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"The poodle didn't notice anything when he jumped in, but things are different now; the devil can't leave the house."
"Here you come and ask what idea I was trying to embody in my Faust. As if I knew it myself and could articulate it!" — What Goethe himself couldn't or wouldn't explain, Barbara Bürk and Clemens Sienknecht will now attempt. With the subtitle "albeit with a different text and also a different melody," the two have already transformed several great classics of world literature into their very own format: condensed in content, humorously deconstructed, and lovingly set to music. In Hanover, after "Madame Bovary" (2016), the duo will now tackle Goethe's heavyweight Faust: a fateful pact with the devil, the Gretchen question, and the search for the moment of absolute happiness.

Goethe’s Faust — but with different text and also different melody

Staatstheater Hannover

"Hello? Is anyone there?"
Everything is ready for a magnificent play with two clowns and a musician: the stage is set, the costumes are finished, the make-up is perfect! A technician quickly checks that everything is set up. But where is the audience? It should be sold out. But today everything is a little different. Who's playing the piano? Who owns the coffee cup floating through the air? And which ghost is sneaking off with the extension cord? Are the actors here now, or are we just supposed to believe them? Are we really here? "The Invisible Man" is all about what you can't see. And secretly, it's also about how wonderful it can be not to be seen. This production is fun for four-year-olds as well as for adult audiences. All you need is the desire to be seduced by the magic tricks of the Jetse Batelaan. After all, if the actors claim the audience isn't there, there's nothing they can do about it, right? A little Las Vegas in Hanover never hurt anyone.

The Invisible Man

Ballhof

"There's no secret knowledge that makes us mothers. But everyone expects us to never make a mistake in handling our child from the moment of birth because we supposedly have an instinct for it."
Helene does the unthinkable: Without a word, she gets up from dinner and throws herself from the balcony. Her family is shocked. Sarah, Helene's best friend, wants to help and becomes a support for her completely overwhelmed father, Johannes—just until everyone has solid ground under their feet again. Or so she thinks. But the months pass. Sarah's own life naturally fades into the background, and the simmering feeling of rage forces its way to the surface. Lola, Helene's daughter, feels this rage even more intensely; her accusation is directed against the patriarchy itself. She blames the system for her mother's death and decides to declare war on the overwhelming enemy.

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Max Landgrebe

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1 - 21 Nov, 2025

Goethe’s Faust — but with different text and also different melody · Staatstheater Hannover

Oct 5 - Nov 16, 2025

The Invisible Man · Staatstheater Hannover

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John in The anger that remains by Kleemann

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Actor in The Invisible Man by Jong

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Max / God / Faust in Goethe’s Faust by Sienknecht

Staatstheater Hannover

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