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

Theater Basel

A small town in turmoil. Everyone wants to shoot the wolf themselves. Which wolf? And then there's German chancellor candidate Alice Weidel – does she fit into the townscape of this idyllic pilgrimage site on the Way of St. James? What is actually real? Wolves in sheep's clothing? Queer-hostile queers? Rainbow families with brown attitudes? Of course, this is not a contradiction: in the northern hemisphere, all water vortices and high-pressure areas turn to the right – physics. And how is it in the best democracy in the world? Why do right-wing extremists feel so at home in Switzerland?

The White Madonna of Einsiedeln

Delia Mayer, most recently celebrated at Theater Basel in the title role of ‹Lady in the Dark› and as the witch in ‹Into the Woods›, devotes herself to Kreisler's biting and accurate cabaret songs, which form a touching one-woman musical. Lola Blau's life falls apart at the seams: the Jewish actress flees from annexed Austria via Switzerland to the USA, where she keeps her head above water by performing in nightclubs. In search of her former lover, she returns to her native Vienna, where she realises that it is business as usual again.

Heute Abend: Lola Blau

In Rossini's masterful comedy, clothes make the man and nothing is as it seems. Not only does Cenerentola change from a mocked maid to a fairytale princess, the prince also swaps his unloved role for that of his servant - and the ambitious stepfamily is ultimately left empty-handed. Between breathtaking vocal acrobatics and virtuoso role-playing, a social satire for young and old unfolds in which only the sincerest heart can see through. The opera studio OperAvenir performs the fairytale opera in an entertaining chamber version.

Roland Heid

Events

Upcoming events

May 2 - Jun 13, 2026

The White Madonna of Einsiedeln · Theater Basel

3 - 29 May, 2026

Heute Abend: Lola Blau · Theater Basel

25 - 31 May, 2026

The Cinderella · Theater Basel

Past events

Sep 28, 2025 - Apr 26, 2026

Empusion · Theater Basel

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