangs. Bribing police and city officials, ruthlessly eliminating opponents, he is a cold businessman and yet a strictly Catholic, caring family man, a flamboyant personality. How did this small son of Italian immigrant parents from one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York rise to the top of organized crime and become one of the richest and most influential men in America? This revue gets to the bottom of it, partly documentary, partly fictional, with exciting and hilarious scenes, enriched with slapstick in the style of old silent films, accompanied by a live band. There are fast-paced chases, equally swift Charleston dances, brutal gangsters, charming prostitutes, and then there’s Mama – Teresina Capone, who gave birth to her Alphonse in Brooklyn in 1899. Could she perhaps be the real boss? Here the ensemble of the Theater Rote Bühne demonstrates once again at its best how jazz music, dance, acting, and comedy combine to create one of the most entertaining revues this city has to offer.

Starring, dancing, and singing:
Julia Kempken: Milli Malone, Teresina Capone, Narrator
Christian Kaltenhäußer: Al Capone, Policeman, Frankie Yale
Franziska Baumann: Mae Capone, Vegetable Vendor, Croupier, Killer, Reporter
Adrian Klehr: Young Al Capone, Waiter, Policeman, Bodyguard, Reporter
Wolfgang Zarnack: Frank Galluccio, Priest, Frankie Yale, Mr. Mast, Reporter
Jacqueline Conforti: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Jana Bachmaier: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Natascha Beyer: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest
Nicole Müller: Dancers, Prostitutes, Wedding Guest

The Band:
Robert Stephan: Piano and Musical Direction
Gerhard Schmidt: Saxophone and Clarinet
Winnie Neumann: Double Bass
Klaus Bleis: Drums and Tap Dance

Director: Klaus Hübner
Author and Set Design: Julia Kempken

Doors open: 5:00 PM

* Puddle Theater
* for children aged 9 and up and adults
* for students from 3rd to 9th grade

Based on the novel by Astrid Lindgren
Duration: 75 minutes without intermission
Cooperation with the Staatstheater Nürnberg

Two brothers, one adventure, a fantastic world: Nangijala. Here, Jonathan and "Krümel" arrive. They roam the paradise-like Cherry Blossom Valley and the mountains on their horses. They fish, refresh themselves in the creek, warm themselves by the campfire, and experience everything they have always dreamed of.
But in Nangijala, there are adventures that should not exist. The neighboring Hedge Rose Valley is oppressed by a cruel tyrant. The people are gearing up for a fight for freedom, and with them, Jonathan and Krümel. But not everyone is on their side, and so a race against time begins...
Astrid Lindgren's late masterpiece addresses the great, timeless questions of good and evil, freedom and oppression, and the moral duty to act from a child's perspective. The solidarity of the people and the grandeur of nature encourage Jonathan and Krümel to overcome their fears and grow beyond themselves.

Director: Maike Bouschen
Music: Dominik Vogl
Stage, Costume: Valentina Pino Reyes
Dramaturgy: Ulrike Kitta
Featuring: Jürgen Decke, Christine Janner, Christof Lappler, Elisa Merkens, Maria Magdalena Mund