Name: The End of Eddy
Start: 2025-07-02T19:30:00
Location: Staatstheater Mainz

Step into a world of artistic brilliance at the Staatstheater Mainz, where timeless tales and contemporary narratives come alive. From the enchanting operetta of 'The Beautiful Helena' to the gripping play 'The End of Eddy', each performance offers a unique exploration of human emotions and societal themes. Join us as we journey through captivating musicals, operas, plays, and ballets, showcasing the creativity and talent of remarkable performers and creators.

Staatstheater Mainz: Unveiling Timeless Tales and Modern Narratives

Staatstheater Mainz's upcoming season promises an eclectic mix of storytelling and performance art that delves into timeless myths, modern dilemmas, and riveting dramas. From the legendary tales of Greek mythology in 'The Beautiful Helena' to the poignant journey of identity in 'The End of Eddy', each event offers a unique exploration of human experience and cultural heritage. Join us as we delve deep into the narratives, performances, and themes that make this season at Staatstheater Mainz a must-see for any theater enthusiast.

Cultural Odyssey: A Dive into Staatstheater Mainz's Diverse Theatrical Line-Up

Staatstheater Mainz presents a captivating season filled with diverse theatrical experiences. From classic operettas and plays to contemporary dance performances, the lineup features works that span cultures, histories, and genres. With talented performers and innovative creative teams, audiences can expect to be both entertained and challenged by the stories unfolding on stage. Whether diving into Greek mythology, exploring the human condition, or celebrating dance, there's something for everyone at this renowned cultural venue.

Exploring Theatrical Masterpieces at Staatstheater Mainz

The Staatstheater Mainz is hosting a diverse set of performances in 2025 that delve into themes ranging from displacement and identity crises to family dynamics and dystopian futures. Featuring plays and musicals such as 'Non-Existent', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', and 'The End of Eddy', the theater offers a variety of narratives that explore human resilience, societal issues, and personal struggles. With an impressive roster of talented performers and creative works, these events promise to leave a lasting impact.

Exploring Diversity and Depth at Staatstheater Mainz's 2025 Season

In the coming months, Staatstheater Mainz invites theater lovers to an eclectic mix of performances that promise to captivate audiences. From the haunting musical adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' to the thought-provoking play 'The End of Eddy,' and the whimsical yet dark 'The Addams Family,' there's something for everyone. The lineup also includes compelling works like '4.48 Psychosis,' 'Planet B,' 'Turandot,' 'The Servant of Two Masters,' 'Underdog,' and 'The Cunning Little Vixen.' These diverse productions, featuring talented performers and insightful storytelling, are set to unfold a theatrical experience worth remembering.

Exploring the Unforgettable Theatrical Journey at Staatstheater Mainz

Leandra Enders

Friedrich Brückner

Johannes Schmidt

Lennart Klappstein

Stephanie Kämmer

Benjamin Kaygun

Lucia Kramer

Jan Friedrich

Staatstheater Mainz

The emperor's horse receives golden horseshoes for its great achievements. The little dung beetle, who lives in the stable, believes he too should be honored with such a decoration, but receives only scorn and ridicule. Misunderstood and deeply offended, the "imperial insect" sets out on a journey through his little world, where many adventures await...

The dung beetle

America's most bizarre family is back with a new story: The Addamses live a anything but ordinary life in their house in Central Park, full of darkness, pain, and death. But that could soon change: Wednesday, the family's daughter, has grown up and falls in love with a handsome, intelligent young man from a respectable family - a man the likes of which her parents have never met before. As if that weren't bad enough, Wednesday lets her father in on her secret and begs him not to tell her mother. Now Gomez Addams has to do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife Morticia. And the next catastrophe is just around the corner: That evening the families are supposed to get to know each other, and Wednesday just wants a completely normal evening without any unusual incidents, but everything turns out differently than planned...

The Addams Family

Do you also take your shoes off when you enter the house? Have your children encouraged you to spend more time on the floor? Who actually cleans the floors in your house? And what movements does this person use? Do you prefer stroking, rubbing, scrubbing, or tickling? Well, with what exactly?

Mops (UA)

Mozart's Magic Flute transports us to a fascinating world full of magic, adventure, and music. From the joyful Papageno to the mysterious Queen of the Night – the music takes us on a journey full of highlights and surprises. Naturally, the story is told in a child-friendly way, allowing listeners to experience the magic of The Magic Flute firsthand. A musical adventure that awakens curiosity and brings the magic of classical music to life.

Music and magic – the world of The Magic Flute

A powerful example of courage and resistance in times of greatest darkness is Viktor Ullmann's The Emperor of Atlantis or The Refusal to Die Todverweigerung . Created in 1943-44 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, the opera is a parable of an inhumane, despotic system.

The Emperor of Atlantis

Seven times this season, members of the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra and guests will perform Sunday matinees in the foyer of the Grand Hall. Here, various ensembles cultivate the rich genre of chamber music and present works of their own choosing – from great classics to rare chamber music works.

Sunday matinee in February

The sight of a monstrous snake can easily make you faint. When Prince Tamino comes to, he believes he has seen his savior in the somewhat enigmatic Papageno. But he is far from it, as three ladies from the Queen of the Night's entourage rebuke him: she has saved Tamino because he is to free Pamina, the Queen of the Night's daughter, from the clutches of her kidnapper Sarastro. Enchanted by the image of Pamina, Tamino sets out on his journey. But the boundaries between good and evil, right and wrong seem to blur – is the star-blazing Queen of the Night in the right, or is Sarastro on the side of truth, goodness, and beauty? Trials must be passed, obstacles overcome, and insights gained before Tamino and Pamina can finally be united and Papageno, too, finally finds a companion.

The Magic Flute

Music that remembers and gives rise to hope can be heard in this 6th symphony concert. Mieczysław Weinberg dedicates his Polish Melodies to his beloved but lost homeland . On 6 September 1939 the young composer sat spellbound by the radio: the propaganda chief on the staff of the Supreme Commander in Poland announced that the German Wehrmacht was approaching Warsaw. The young music student immediately fled to the Soviet Union. “Poland is my homeland,” Weinberg maintained throughout his life, even after he had found a second home, a new family and the most successful period of his creative life in Russia. In Moscow he was initially able to establish himself as a successful composer, but the post-war period and the increasing oppression of minorities brought ever greater repression to the Jew Weinberg. The Polish Melodies , which Weinberg composed in 1950, paint a picture of his first homeland – if one believes the cheerful sentences, they must have been memories of a carefree time. Only once more, in 1966, did Weinberg return to Poland and learn that his parents and sister had been murdered by the Nazis in the Trawniki concentration camp.

6th Symphony Concert

The plot of Hoffmann's final tale oscillates between fantasy and reality: We experience the grotesque adventures of the young Peregrinus Tyß – in which a seemingly vanished princess, a friend, and two long-dead naturalists play crucial roles. The eponymous Master Flea, the leader of the fleas, provides Tyß with a "thought microscope" (a kind of lie detector) with which he can see through people and even fend off a fabricated crime by the scheming Court Councilor Knarrpanti...

Master Flea

Beethoven's Pastorale is a musical love letter to nature, evoking precisely the feeling one experiences while strolling through meadows, over small stream bridges, and through forests. Pure nature and romance! But wait! Anna and Malte only discover garbage that was already being dumped in nature in Beethoven's time. As environmental detectives, we rely on the audience to ensure that a breath of fresh air can blow again tomorrow.

2. Concert for young people

The family epic "The Eighth Life (For Brilka)" tells the story of six generations of women in the Yashi family in Georgia throughout the 20th century—beginning in 1900, from the Tsarist era to Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the civil war in Georgia. While the novel chronicles the rise and fall of communism, it remains closely connected to the stories of its protagonists.

The Eighth Life (For Brilka)

It's no wonder that Viennese-born Fritz Kreisler was familiar with the "Viennese style," which is reflected in the collection of character pieces entitled Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Dance Tunes) : "Liebesfreud," "Liebesleid ," and "Schön Rosmarin" ( Love's Joy), "Liebesleid," and "Schön Rosmarin" (Beautiful Rosemary) are three charming miniatures, exhilarating and catchy, the second also somewhat elegiac—but all three with melodic wit and elegance. It's a true curiosity that the composer Fritz Kreisler long concealed the fact that he himself composed his encores for violin recitals, which often appear as stylistic copies. Kreisler himself liked to play them as encores, and for many soloists, they are still part of the "musical confectionery" with which the audience is treated to a sweet end to the concert.

7th Symphony Concert

Even as a child, Eddy Bellegueule felt that he would find it difficult to live up to the expectations of those around him. His world is a small village in Picardy in northern France, and his upbringing in a working-class family is marked by poverty, violence, and social exclusion. Eddy's behavior, which is perceived as feminine, makes him an outsider long before he can discover his own homosexuality, and the constant rejection of his fellow human beings and lack of acceptance from his family weigh heavily on him. Despite the adverse circumstances, Eddy looks for ways to escape his surroundings and find his own identity. Édouard Louis' autofictional debut novel tells the story of escaping an oppressive childhood with ruthlessness and sociological precision.

The End of Eddy

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