„Fly with me! Fly with me!“, calls Albi, the Alpine swift, who nests under the roof of the Linden Museum during the summer months. On your flight through the permanent exhibitions, you will encounter the transparent kangaroo, hear about an extinct bird, and can listen to the conversation with Seraa, the elephant. Whether in pictures or clothing, made from wood, ceramics, and stone – the animals and their representations tell of the coexistence of humans and animals. This relationship is not always straightforward. On one hand, many animals are admired, revered, and appreciated as companions or domestic and farm animals, while on the other hand, their habitats are also destroyed and they are hunted or displaced.

In the exhibition, illustrator Promina Shrestha brings the animals on the objects to life through her images. During the listening and stamping rally, you will discover together with Albi what the animals have to say, solve puzzles, and collect stamps.

€ 4/3 including permanent exhibitions
Children up to 18 years free

Tue to Sat 10 AM - 5 PM / Sun and holidays 10 AM - 6 PM / Closed on Dec 24, 25, and 31

Access during the applicable opening hours

Access during the applicable opening hours

The renowned small arts award "Der Goldene Bulle" is entering its third round! Be there as great artists bring their talent to the stage!

At each event, two small artists will compete against each other in an artistic duel, fighting for the coveted entry into the grand finale. And the best part: Only you as the audience decide! Award points in various categories and determine who will make it to the final in December. There, the winners of the Golden, Silver, and Bronze Bulls will be announced – including a highly sought-after prize money! Two honorary awards have been added, our "Promotion Bull" and our "Inclusion Bull"!

Experience an unforgettable evening full of comedy, live music, culinary highlights, and top-notch entertainment! Look forward to exhilarating shows, outstanding talents, and a unique atmosphere.

Copyright: Christoph Sonntag

Admission: 18:00 o'clock

Andrea Sawatzki on tour with her new novel Biarritz

Andrea Sawatzki, one of the best-known German actresses, captivates not only on the big screen but also as an author. With her new novel Biarritz, the SPIEGEL Bestseller author presents a moving mother-daughter story that tells of conflicts, reconciliation, and the search for closeness - with all the emotions that life writes.

For years, Emmi has been living in a nursing home. She has long stopped speaking - and only communicates with her friend Marianne, also a resident of the home. Her daughter Hanna, on the other hand, seems to hardly notice Emmi, perhaps even rejecting her; it's hard to say for certain.

Is it due to the lack of attention from her daughter, or are it the entangled connections of pain and guilt? In an act of mutual redemption, Hanna decides to take one last big trip with Marianne and her mother.

With Biarritz, Andrea Sawatzki impressively showcases her narrative talent. Following the success of Brunnenstraße, she again delves into the subtle nuances of family relationships - a novel full of intensity, warmth, and subtle irony. Her unique storytelling transforms the everyday into great literature, full of heart and humanity.

Andrea Sawatzki will present Biarritz on an exclusive reading tour. In doing so, she not only provides insights into the book's creation but also reads selected passages. With her unique stage presence and charismatic storytelling, she makes every reading an unforgettable experience.

Pre-sale is no longer possible for this event - Tickets / Info at 0711 40 20 720

„Fly with me! Fly with me!“, calls Albi, the Alpine swift, who nests under the roof of the Linden Museum during the summer months. On your flight through the permanent exhibitions, you will encounter the transparent kangaroo, hear about an extinct bird, and can listen to the conversation with Seraa, the elephant. Whether in pictures or clothing, made from wood, ceramics, and stone – the animals and their representations tell of the coexistence of humans and animals. This relationship is not always straightforward. On one hand, many animals are admired, revered, and appreciated as companions or domestic and farm animals, while on the other hand, their habitats are also destroyed and they are hunted or displaced.

In the exhibition, illustrator Promina Shrestha brings the animals on the objects to life through her images. During the listening and stamping rally, you will discover together with Albi what the animals have to say, solve puzzles, and collect stamps.

€ 4/3 including permanent exhibitions
Children up to 18 years free

Tue to Sat 10 AM - 5 PM / Sun and holidays 10 AM - 6 PM / Closed on Dec 24, 25, and 31

A stroll through the night-time Florence is offered by the concerts in March. With the cello concerto by Giovanni Benedetto Platti in an arrangement for bassoon, Vivaldi's bassoon concerto, Hugo Wolf's “Italian Serenade,” and Puccini’s mourning music “Crisantemi,” a Florentine night is conjured up in music of very different colors. The solo part on the bassoon will be taken by the bassoonist Amy Harman, who is in demand as a soloist, chamber musician, and educator: In recent years, she taught at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London and is now at the university in Düsseldorf. The absolute highlight concludes the concert: Tchaikovsky's highly romantic “Souvenir de Florence,” featuring the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn.

Amy Harman - Bassoon
Moritz Ter-Nedden Violin & Conductor

Concert introduction 45 minutes before the concert starts

Over 20 years ago, the Berlin artist Detlef Winterberg founded the "Scheinbar" with like-minded people in Berlin: A venue that should give everyone the opportunity to try out, rehearse, and further develop their program numbers. This principle of the "Open Stage" was soon to be found in all major cities of this republic in the years that followed. In the meantime, every night in the whole country, a so-called "Open Stage" is organized on countless, mostly small stages, where special moments and tragic moments, funny events, and great personal successes are experienced and celebrated again and again in new and different ways!

Twelve years ago, the OpenStage in the Rosenau was the first Open Stage in Stuttgart and initially a cautious attempt to establish in Stuttgart what has been a cult in other cities for years. In the meantime, the OpenStage in the Rosenau is heavily frequented and well attended by both artists and the audience. It is a fixed and important part of the stage culture and cannot be imagined out of the city's cultural life anymore.

The OpenStage always takes place on a Tuesday, twice a month during the season. Anyone can sign up and perform—comedians, pantomimes, actors, comedians, clowns, singers, steppers, musicians, dancers, magicians, jugglers... Professionals, amateurs, and beginners. Registration required! at the Rosenau with Michael Drauz at 0711/661 90 40 or via michael.drauz@rosenau-stuttgart.de. Each artist has a playing time of 10 to a maximum of 15 minutes. Apart from dinner and drinks, there is no fee, only the opportunity to give your best performance to the audience.

Doors open & catering from 6:00 pm

Get ready for "PantoMagic", a show full of wit and magic! Experience how Marco captivates with his breathtaking illusions and Pablo, the imaginative mime, challenges magic in surprising ways. Together, they leave the audience in awe and laughter.

Let yourself be transported to a world where the unexpected happens. 

Access during the applicable opening hours

Access during the applicable opening hours

Ah! Hannah Arendt
Conversation with Mirjam Zadoff
Moderation: Matthias Bormuth

We were not prepared for this: that there is war in Europe, the Western alliance is breaking apart, and right-wing radicals are winning elections. We should get involved, but we also need ideas on how to get through these years. It may take a long time before times get better. The director of the NS Documentation Center in Munich, Mirjam Zadoff, makes a few suggestions: We remain human, show solidarity with the weaker, forge unusual alliances, open our doors, and finally read the books of Hannah Arendt. For the philosopher was interested in "people in dark times," about whom she wrote illuminating portraits. Thus, Mirjam Zadoff also seeks her own and the larger story for moments, situations, and readings that can provide light, so we can better recognize the contours of the dark, but also orient ourselves through the times.
In collaboration with the IZKT and funded by the Baden-Württemberg Foundation

»We thought the Earth was flat, the Sun revolved around us, and God created us in His image.
In our youth, we believed time was infinite, love eternal.
Then, in old age, we realize that life was just a moment, and love... love is indeed truly eternal, beautiful, and limitless.
But then came that insane Christopher Columbus, the cruel Galileo, the heartless Darwin, and finally that shameless Wyrypajev.«
(Laszló Bagossy)

Iwan Wyrypajev, one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Russian drama, explores the depths of interpersonal relationships in his play "Illusionen" with touching honesty and fine humor. The play tells the story of four characters – two couples – and reveals the hidden layers of feelings, bonds, and love, while confronting the audience with the fragile boundary between illusion and reality.

The narrative is both lyrical and ironic: the characters reflect on their past and confess deeply hidden secrets, blurring the lines between truth and imagination. What is true love? What does it mean to be faithful? How are people able to love each other – and themselves – in the face of inevitable transience? These questions guide the train of thought in the play. Wyrypajev’s masterful language is both philosophical and sensual, touching and sometimes provoking laughter. The play offers no simple answers; it challenges the audience to rethink their own lives.

The term "climate change" is circulating through all media worldwide and is in the consciousness of people around the globe. Karina Wasitschek has captured this topic in a new piece for a young actress. The protagonist - a climate activist - lets her questions and reflections on human behavior run free, as it is an urgent need for her to express her views on the dynamics of climate change. This is developing more and more into a catastrophe that forces people to take action. The protagonist shows her personal confrontation with this situation and addresses her overwhelm in being able to accomplish something as an individual. She takes a stand on her quest for solutions, giving this piece a future perspective, following the motto "Nothing is impossible."

Cast: Esrah Ugurlu
Director & Dramaturgy: Katja Schmidt-Oehm and Brigitte Luik
Set Design and Costumes: Gudrun Schretzmeier

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany Article 20a: "The state shall also protect the natural foundations of life and animals in responsibility for future generations within the framework of the constitutional order."

»Shorties« presents thematically connected contributions from puppet theater, dance, and film. The result is a versatile evening that combines lightness with artistic seriousness and helps to connect people with very different artistic experiences.

PUPPET THEATER
I’m doing well / HMDK Stuttgart

A play with puppets, recorders, and texts by Peter Licht.

Studio production of the 2nd year of puppet theater loosely based on “The Story of My Assessment at the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium” by Peter Licht.
Cast: Elio Jaeger, Zina Strunz, Josepha Flemming (students of Prof. Julika Mayer and Jule Hölzgen) and Anna Zimmermann and Sumin Yu (recorder, students of Carolin Daub’s class)

DANCE
Fragments // Mike Planz & Donya Ahmadifar

The piece explores how our own projections, memories, and inner images influence the perception of others. A dialogue emerges between control and dissolution, closeness and distance, in precise yet fragile movements. “Fragments” transforms movement into a fleeting language that continually wavers between clarity and distortion. It creates an open space where insights can also be experienced as failure.

Choreography: Mike Planz | Dance: Donya Ahmadifar | Dramaturgical support: Johannes Szilvássy
Short Film Special Stuttgart Film Winter

Thematically selected by the director of the Stuttgart Film Winter, Giovanna Thierry. The program will be published shortly on our website.

Duration: 90 minutes

Is stand-up comedy suitable for a critical political discourse? What can we learn from the tumultuous history of cabaret over the past hundred years? And what challenges do artists and organizers face in 2025 when they want to combine art and entertainment with political intentions?

As a performance collective, we engage in a dialogue with stand-up comedian EXPERT BY IDENTITY aka Moritz Sauer, journalist and author Barbara B. Peter, and the artistic director of the Renitenztheater, Roland Mahr. The conversation is supplemented by contributions from stand-up comedian Edwin Ramirez.

In cooperation with >> apocalyptic dancers*

Doors open: 6:45 PM

SWIMMY
Based on the picture book by Leo Lionni®
A story about courage and solidarity for people aged four and older.

“Come with me to the great sea!” Swimmy calls to the little red fish. “I want to show you many wonders!” In the large, beautiful sea lives a happy school of little fish. But there are also dangers that the fish hide from. Until Swimmy, the most curious of all, has an idea…!

Online ticket sales are no longer possible. Any remaining tickets at the box office.

Matthieu Delaporte 1h22 VOR DEM ENDE Play

A ridiculous story with depth: Experience "Bergdoktor" star Heiko Ruprecht and Jan Messutat in a war of words about life and death.

Bertrand feels like he has missed out on life. No woman, boring job, no ambitions. This has to change. But just at the moment he wants to end it all, there’s a knock at his apartment door. Outside stands a peculiar, strange man.

Gradually it is revealed that the man is Death himself, one of many employees who pick up potential candidates. However, he has made a mistake with the floor, and otherwise, Death is anything but a professional. This awakens new spirits in Bertrand, and a race against time begins...

The Frenchman Matthieu Delaporte is known for his intelligent comedies with finely crafted dialogues. He and Alexandre de La Patellière have celebrated sensational successes as a writing duo with works like "Der Vorname" and "Das Abschiedsdinner." Both plays ran successfully in our comedy at the Marquardt.

“A brilliant idea,” “tragicomical scenes, absurd dialogues, and delightful exchanges,” cheered the French press about the Paris premiere: “A play between black humor and metaphysical revelation.”

With this unusual play, Heiko Ruprecht returns to the stage of the Old Theater House, where he last shone in “Die Tanzstunde.” “Best entertainment of the highest level,” writes the Iserlohner Zeitung about the production by Martin Schulze.

Performances from January 30 to March 7, 2026

With Sophie Göbel, Jan Messutat, Heiko Ruprecht
Directed by Martin Schulze
Set and costumes by Ariane Scherpf

Tauschrausch – Improcomedy
Mirjam Woggon, Helge Thun, Jakob Nacken

The stars of the Comedy Stube and the Tübingen improvisation classic Theatersport are coming to Stuttgart. Helge Thun, Mirjam Woggon, and Jakob Nacken have developed a new improv-comedy format that can only be seen in Stuttgart, Reutlingen, Pforzheim, and Herrenberg!

Bring things you have wanted to get rid of for a long time and marvel at what adventurous scenes, sketches, and songs emerge from it:

The old travel guide from South Tyrol as a musical? The discarded CD by Pur at the center of a murder investigation? The ugly tie from last birthday as freestyle rap? Nobody knows beforehand! Least of all the three performers themselves. Every evening is different, but always hilarious and on the verge of genius.

And afterward, you can also happily exchange all your junk with each other! It's better than a flea market and funnier than eBay.

There are no more advance sales available for this event - info/tickets at 0711 40 20 720

„Fly with me! Fly with me!“, calls Albi, the Alpine swift, who nests under the roof of the Linden Museum during the summer months. On your flight through the permanent exhibitions, you will encounter the transparent kangaroo, hear about an extinct bird, and can listen to the conversation with Seraa, the elephant. Whether in pictures or clothing, made from wood, ceramics, and stone – the animals and their representations tell of the coexistence of humans and animals. This relationship is not always straightforward. On one hand, many animals are admired, revered, and appreciated as companions or domestic and farm animals, while on the other hand, their habitats are also destroyed and they are hunted or displaced.

In the exhibition, illustrator Promina Shrestha brings the animals on the objects to life through her images. During the listening and stamping rally, you will discover together with Albi what the animals have to say, solve puzzles, and collect stamps.

€ 4/3 including permanent exhibitions
Children up to 18 years free

Tue to Sat 10 AM - 5 PM / Sun and holidays 10 AM - 6 PM / Closed on Dec 24, 25, and 31

After last year's trial run of "Work Hard. Play Hard" was so successful, there is now a continuation with "Work Hard. Play Hard. 2.0"! Surely no one on this planet can address the current working world with a focus on coaching and personal development better and more self-deprecatingly than Timo Wopp. No one has assimilated more winner principles, leadership techniques, and career compasses than he has. No one feigns empathy more convincingly and lives more strictly by the mantra "Fake it till you make it." And although Timo Wopp embodies the human quintessence of all business coaching, he is bringing energetic support from his pool of students to the stage this evening to collectively coach the present audience directly into nirvana.

Doors open & refreshments available from 6:00 PM.

SWIMMY
Based on the picture book by Leo Lionni®
A story about courage and solidarity for people aged four and up.

"Come with me into the big sea!” Swimmy calls to the little red fish. “I want to show you many wonders”! In the big, beautiful sea lives a joyful school of small fish. But there are also dangers that the fish hide from. Until Swimmy, the most curious of all, has an idea…!