Fionn Regan is, alongside numerous other nominations (Choice Prize, Shortlist Prize, and Meteor Awards), a Mercury Nominated Artist. 125 million streams worldwide. His song "Abacus" was recently sampled by Bon Iver for the song "00000 Million" on his Grammy-nominated album "22, A Million." Fionn then performed both his own song "Abacus" and "00000 Million" with Justin Vernon.

Regan was invited as a speaker by Trinity College Dublin and appointed an "Honorary Member" by the Literary Society. The chairperson stated: "In his music, Mr. Regan has contributed more than many other artists to blur the lines between music and literature with his lyrics." He always possessed the most beautiful poetry. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the Gold Medal. Fionn was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the prestigious "Music" feature in Vanity Fair magazine. Fionn was invited to perform "Hunters Map" on "Late Night" with Conan O'Brien (NBC), with the intricate finger-picking style of this song being one of the host's personal favorites.

The Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy appeared alongside Fionn in the music video for his song "The Meetings of the Waters" (60 million streams worldwide).

Admission: 19:30 Uhr

2024-09-29_The Eternal Snob

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2025-02-15_Things I Know for Sure

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2025-04-26_Waiting for the Bus

Eight Classical Concerts

Tickets may still be available at local box offices or at the door.

Welcome to the realm of knowledge in the Baroque era: Stepping onto creaking floorboards into the quiet grandeur of our historical library hall, one is immediately enveloped by the collective knowledge of the Early Modern period. Like stage sets in a Baroque theater, the original bookshelves jut into the space, housing around 50,000 books from all fields of knowledge. Behind unassuming book spines lie remarkable treasures, such as the first German Bible printed in America.

At the end of the 17th century, the orphanage's library was established as one of the first public libraries in Germany. Primarily through donations, book exchanges, and their own publications, the library grew so rapidly that within a few years, it was comparable to significant German university libraries. In 1728, it received its own building, which is considered the oldest surviving secular library structure in Germany. Not only in recent times has the library been visited by guests and researchers from around the world: Albrecht von Haller, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all admired its bibliophilic treasures. We present a selection of them for you in rotating cabinet exhibitions in the former reading room of the library.

10 am - 5 pm

The Art and Natural History Chamber is considered the oldest German museum room. It was established by August Hermann Francke for educational purposes and is now once again set up according to the original museum concept of the 18th century in its historical location in the attic of the Historical Orphanage.

Eighteen richly decorated collection cabinets house approximately 3000 natural specimens, curiosities, and artifacts. They provide a unique impression of a Baroque cabinet of curiosities. Unlike modern museums, the chamber follows an encyclopedic collecting approach. A distinction is made between natural specimens and artifacts. The natural specimens are divided into rocks, plants, and animals, while the artifacts are categorized into visual arts, calligraphy, coins, everyday culture, and clothing. The goal was to create a mirror image of the world: a microcosm that made the macrocosm as the wonderful creation of God tangible.

In a series of events, art projects take place around the Art and Natural History Chamber. In the so-called "Contemporary Reflections on the Art and Natural History Chamber," foundations invite artists to engage in an artistic dialogue with the chamber.

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Tue-Sun 10am-5pm

Palace-like, the orphanage rises on Franckeplatz. Then as now, it is the centerpiece of the Francke Foundations. Erected in 1698 as the first building of the school city, it represents a new facet of European Baroque, combining confident representation without extravagant ornamentation and setting the tone for orphanage architecture.

Today, the orphanage is our museum and cultural center. Right from the start, two permanent exhibitions guide you through the history of the foundation and the global impact of Pietism. On the first floor, the former prayer and singing hall surprises with its bright architecture. Today, it enjoys an excellent reputation as a concert hall due to its fantastic acoustics. In the adjacent conference rooms, a photo exhibition showcases the impressive renovation work since the foundations were reestablished in 1991. The second floor is reserved for our changing special exhibitions, which provide insight into important themes of the foundation's history from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Passing through the art and natural history collections in the attic, you reach the balcony via a narrow wooden staircase. Here, a wide view opens up over the impressive ensemble with school buildings from three centuries. There is also a splendid panorama of the Old Town of Halle from here. In the basement, children can explore their own paths in the Krokoseum.

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

What power does the word have? For Halleschen Pietismus, the word was of central importance. On the ground floor of the Historical Orphanage, we show you how August Hermann Francke's reform movement could spread around the world.

Francke developed central reformative goals of Martin Luther's with Halleschen Pietismus. His approach was as clear as it was revolutionary: Every person should find God through their own Bible reading. However, for this to happen, everyone - boys and girls alike - had to learn to read, everyone should be able to afford their own Bible and it should be printed in their own native language. Therefore, Francke established schools for all social classes, printed millions of German-language People's Bibles, and created an international network through which the Bible was translated into many other languages. His educational initiative allowed a broad population to engage with the word. In the 18th-century evangelical parsonages, the authors of the Romantic and Enlightenment periods were highly regarded. A culture of self-reflection spread in Pietism, which was reflected in diaries and personal testimonies, giving us remarkable insights into the spiritual life of people of that time. Symbolically, the power of the word is also evident in the meticulously restored pulpit from the Church of St. Ulrich in Halle, where Francke preached from 1715 and which you can admire in the exhibition.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

4 talers and 16 groschen are considered the founding capital of the Francke Foundations. How an unparalleled school city grew from this unexpected donation to a simple pastor in Glaucha can be discovered on the ground floor of the Historical Orphanage. A multimedia installation and numerous extraordinary objects will transport you into the fascinating founding and impact history of Francke's work. Because what began with a school for the poor and an orphanage, developed in a few decades into a true reform project that was based on education: Over 2,000 students learned in various schools, specially constructed economic buildings, a hospital, and a pharmacy guaranteed the care of over 3,000 people on the premises, unique cultural-historical collections in the library and chamber of wonders were established, and Francke's ideas were spread within and outside Europe. August Hermann Francke wanted nothing less than a "world change through personal change." Discover everything he set in motion through this.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Note: Children under 16 are discouraged from attending this event.
Trigger warning: This piece contains scenes of psychological, physical, and sexual violence.

audible Live Radio Play: "The Way Home"
based on Sebastian Fitzek
a live radio play by Julia Ostrowski & Josef Ulbig

Germany Tour: March 16-29, 2025

"The Way Home" as an audible Live Radio Play
Following "The Package," another book by thriller author Sebastian Fitzek, will be adapted by Lauscherlounge in a shortened version as a live radio play for the stage. The live ensemble of fantastic actors, a sound designer, and music will make this production an unforgettable evening. This live radio play adaptation is written by Josef Ulbig and Julia Ostrowski, with the latter also directing.

Content
Who knows the date of their death has already begun to die

It is Saturday, just after 10:00 p.m. Jules Tannberg is sitting at the companion phone. A voluntary phone service for women who, late at night on their way home, feel afraid and wish for a telephone companion, whose reassuring voice will safely guide them home through the night – or call for help in case of an emergency. There has never been a truly life-threatening situation. Until today, when Jules speaks to Klara. The young woman is terrified. She believes she is being followed by a man who has attacked her before and who painted a date on her bedroom wall in blood: Klara's day of death! And this day will arrive in less than two hours...

Live Radio Play
When you close your eyes, you hear a radio play – but when you open them, you not only get a glimpse into the radio play production, but also experience a unique art form on stage. The speakers, a sound designer, and a music designer allow the audience to participate in the creation of a radio play.

Doors open: 7:00 p.m.

We all access the internet daily through web browsers. The question of how browsers determine what we experience online has fascinated artists early on. Based on a research project by the KIT Institute for Art and Architectural History on browser art, the exhibition »Choose Your Filter!« provides insights into 30 years of browser development. Here, you can discover and try out browser visions through interactive installations. 

Wed to Fri from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Sat and Sun 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Biographical play by Susanne Felicitas Wolf

She was Europe's first female doctor of natural sciences. She was France's first female professor. She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive a second one. Marie Curie was ahead of her time in many ways and paved her way into the male-dominated world of science. As a woman, she publicly insisted on her share in joint research with her husband. As a widow, she engaged in an affair with a younger man and presumably had a relationship with a woman. And as a mother, she raised two emancipated daughters. She shaped an entire dynasty of female researchers that continued to thrive for decades. Marie Curie, born Maria Sklodowska on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, is still regarded today as an icon, a role model scientist, and a fighter against obstacles in a male-dominated world. She had to overcome deep crises. The worst one was after the sudden accidental death of her husband Pierre. This unfathomable loss threw her down. Exhausted and lonely, she thought she couldn't go on living. But she fought back, worked even harder, and even took over her deceased husband's professorship. What inner strength, what unquenchable curiosity for knowledge and research drove this extraordinary woman? Her joint research work with Pierre Curie and her own discoveries are still considered milestones in nuclear physics. Maria Sklodowska-Curie devoted her life to science, relentlessly pushing herself. Marie and Pierre Curie published their research results free of charge. Personal gain was never the goal; their knowledge was meant to serve humanity. Marie maintained this even after her husband's death until her own end. On the front lines of World War I, she traveled with an X-ray mobile, wanting to save lives but having to endure so much death and suffering. Marie Curie was a committed European, working for the League of Nations and advocating for peace, freedom, and equality. Unfortunately, she was not able to prevent the development of the most terrible weapon of humanity, the atomic bomb, based on her scientific insights. In the summer of 1934, on July 4th, the extraordinary life of Marie Curie ended. Weakened by radiation, she succumbed to "pernicious anemia" in a Swiss sanatorium. Albert Einstein called her his "defiant sister" and paid tribute to her: "She embodied a strength and purity of will, a toughness against herself, an objectivity and incorruptibility of judgment that are rarely united in one person."

With MARIE CURIE, we continue the successful collaboration with author Susanne Felicitas Wolf after the 2nd INTHEGA Prize 2018 for HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - THE VISIONARY. The new play also tells the story of a strong woman and her unconditional life on the edge. And of course, Anja Klawun is the actress who gives a face and a voice to this unique strength.

The Author
Author, dramaturge, and director Susanne Felicitas Wolf is from Mainz and currently lives in Vienna. She has worked at theaters such as Schauspiel Frankfurt, Volkstheater Wien, and Schauspielhaus Wien, and has written texts or plays for venues including Schauspielhaus Wien, Komische Oper Berlin, and Volkstheater Wien. As a dramatization author, she is a regular guest at the Wiener Theater in der Josefstadt. She also wrote the stage adaptation for the production THE POPESS, for which theaterlust was awarded the Inthega Prize DIE NEUBERIN in 2014. Her play HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - THE VISIONARY, a commissioned work for theaterlust, received the 2nd Inthega Prize in 2018 in the direction of Thomas Luft.

©Photo Herrmann Posch

The cultural hall opens one hour before the start of the event!

The Case of Snow White - a criminal fairy tale!
"Snow White," a gem in the German fairy tale treasure trove, is well known to everyone. However, the fact that this story is full of criminal energies is probably completely unknown. The evil stepmother is only superficially jealous of Snow White's beauty, much more crucial is her greed for the handsome inheritance. From inheritance scams to murder plots, the case of "Snow White" has it all. Therefore, the Kikeriki Theater finally reveals the true background and depths of this vile game. Be prepared, you will definitely not hear a "fairy tale" here.

The Kikeriki Theater stands for cheerfulness, folly, and nonsense, but never for the senseless! Out of the desire to speak plainly to the people and not to mince words in reciting, the pitfalls of everyday life and all human weaknesses are sometimes served up heavily, sometimes lightly. The unique style of the KIKERIKI THEATER also includes a lovingly ironic approach to the specific dialect and way of life of the Hessian people. The KIKERIKI THEATER staff write all the scripts, build the puppets, create the sets, compose, direct, and play themselves. The ensemble has already delighted over 1.8 million viewers.

Door opens at 7:00 PM

60 YEARS OF HORST HANSEN TRIO – THE STAGE ANNIVERSARY Brand new songs from the oldest jazz band in Germany!
In colorful socks and fashionable shirts, the five young musicians bring their intense jazz to the stage and celebrate 60 years of band history.
INTENSE JAZZ. Always a full expression of the joy of playing:
Driving grooves, unexpected twists, love for detail in arrangement, and a hint of megalomania – always in the tension field between jazz and dance music.
Enriched with sensual vocal arrangements in the style of the 60s, honoring the founding father of the trio, the audience can expect an impressive presentation of new songs. Colorful as the socks, the band expresses their mischievous joy in drawing from various styles such as fusion, hip-hop, or drum & bass and mixing the brew of INTENSE JAZZ. In 1962, Horst Hansen founded his band in the Rhineland metropolis of Krefeld, even before the 68 generation, and provided all the "places" in the Federal Republic with his dance music at that time. Since then, the trio has basked in the glow of Horst Hansen and has made a name for itself on the stages of Europe with lively songs in modern times.
Shows at the XJazz Festival Berlin, the Düsseldorf Jazz Rally, Povalec Festival (CZ), the Leverkusen Jazz Days (Future Sounds), Jazzfestival Moers, Jazzfestival Freiburg, Kammgarn Int. Jazzfestival, and many more not only thrilled die-hard jazz fans but also an audience far beyond jazz boundaries.
Following the current studio album "LIVE IN JAPAN" (2020), the new stage show for the 60th anniversary is now premiering.
And once again it’s said:
“Horst Hansen Dance Music – hot as a church choir – sweet like a cherry liqueur!”

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All season tickets in credit card format will be delivered by mail at the beginning of September.

The Vitra Campus is a magnet for design and architecture enthusiasts. Rarely anywhere else in the world can you find as many icons of contemporary architecture as on the Vitra Campus. Experience the campus on a tour that includes buildings by Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron, and SANAA, and learn more about the backgrounds of architects and buildings.

The architecture tour lasts two hours and takes place mostly outdoors while standing. Please be mindful of the weather and dress accordingly. We recommend bringing a water bottle, sunscreen, or rain protection depending on the situation.

Please note that the buildings and spaces presented in the tours are in use. Therefore, occasional restrictions during the visits may occur.

The Vitra Campus is a magnet for design and architecture enthusiasts. Few other places in the world can boast such a large number of contemporary architectural icons. Explore the Campus on a guided tour which features buildings by Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA, and learn more about the architects and their works.

The architecture tour lasts two hours and takes place mostly in the open air, while standing. Please take note of the weather and dress accordingly. We recommend packing a water bottle, and sun or rain protection, depending on the situation.

Please also be aware that the buildings presented during the guided tours are in use. Occasional restrictions may occur during the tours.