Gottlieb Biedermann, a hair tonic manufacturer, wants to see the good in people for once. Intoxicated by his own idealism, he offers hospitality to two strangers. Yet warnings about arsonists are everywhere: disguised as poor peddlers, they take up residence in the attics of law-abiding citizens – and reduce everything to rubble and ashes.

Biedermann and the Arsonists

Theater Basel

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?

What We Lost in the Fire

«Twenty captains of industry are flying overhead, while millions are starving below». Kasimir, who lost his job as a chauffeur that morning, watches the Zeppelin fly by with a frown, while Karoline wants to enjoy herself at the Oktoberfest. In 117 scenes, Horváth describes how the couple's love is shattered by social conditions. In Karin Henkel's production, Kasimir and Karoline meet another tragic figure from Horváth's universe: Elisabeth from ‹Glaube Liebe Hoffnung› has given up on life before it could even begin. Her story is based on a real court case that Horváth wrote about together with court reporter Lukas Kristl.

Kasimir and Karoline and the Dance with Death

When the HORA Theater was founded in Zurich in 1993, a Marthaler production ‹Murx den Europäer!› was premiering at the (Volks-)Bühne in Berlin. Coincidence? Or the famous law of meaningful synchronicity?

Company with special dedication (Limited Liability Company)

April 29, 2008: The discoverer of LSD takes one last trip for his final journey. At his deathbed, an elite circle of seasoned psychonauts accepts the task of completing his life's work: healing the world with the help of a new peace drug LSD-1000. But the details, including the chemical formulas, fall into the wrong hands. A turbulent chase through secret laboratories and the back rooms of power begins. Who will be able to taste the drop of enlightenment, and how will these chosen ones react? After ‹Immer Ärger mit Bartleby›, Rocko Schamoni and Jörg Pohl take us on a crazy journey across Basel and beyond, into a world beyond the gates of perception.

Marie Löcker

Events

Upcoming events

May 3 - Jun 15, 2026

Kasimir and Karoline and the Dance with Death · Theater Basel

May 7 - Jun 12, 2026

Company with special dedication (Limited Liability Company) · Theater Basel

May 15 - Jun 14, 2026

Die Ritter des Mutterkorns · Theater Basel

Past events

Oct 15, 2025

Biedermann and the Arsonists · Theater Basel

Sep 14 - Dec 14, 2025

What We Lost in the Fire · Theater Basel

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