Who doesn't know him, the impoverished country gentleman tilting at windmills? Don Quixote, who suffers so much from reality that he escapes into the world of his beloved chivalric romances and loses himself in this dream world. Equipped with his imagination as armor, his chivalric ideals as weapons, and his faithful squire Sancho Panza at his side, Don Quixote embarks on unknown adventures. He fights against imaginary enemies and illusions, but at his core, always for his true ideals. He is constantly searching for his equally imagined great love, Dulcinea, an ideal he projects onto all women. He actually helps the young Kitri escape a forced marriage and marry her true love. He survives all his adventures unscathed—until, at the end of his journey, he encounters his own reflection and recognizes his self-deception.

Don Quixote

Detmold Theatre

Paderhalle Paderborn

In "Origin," Saša Stanišić embarks on a quest to trace his roots: born in 1978 in the small town of Višegrad in the former Yugoslavia, he fled the Bosnian War with his parents at the age of 14, ending up in Heidelberg in the 1990s. Poetically, with powerful language and subtle humor, Stanišić recounts the adventures of his childhood in a soon-to-disappear country, his growing up as a teenager in Germany, his search for identity, and a motley crew of ancestors: his great-aunt Zagorka, who set off at 15 to become a cosmonaut; his great-grandfather, a raftsman who couldn't swim; and above all, his grandmother Kristina, who is increasingly losing her memories of the past. A warmhearted and whimsical kaleidoscope full of quirky stories and profound truths.

Origin

How does a child react when their mother no longer finds life worth living? They write a list of everything that's great in the world and hope their mother reads it: 1. Ice cream, 2. Water fights, 3. Staying up later than usual and watching TV, 4. The color yellow. And while the child writes, hoping their mother's depression will end and everything will get better, they grow into a young person who studies, falls in love, gets married, and gets divorced: a person who lives a life with all its ups and downs, always finding a reason to add to the list. Over time, the list grows into a life document that soon contains a million entries.

Victoria Unverzagt

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Mar 5 - Jun 12, 2026

Don Quixote · Landestheater Detmold

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Mar 5 - Jun 12, 2026

Don Quixote · Landestheater Detmold

Feb 28 - Mar 31, 2026

Origin · Landestheater Detmold

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