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 a brief evening, it looks as if Laura's life could unfold in all its possibilities. She lives with her mother Amanda Wingfield and her brother Tom in a small flat in St. Louis. Tom's boyfriend Jim comes to dinner and seems to Laura like a prince charming who will fulfil all her longings. But Jim is already engaged and breaks Laura's beloved unicorn, the symbol of her fantasy world, as a parting gift. Tennessee Williams' classic about the disillusionment of a family was first performed in German in Basel in 1946; the new Basel version is staged by English director Jaz Woodcock-Stewart.

Die Glasmenagerie

Berliner Festspiele

Murder case in the mental hospital! Already the second nurse has been murdered. The perpetrator, one of three physicists, claims to be Einstein. Another thinks he is Newton. To the third, Möbius, King Solomon appears. It soon becomes clear that they are all playing at something here. Möbius has discovered the world formula. He pretends to be crazy in order to keep his discovery, with which mankind could destroy itself, a secret. The other two are secret agents for East and West on a mission to get him on their side. But the genius Möbius, caught in a moral dilemma, chooses isolation. One decides for all - and becomes the pawn of the power interests of a mad-doctor who has long been pulling the strings in the background.

Antoinette Ullrich

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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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Horatio in Hamlet by Shakespeare

Theater Basel

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