Money isn't something we talk about. It's best to simply have it. Money can affirm, shame, and pressure. Living on credit is expensive, especially when you're just starting out. "Are You Worth It?" invites playwrights to submit new texts for an audience aged 14 and over that explore the phenomenon of money. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2025. The text, selected by a panel of experts, will receive €6,000 in prize money provided by the Sparkasse Lübeck and will premiere on November 28, 2025.

Are you worth it?

Stadtraum

Globetrotter and presenter Barbara von Belau, more than unknown from shows like "Neues aus dem Alten Land" (News from the Old Country) or "Tide-TV," invites you together with keyboardist and sound veteran Janne Jens Käitala and Gunnar H., the Amber Room of good music: As traveling Finland whisperers, they are to build musical Baltic Sea bridges and, at the same time, lure wealthy vacationers to the far north, even if they've never been there themselves. No matter – no one has to know. And so they warmly welcome the audience to a quirky musical information evening about a place of longing between storm and calm, with songs full of shanty yearning and sauna spirit. What the three don't yet know, however, is that for them, this might be their last chance to discover the "Kuhmo" within themselves and, in the process, make the catch of a lifetime – "Finn your luck!" – that's so easy to say, but don't we all want that?

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Lapskaos

Theater Lübeck

People of all ages wear their shirts, and their songs have become the soundtrack of entire generations: Nirvana. But what accounts for the enthusiasm for this band, even though it disbanded over thirty years ago? Not only the suicide of grunge star Kurt Cobain, but also the life and personality of the unforgettable Nirvana frontman still raise questions today: resignation or revolt? Angry outsider, highly sensitive artist, lifelong seeker? Drinks, drugs, and depression. Voice of Generation X, ally, feminist?

Come As You Are

Who inherits what – and why? How does the past shape our present? And what remains at the end of the day? An ensemble of Lübeck residents, together with Knut Winkmann, playfully explores the legacy of a city and their own life's work. The personal meets the historical, the repressed meets the established, facts meet fiction. What are the hidden stories behind wills, legacies, and familial entanglements? And how does our society deal with wealth, responsibility, and the sometimes unjust distribution of wealth?

Knut Winkmann

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 5, 2026

Lapskaos · Theater Lübeck

Mar 27 - May 30, 2026

Come As You Are · Theater Lübeck

May 7, 2026

Bottom line · Theater Lübeck

Past events

Nov 28, 2025

Are you worth it? · Theater Lübeck

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