Gift card for one of our evening theater plays.
Valid for all evening programs except for special events such as premieres, New Year's Eve revue, etc.

Not valid for special events such as premieres and New Year's Eve revue!

Admission: 7:00 PM

Quickly lace up your hiking boots and off you go.

Nature is calling! Around Bad Bentheim, everything that makes the hearts of pleasure-seeking wanderers beat faster awaits you: forest areas, moorland, easy hikes among rocks. Along the way, gastronomy establishments or hiking huts invite you to take extended breaks.

Your hiking guide knows the area and can delight you with stories about the places you hike through.

Meeting point: Reception of the specialist clinic Bad Bentheim

Voucher for a performance of your choice at the children's theater.
Not valid for premieres and special events

Tonight: Lola Blau for a singer/actress and piano is probably Georg Kreisler's (1922-2011) most successful piece. He wrote and composed this in 1971 within just a few weeks for his then partner Topsy Küppers, who premiered it at the Vienna Theater in der Josefstadt. The piece tells the story of the career of a young stage artist, starting in the time of Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938. Lola Blau goes into exile in America via Switzerland, becomes famous, loses her illusions, and returns to Vienna after the war. Upon arrival, she soon realizes that although the war is over, not much has changed in people's minds.

“Lola Blau is the story of a powerlessness. Lola is just as helpless in the face of anti-Semitism as she is in relation to her own Jewishness. She is powerless against the stubborn Swiss, rages helplessly against the sex career in America, and in the end, she is again powerless against the Austrian backward thinkers. All she really wants is to dance and sing a little and bring joy to her audience. But she must realize that it is of no use to just want to catch a small modest place in the sun. Every person must above all try to clear the obstacles blocking the sun for themselves and their fellow human beings.” (Georg Kreisler)

Georg Kreisler's musical for an actress is a brilliant music theater with virtuosic, witty to melancholic and profound music and text material. Since its premiere, “Tonight: Lola Blau” has not lost its relevance. The production is enriched with recordings from Aviva Goldschmidt and Eva Szepesi, who recount excerpts from their biographies. The artists sincerely thank the two witnesses for their participation in this project.

Photo: private

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for two pianos in D major KV 448
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn for two pianos op. 56b
Franz Liszt: Concerto pathétique S. 258
Maurice Ravel: La valse for two pianos

These two gentlemen are much more than the sum of two pianists. With their four hands and twenty fingers, they merge into a harmonious organism that breathes and plays music in perfect synchrony. A masterful symbiosis. Not for nothing do Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher enjoy international renown as a piano duo.

GrauSchumacher sets standards—not only with technical brilliance but also with intellectual depth and an insatiable spirit of discovery. Numerous composers, such as Peter Eötvös and Philippe Manoury, have dedicated their works to the duo; their sophisticated program concepts and CD recordings have earned the duo numerous awards. In their program for the evening, the two pianists also celebrate the versatility and depth of the piano literature for four hands: Mozart's sonata dances seemingly light-footedly, while Brahms' Haydn Variations unfold chamber music depth. And when the grand sound is called for in Liszt and Ravel, the duo effortlessly bridges to late romantic and impressionistic opulence.

Image: Johannes Grau Mantra

Advance ticket sales for individual tickets begin on 15.09.2025!

Allows entry on any exhibition day in the booked month without prior reservation and is not time-bound. The duration of the visit is unlimited.

OPENING HOURS:
From September 19 - For a limited time only!
TUE/WED/SUN & holidays 10 AM – 6 PM
THU/FRI/SAT 10 AM – 8 PM

Last entry: 1 hour before the exhibition ends

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“House of Banksy Mannheim”: The new pop-up exhibition about the street art superstar!

The creators of the successful exhibition “The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind,” which captivated visitors in Heidelberg (halle02 in Güterbahnhof) in 2021 and has since established itself as the most attended and thus the most successful exhibition about the street art superstar worldwide, are now coming to Mannheim for the first time! Starting September 19, 2025 with the new pop-up exhibition “House of Banksy Mannheim – An Unauthorized Exhibition”!
At Kunststraße 5-6 (N 7, former Saturn), in the heart of Mannheim city, an unprecedented presentation of over 150 motifs by the celebrated artist will be displayed across an area of over 2,000 sqm. This showcase, which has already attracted nearly 350,000 visitors at its first three locations in Munich, Hamburg, and Leipzig, is currently the most comprehensive and sought-after exhibition about Banksy in Europe and clearly stands out from all previous displays of his art!

Graffitis, photographs, sculptures, video installations, and prints on various materials such as canvas, fine art paper, wood, aluminum, plaster, concrete, and brick have been specially reproduced and assembled for this exhibition. In a lavish and unique setting, visitors are given a comprehensive insight into the complete works of this exceptional artist. This homage and the image installations displayed are not authorized by the artist himself due to his anonymous status. About 80% of all exhibited graffitis and work motifs are now hardly accessible in their original form. They have been removed, torn down, destroyed, painted over, or ripped from the walls and subsequently auctioned off for a lot of money. Some of these, especially his screenprints, are now in private ownership or owned by art dealers.
The no less impressive reproductions, made live on-site for each exhibition by an internationally renowned team of graffiti artists, allow viewers to trace Banksy's footsteps and make his art comprehensible and tangible in an unprecedented way and up close. “We want to make the works and especially the message behind each of his actions and works accessible to the public again and emphasize how important it is to protect the few remaining originals in public spaces. An exhibition like this with originals in this dimension is not feasible for the reasons mentioned,” says Oliver Forster, the producer of the exhibition.
The exhibition “House of Banksy – An Unauthorized Exhibition” brings the message of this artistic genius closer to a wider audience without having to travel far. Here you can visit Banksy's most famous street art works in one place and encounter his engagement with various hot-button issues such as war, xenophobia, police violence, people fleeing, capitalism, global warming, violence against women, CCTV, or even the coronavirus pandemic in a completely different way. A major Austrian daily newspaper wrote: “A Banksy exhibition is like a sprayed mirror of society” – and a Banksy exhibition is always current and close to the spirit of the times. Banksy wants to inspire and touch people with his art while also polarizing and provoking thought. There is no comparable artist who consistently manages to stage themselves in a media-effective way with their sometimes spectacular and well-thought-out actions. He does not use his art to draw attention to himself or his latest work, but to highlight grievances and hot spots that we all prefer to close our eyes to. The locations are intentionally and carefully chosen by him. It is perhaps also for this reason that Banksy undoubtedly counts among the most significant artists of our time. He is often referred to by media and experts as the modern Robin Hood.
This extraordinary art experience is curated by Virginia Jean. The young curator and gallery owner from England, living in Berlin, is a versatile designer and an unchangeable creative. After many years in the classical art market, she created numerous projects and exhibitions in the field of street art. Banksy has always been a major influence and inspiration in her life due to her background and her passion for creativity and free art as a means of communication. She is an expert on his works and a professional in the street art industry.
“Banksy addresses significant truths and problems in our world with his creations, which we prefer to ignore. A Banksy work touches everyone and is directed at everyone, whether they want it or not. That is why it is personally very important to me to exhibit Banksy's works, to make them accessible to the world, and to celebrate them. Banksy is writing history with his art – the history that is our reality right now. The exhibition is a must for anyone who enjoys engaging with art, politics, general world events, and especially themselves, and has a sense of bittersweet irony,” says the creative director of the exhibition, who also curated “The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind.”

01.11.25 - 30.11.25

The Romantic era was a particularly brilliant period for portrait miniatures, reaching its peak and at the same time signaling the end of this special painting technique. Countless artists created portraits with great empathy and astonishing technical perfection. More people than ever collected small portraits of their loved ones to carry with them or to gather at home as a pictorial family album. 142 masterpieces from the renowned Tansey collection illuminate the heyday of an art that had to make way for photography during the 19th century.

Accompanying the exhibition is a catalog that, in addition to the annotated reproduction of all works, is distinguished by essays by various experts on aspects of miniature painting during this time. Hirmer Verlag, bilingual German/English, 432 pages, 208 color illustrations.

Tue - Sun 11am-5pm

»I have to rely on wonders«: Mascha Kaléko's journey through Germany

January 1956: Seventeen years after Mascha Kaléko left Nazi Germany at the last minute, she returns. It is a journey into the past – tied to the anxious question of whether it can also be a journey into the future.

She travels to Berlin, the city where she had been happy, where she became successful as a poet, the city she loved, and throughout the entire country for a whole year. Almost daily, she sends letters to New York, to her husband, the love of her life, and shares – about fairy-tale successes, a miracle in Berlin, abysses, about an old, new country.

Volker Weidermann writes about a single year and in doing so reveals a whole German-Jewish life. It is the story of a poet in whose humor, spirit, and melancholy we recognize ourselves.

18:30

Over 20 years of MAYBEBOP - sold-out concert tours from Berlin to Saarbrücken, from Flensburg to Passau, over 200 TV appearances, two decades of excited concertgoers!

"The Maybeboppers just know how to meet expectations and entertain with ease," praises the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, "the pace of the show is fast, sound and light perfect, a well-dosed mix of songs guarantees the best entertainment."

And for the loyal MAYBEBOP audience, the four performers have planned a little request concert in every concert. Fans can choose their favorite song from the MAYBEBOP hit material. Either by email to kontakt@maybebop.de or on Facebook, in the guestbook of the MAYBEBOP website, etc. - or by shouting it out at the end of the first half of the concert. "Make a wish" turns every concert into a double delight.

MAYBEBOP are four quirky guys who have established themselves in the music and theater scene. Their charm is simply irresistible, they sing superbly, love to dance, are silly yet serious, and artistically unique. They practically present their own art form. This independence gives their art a touch of distinguished charm: pleasantly mature and therefore temptingly sexy. MAYBEBOP are Jan M. Bürger, Lukas H. H. Teske, Oliver Gies, and Christoph Hiller.

And how does the band describe themselves? "Maybebop makes funny, profound German pop without instruments, because the voice is the most beautiful of all instruments. It's just incredibly fun. And anyway, we can't do anything else."

Their utterly unique German songs shed light on the madness of daily life: witty and touching, sometimes mean and quirky, but always with a comforting depth and musically incredibly diverse. With their perfectly styled show, they touch all senses and always stay close to the audience.

What can one expect at a MAYBEBOP concert? "Entertaining and captivating entertainment. With our sophisticated arrangements, we enchant musically, and with our fun on stage, we have so far infected every audience. There is much to laugh at, to smile at, to enjoy, and sometimes shed a tear or two."

Doors open: 7:00 pm

HANDLE WITH CARE is theater reduced to the essentials. No performers, no technicians. Just a box. And the audience.
A box is sent to the theater.
The instructions are clear:
The spectators take their seats.
The box is placed in the center of the stage.
The audience waits.
And then one spectator stands up and opens the box.
The performance has begun.

Experience the production of Meissen porcelain up close. Every day we offer clay sound tours (audio guide) in the show workshop. Before or after, you have the opportunity to visit the museum and special exhibition individually. Both are included in the admission price.

 

Daily possible with clay sound explanations in 14 languages:

Chinese, Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, and Czech

The language can be selected on site.

Blues Rock icon Walter Trout is coming on a large-scale European tour with a new studio album.
Trout is regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time and is often mentioned in the same breath as Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix. His music represents a successful synthesis of blues and rock. Since 1968, Walter Trout has played with various bands and musicians, for example, from 1979-1980 with the legendary blues musician John Lee Hooker. From 1980 to 1984, Trout was a member of the band Canned Heat before joining John Mayall from 1984 to 1989. In 1989, he founded the Walter Trout Band, which was renamed Walter Trout & the Radicals in 1999.
Trout is rightly celebrated by the international press and is undoubtedly one of the greats of the blues. In a BBC radio poll, he was voted 6th among the 20 greatest guitarists of all time (a few more votes would have placed him alongside Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page in the top 5).

Doors open at 7:00 PM

Experience the production of Meissen porcelain up close. Every day we offer clay sound tours (audio guide) in the show workshop. Before or after, you have the opportunity to visit the museum and special exhibition individually. Both are included in the admission price.

 

Daily possible with clay sound explanations in 14 languages:

Chinese, Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, and Czech

The language can be selected on site.

Valéry Haumont (vocals and percussion)
This French singer has participated in many jazz projects in France (in the clubs: “Duc des Lombards”, “Sunset”, “Baiser Salé”, “Pannonica”, “Café universel”, “Café Laurent”, “Autour de midi et minuit”? l in the Festivals: “Jazz au fil de l'Oise”, “Jazz à Vitré”, “Jazz à l'Ouest”, “Jazz au coeur et guitare à l'ame”, “Jazz en Rè”, “Jazz de Mars”, “Jazz sur Lie”, “Dixie Days”, “Touches de Jazz, ‘Les Rendez-vous de l'Erdre’ . ...), but also throughout Europe as for example in Switzerland (“Montreux jazz festival”, “Luzerne Festival”...), in Germany (the clubs: , “A-Trane”, “Be-Bop” in Berlin), or in Holland (The “Pater” club, the auditorium of the “Royal Conservatory” in Den Haag...).
Valery has sung with many musicians of the French and European jazz scene: Tony Rabeson, Jean-Philippe Viret, Ludovic de Preissac, Damien Schmitt, Georges Brown, Oliver Von Essen, Benjamin Moussay, Ninine Garcia, Patrick Saussois, Andrea Michelutti, Franck Avitabile, Yoni Zelnik, Pier Paolo Pozzi, Ahmet Gulbay, Georges Paczynski, Armel Dupas...
With a pure and clean voice, he proposes a universal jazz, based on his roots and his ability to move.

Soul viel mehr – big Germany tour 2025

Germany's most successful big band show is back. Max Mutzke and the SWR Big Band will go on their biggest joint tour across Germany in autumn 2025.

Passion and talent cannot really be learned – Max Mutzke has both in abundance. He has the gift of captivating the audience, and the German exceptional talent from the Black Forest has impressively demonstrated this time and again for 20 years. When this powerhouse meets the multiple Grammy-nominated SWR Big Band, it merges into an energy-filled spectacle of talent and skill that literally lifts you from your seats. Coupled with unrestrained joy of playing, no evening is the same, offering the audience an exclusive experience every time. Soul viel mehr offers a mix of Mutzke hits like Welt hinter Glas, Can't wait until tonight, or Marie, as well as soul & hip-hop classics like Me & Mrs. Jones and songs by Alicia Keys, Will Smith, Anderson Paak, or Sly & The Family Stone.

Look forward to a special concert featuring a charismatic voice, wrapped in the full big band sound of the times.

Doors open: 7:00 PM

For the third time, the Poetry Slam takes place at Prediger.
Five nationally known slam poets from the German-speaking area will perform
to present their best texts: poetry or prose,
storytelling or spoken word. Three slam rules must be followed:
original texts, a time limit of six minutes, no props. The audience decides
by the loudness of applause who wins.
The competitors are:
Jan Cönig (Frankfurt, Hessian Champion in Poetry Slam)
Johannes Floehr (Hamburg, finalist at Prix Pantheon)
Wehwalt Koslovsky (Husum, slam veteran)
Felix Treder (Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Champion in
Poetry Slam 2018)
Veronika Schäfer (Spraitbach, first slam appearance)
As always, Johannes Elster will host the evening.

Doors open: 7:30 PM

Valéry Haumont (vocals and percussion)
This French singer has participated in many jazz projects in France (in the clubs: “Duc des Lombards”, “Sunset”, “Baiser Salé”, “Pannonica”, “Café universel”, “Café Laurent”, “Autour de midi et minuit”? l in the Festivals: “Jazz au fil de l'Oise”, “Jazz à Vitré”, “Jazz à l'Ouest”, “Jazz au coeur et guitare à l'ame”, “Jazz en Rè”, “Jazz de Mars”, “Jazz sur Lie”, “Dixie Days”, “Touches de Jazz, ‘Les Rendez-vous de l'Erdre’ . ...), but also throughout Europe as for example in Switzerland (“Montreux jazz festival”, “Luzerne Festival”...), in Germany (the clubs: , “A-Trane”, “Be-Bop” in Berlin), or in Holland (The “Pater” club, the auditorium of the “Royal Conservatory” in Den Haag...).
Valery has sung with many musicians of the French and European jazz scene: Tony Rabeson, Jean-Philippe Viret, Ludovic de Preissac, Damien Schmitt, Georges Brown, Oliver Von Essen, Benjamin Moussay, Ninine Garcia, Patrick Saussois, Andrea Michelutti, Franck Avitabile, Yoni Zelnik, Pier Paolo Pozzi, Ahmet Gulbay, Georges Paczynski, Armel Dupas...
With a pure and clean voice, he proposes a universal jazz, based on his roots and his ability to move.

Allow me to introduce: Cap San Diego

Our ship was commissioned in 1962 after about eleven months of construction. It was the last of a total of six identical general cargo ships that operated on the route between Europe and South America. It primarily transported machinery, technical equipment, and chemical products southbound. From South America, raw coffee, cocoa, beef, and fruits were typically loaded in refrigerated compartments, as well as edible oils in heated tanks. By the way, the "Cap San Diego" never transported bananas.

The contractor for the freighter was the shipping company Hamburg Süd, which at that time belonged to the Dr. Oetker Group. All ships of this series, known as "Class," were named after a geographical "Cap San..." (or "Capo San...") – our ship is named after the western tip of Tierra del Fuego, Cape San Diego.

The "Cap San Diego" was built at the Deutschen Werft in Hamburg-Finkenwerder (where the Airbus plant is now located). It and its CAP-SAN sister ships were state-of-the-art at the time: Before the introduction of containers, goods were loaded loose in boxes, sacks, or barrels. For this purpose, the ship features, among other things, large cargo holds and masts equipped with loading booms and two gantry cranes. All technical facilities could be operated comfortably. The CAP-SAN ships were sought after as workplaces not least because of this by crews and dock workers alike.

The freighter could carry up to 10,000 tons of cargo – an amount that was loaded in general cargo operations in about seven days. The same amount is now moved in containers in a maximum of eight hours. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that the "Cap San Diego" became unprofitable just a few years after its commissioning due to the onset of container shipping. After the sale of the ship in the early 1980s, it even faced the threat of scrapping in Asia in 1986. Literally at the last moment, the "Cap San Diego" was saved through the engagement of the city of Hamburg and now lies as a genuine "Hamburg girl" at the Überseebrücke in front of the Elbphilharmonie.

Several times a year, the ship sets sail. Come aboard and experience the "Cap San Diego" come to life. All areas of the ship are open to you, from the bridge to the engine room. The crew is happy to show and explain to you all the functions of the largest seagoing museum freighter in the world.