When Hamlet returns home, nothing is as it was before. His father is dead, his mother Gertrude has remarried his uncle Claudius, who now rules Denmark. For young Hamlet, the world has been turned upside down. Then his father's ghost appears and complains that Claudius poisoned him. Can that be true? Who can he still trust – the living, the dead, himself? With the help of a troupe of actors, Hamlet sets out to uncover the truth. But the play within the play becomes a trap: Hamlet is caught in an endless loop of his own story. Scenes repeat themselves, shifting perspectives and revealing new truths. It becomes almost impossible to distinguish between appearance and reality. Following the great success of ‹Ein Sommernachtstraum›, the Basel-based company once again turns its attention to a Shakespeare masterpiece. Who is acting and who is not? And if everyone is acting, who can still be truthful?

Hamlet

Theater Basel

An interdisciplinary crew of researchers embarks on a fantastic journey into the deep sea. Equipped with cameras, sensors, and speculative protocols, they explore the movements and rhythms of sea creatures, following the mysterious kinetic literature of the animals. An encounter with a communist octopus leads to the discovery of new forms of relationship. Between science and fiction, a poetic and bizarre underwater fable emerges about loneliness, missed communication, and the longing for genuine encounter.

20,000 miles is more than we thought.

In ancient times, sirens were often bird- or fish-like creatures with female upper bodies. With their song, they lured not only sailors to their doom. They also sang stories and told the world. «We know everything», they sang. They were complex, monstrous hybrid creatures between human and nature and possessed dangerous, mysterious powers. Today, sirens are primarily loud signals from police and fire trucks or disaster warnings.

Sirenen

For Adelina, born in Zurich, the daughter of Italian immigrants, there is no place in Switzerland. Inherited debts force her to abandon her apprenticeship. Single and with her young daughter Emma, she searches for a way out of the downward spiral. But the circumstances, a misogynistic and xenophobic society, prevent her from doing so. She finds herself in one awkward situation after another until a man who lovingly cares for her daughter takes her to Italy. However, Emma disappears without a trace, leading to a fateful encounter with the Red Brigades - and a realization.

Die Krume Brot

A terrible secret surrounds the Silesian climatic health resort of Görbersdorf. Every year, a young man dies in the nearby forest. On the eve of the First World War, a group of men meet here for a cure. While the patients, immersed in intellectual conversations, enjoy the mountain air, it is said that the Empusen - female spirits of revenge - are already looking for their next victim. Against this eerie backdrop, young Mieczysław Wojnicz is searching for his identity and sense of belonging: his native Poland has been wiped off the map and he hides his body behind a suit and tie. No one is allowed to know who he is.

Empusion

Powerful, tragic, and with bitter humor—Chilean director Manuela Infante stages a finely composed play with five women in which voices spread, change, and merge with each other in endless variations. A collective of fluid identities that spreads like wildfire. Manuela Infante unfolds a thought experiment about radical forms of self-defense and the spread of violence when it is made visible. What freedom arises when one escapes the normative assignments of identity?

Elmira Bahrami

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May 25, 2026

Hamlet · Theater Basel

21 - 26 May, 2026

20,000 miles is more than we thought. · Theater Basel

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Ophelia und Francisco in Hamlet by Shakespeare

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