Name: Madama Butterfly
Start: 2026-06-28T18:00:00
Location: Detmold Theatre

Landestheater Detmold

A family of field mice lives in an old stone wall in the middle of a beautiful meadow. With winter approaching, the little mice are busily gathering various delicacies for their pantry. They work day and night – all of them except Frederick. Instead of scampering nimbly from one nut to the next like the others, he seems to just sit around. Frederick collects astonishing things, things that at first glance can't fill hungry mouse stomachs, but are nevertheless vital for survival.

Frederick

Detmolder Hof

Ev. Familienzentrum Kindertagesstätte Die Arche

Felix-Fechenbach Gesamtschule Leopoldshöhe

Stadthalle Delbrück

Detmold Theatre

A fisherman and his wife live in a miserable hut. One day, the fisherman catches an enchanted, talking flounder, which he immediately releases. At home, his wife reproaches him, demanding that he ask the flounder for some prosperity. Reluctantly, for the sake of peace, he visits the flounder again and wishes for a proper farm for his wife.

The Fisherman and His Wife

Theater in der Stadthalle

Nothing is working anymore: On their way to the coronation of Charles X of France, a group of aristocratic travelers from all over Europe find themselves stranded at a luxury hotel near Reims – chaos is inevitable. And so, love affairs, intrigues, jealousy, and the like soon erupt between all parties.

The Journey to Reims

Paderhalle Paderborn

Sinalco tastes great – and has for 120 years! Germany's first fizzy lemonade was once more famous than Coca-Cola. But the yellow fizzy drink from Detmold is much more than just a fruity sip from its distinctive bottle: Sinalco is a piece of German history.

Happiness is an orange

Prince Sandor of Sylvaria had to sell his castle to bring some money into the state coffers. The new owner is the American Mary, who believes she can buy anything with money – but she encounters resistance when it comes to Sandor's heart. The two couldn't be more different: she's a lighthearted jazz fan, while his heart (still) dances to three-quarter time. Add to that a typical operetta farce full of the finest humor.

The Duchess of Chicago

Scharoun-Theater Wolfsburg

Leonce, son of the owner of Popo GmbH, is bored out of his mind – and Lena is equally weary of life. Now the two are to be married without ever having met, and on top of that, Leonce is supposed to take over his father's company after the wedding. To escape his fate, Leonce and his new companion Valeria flee to Italy in search of la dolce vita. What they don't know is that Lena, who has been assigned to him, and her companion, governess Konstante, have also fled the lives planned for them. At their refuge, the two pairs meet, and Leonce and Lena fall in love – unaware that they are destined for each other anyway.

Leonce and Lena

Cleverly, Tom Lanoye transposes Shakespeare's tale of the king and his (un)faithful daughters to the present day, wittily swapping the genders. The king mutates into an influential ruler of a business empire, and the daughters into sons: Industrial magnate Elizabeth Lear wants to abdicate and pass her inheritance on to the younger generation. But first, she wants to hear from her offspring how much they love her. Two of the sons flatter her with carefully chosen words to secure as large a share of their mother's inheritance as possible. But Cornald, the youngest of the brothers, refuses the deceitful deal: money for love. Corrupted by the power of being a company head, Elizabeth Lear cannot distinguish between genuine and feigned affection and, in a fit of rage, disinherits her former favorite son In doing so, she sets in motion a mechanism of downfall…

Queen Lear

A family celebration is approaching, the guests are invited, all that's missing is the perfect menu. A glance at the old recipe book awakens delicious memories: of steaming Sunday roasts and the aroma of fresh apple pie, of Grandma's secret ingredient and the best snack in the world. In the new program of the successful "Songs from the Past" series, culinary memories are transformed into a musical feast – course by course, song by song. As the stage transforms into a beautifully set table, familiar hits, folk songs, and operetta melodies fill the air, seasoned with stories about food, cooking, and enjoyment. The audience is warmly invited to sing along and relive their own memories of favorite dishes, family rituals, and old celebrations. Look forward to a delightful experience for all the senses!

Songs from the past – A feast of memories

Haus Bonitas

Pfarrkirche St. Joseph

Seniorenheim Karolinenstraße

On a ship voyage to Europe, the science-believing Walter Faber falls in love with the young Elisabeth, whom he calls "Sabeth." Faber offers to accompany Sabeth on her hitchhiking trip to Athens, where her mother lives. They spend their first night together in Avignon. Although Faber soon learns that Sabeth is the daughter of his childhood sweetheart Hannah, he represses the possibility that Sabeth could be his own daughter. In Acrocorinth, disaster strikes: bitten by a snake, Sabeth falls and hits her head on a stone. In the Athens hospital, overwhelmed by his emotions, Faber fails to inform the doctors of Sabeth's fall. The tragic consequence: the unwitting incest takes its moral toll

Homo Faber

Sitzungszimmer im Rathaus

Madama Butterfly

With great humor, Katharina Torwesten reveals all the secrets that usually remain hidden from the audience. We are taken into the world of dance behind the curtain. What goes on in a dance company? What makes those tick whose lives are shaped by discipline, passion, and both fulfilled and shattered dreams? How funny, absurd, sad, blissful, crazy, or normal is such a theatrical life, from childhood dreams to the first solo? Curtain up for the world behind the scenes