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Betrayed by his brother, Prospero, Duke of Milan, escapes to a remote island with his daughter. Years later, the political figures who once overthrew him are stranded on this island after a devastating storm. Can the old balance of power be restored now? And what if the storm hasn't abated, but is actually brewing?
Shakespeare's last play is about power and politics at all levels: top/bottom, Europe/Global South. And about the pursuit of justice. To explore the possibilities and contradictions of solidarity in times of political upheaval, Bachmann Prize winner Sharon Dodua Otoo expands the text with a previously untold critical perspective, challenging existing assumptions with empathy and humor. Dagmar Schlingmann stages one of her favorite authors at the end of her tenure at the State Theater. All of her productions are also about taking a clear stance in the face of adverse conditions.

Storm

Staatstheater Braunschweig

"A man comes to Germany. One of those who come home and then don't come home after all, because there's no home for them anymore. And their home is then outside the door." Wolfgang Borchert uses simple words to describe the fate of Beckmann, a war veteran who no longer has a place to live. He visits his wife, who has found another partner; he goes to see his former colonel, who denies all responsibility; and he introduces himself to a cabaret director who finds his songs too dark. Wherever Beckmann turns, no one listens to him; he has been undermined by the war, his existence destroyed. He feels alone with his trauma, yet he is one of countless others – and it could have happened to anyone.

Outside the door

"At the White Horse Inn on Lake Wolfgangsee, happiness is at your doorstep" - in the popular inn, all kinds of different characters meet each other, all looking for happiness (in love): waiter Leopold loves his boss, the landlady of the "Rössl", Josepha Vogelhuber, but is constantly rejected because Josepha is interested in her regular guest Dr. Siedler. But he has his eye on the factory owner's daughter Ottilie, who in turn is to marry Sigismund, the son of her father's greatest competitor. Sigismund, however... in short: Lake Wolfgangsee is not just an Alpine Salzkammergut idyll, but also a tangle of love and competition. And then the emperor comes.

Im weissen Rössl

"The beggars beg, the thieves steal, the whores whore. And the shark has teeth, and it wears them on its face..." Brecht's sharp-tongued travesty, in which the beggars and crooks act more bourgeois than good society, seems to have lost a few of its sharp teeth today, so natural has Brecht's critique of capitalism become to us. Here, crime is subject to the ice-cold laws of the market and love has a precisely calculated price. And so greed and profiteering are the determining principles that neither an old male friendship nor a tender romance can withstand. Doesn't that still sound familiar?

The Threepenny Opera

The premiere of "Girl Murderer :: Brunke" by the award-winning theater collective RAUM+ZEIT brings the writer Thomas Brasch (1945-2001) back to life and brings him to Braunschweig for a reading. The Karl Brunke case, a true Braunschweig story, caused a stir at the beginning of the 20th century because Brunke murdered two young women, allegedly at their request. Brasch withdrew in the 1990s and researched the crime like an obsessive. More than 14,000 manuscript pages were collected and are now archived. In 1999, Brasch's publishing house published a volume of just 100 pages.

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Klaus Meininger

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 3, 2025 - Jan 18, 2026

Outside the door ·

Past events

Oct 4 - Nov 9, 2025

Storm · Staatstheater Braunschweig

Oct 3, 2025 - Jan 18, 2026

Outside the door ·

Future and recently performed repertoire

Münz-Mathias in The Threepenny Opera by Weill

Staatstheater Braunschweig

Ariel, a ghost in Storm by Holtsch

Staatstheater Braunschweig

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