The premiere of Heinrich von Kleist's comedy The Broken Jug , conducted by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1808 at the Court Theatre in Weimar, was a flop; it wasn't until 1820 that the play began to conquer the stage.

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The Broken Jug

Staatstheater Mainz

Jonathan Peachum, a successful entrepreneur in organized begging, has the city firmly in his grip. No one who wants to make it as a beggar can get past him. Only his daughter Polly, of all people, doesn't listen to him. She has plans to marry Macheath, known as Mackie Messer, who is also a big name in the London underworld. Macheath has good contacts in the authorities, especially with Police Chief Tiger Brown. These contacts are very useful in preventing the occasional unpleasant (murder) story from becoming a problem. But now it's not just Polly's father who is out to get him; other women he has promised to marry are also reminding people of themselves. In The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill mixes elements of jazz, tango, and fairground music, garnishing them with sideswipes at opera and operetta. The piece, which is based on John Gay's baroque opera parody The Beggar's Opera , is directed by Jan Neumann, who has staged the plays Sensemann & Söhne and kurz&nackig at the Staatstheater Mainz, among others.

The Threepenny Opera

40 million years in the future: A humanoid species re-enacts the legendary myth of how their ancestors, the primitive species Homo sapiens, disappeared from Earth and ended up on Planet B:
Their story begins on Earth in the 21st century, where the climate catastrophe is raging unchecked and many species have already become extinct. Then aliens suddenly appear and tell humanity that "Project Earth" unfortunately cannot be extended. Humans have dominated and exploited the Earth for too long.

Planet B

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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The action of the play takes place on board a Danish packet boat that trades on the nearby coasts. Shortly before departure, a man jumps into the harbor to escape from his pursuers. Carl, the captain's son, gives the stranger protection by hiding him in the hold. But the presence of the fugitive, who, as it soon turns out, is a Jewish doctor, cannot be kept secret on the small boat for long...

The Stowaway

Three women - grandmother, daughter and granddaughter - are sitting together at dinner in a cozy apartment in a European city. They talk about their shopping, the upcoming weekend trip and the school work of the youngest, as if they had always lived here. But they only moved into this house a few months ago, where they are known as the Ukrainian "refugees". They describe themselves more as "temporarily displaced persons".
It seems almost inconceivable that the three of them stormed out of the house under a bomb alert or were stuck in a traffic jam at the gates of Europe, on their way to an uncertain future.

Non-Existent

In Gerhart Hauptmann's most frequently performed play, an apartment building serves as a reflection of society: the unemployed theater director Hassenreuter keeps his costume collection in the attic, pursues amorous pleasures, or gives acting lessons. There are sometimes heated arguments about whether art should be beautiful or true. Meanwhile, cleaning lady John dreams of middle-class happiness on the middle floor: when she hears from the maid Pauline Piperkarcka that she wants to kill herself because she has become pregnant unintentionally, Mrs. John offers to buy the child from her. Pauline quickly regrets the deal, however, and names Mrs. John as her child's foster mother. Alarmed, Pauline plants the dying child in the basement of the morphine addict Knobbe.

The Rats

Very few of us have lived in a world without nuclear weapons. I haven't. You probably haven't either. They just exist....
Sometimes the threat comes into focus. When Russia invades Ukraine. But that doesn't make the weapons any more dangerous. They are always dangerous. And one day - intentionally or accidentally - they will be reused. And then it's all over.
None of this is normal.

Talking about the Fire

Felix Krull sees the world as a stage and wants to enjoy life to the fullest. He grew up in a small town in the Rheingau. His father was an unsuccessful sparkling wine manufacturer who drove the family into ruin and then took his own life. Felix - the lucky one - sets out into the wide world to escape poverty. Through his godfather Schimmelpreester, he finds a job in a luxury hotel in Paris. There he is very good at saying what people want to hear. He is what he seems. He is authentic by deceiving and an expert at marketing himself. A projection figure for all desires.

Confessions of Felix Krull, Impostor

Bastian Balthasar Bux is a completely normal boy, or at least that's what he always thought... until one day his whole life changed.
Teased and laughed at by his classmates, he takes refuge after school in Karl Konrad Koreander's antiquarian bookshop. There he discovers a mysterious book entitled
The Neverending Story , which immediately captivates him. As he begins to read, reality around him seems to blur and he is immersed in the
magical realm of Phantásien, which is threatened by "Nothingness". There he learns about the Childlike Empress, who is terminally ill, about the heroic Atreyu, and about Auryn, the symbol of power and wisdom. He also learns that all of Phantásien's hope rests on the shoulders of the young warrior Atreyu, who is to search for a human child. The further he reads, the more Bastian seems to become a part of the story. Is he the one Atreyu is looking for and who holds the fate of this magical world in his hands? That can't be true, he of all people is supposed to be a hero?

The Neverending Story

Since theater critic Mortimer Brewster fell in love with the pastor's daughter Elaine, he has been visiting his quirky aunts Abby and Martha every day. Conveniently, Elaine lives right next door. On the evening of the engagement, of all days, Mortimer discovers a corpse in the window chest of the popular ladies. It can only have been Teddy! Mortimer's crazy brother thinks he is President Theodore Roosevelt and is busily digging the Panama Canal in the basement of the house. But it gets even worse: the dear aunts know about the unknown dead man! When Mortimer's brother Jonathan, who was believed to be dead, turns up with his dubious friend Dr. Einstein, things get really complicated. And incredibly funny.

Arsenic and Old Lace

The cat in the hat ends up in Stackeln an der Kruke by chance. She moves into an old, empty house where the grumpy brewery director Maulwisch spent his unhappy childhood. The cat promises to make the house a happy place to live. But that is impossible on her own - so little by little she takes in a bunch of homeless people, orphans and oddballs: the pipe hen Marianne, Captain Knaak, the Zappergeck and the Puddingbrumsel, the musical pig Baby Hübner, the stumbling bird, the Erbsenstein brothers and even the decent llama who sleeps a lot. Together they turn the house upside down and open the doors to happiness. But with so many charges there is of course no money left for the rent. Brewery director Maulwisch starts to make a fuss!

Cat with Hat

A young couple sets out on a journey to become average. They move from Berlin to Haßloch. Haßloch is considered the most average place in Germany and is a so-called "Magic Town". The economy takes advantage of the averageness of the residents for product testing. But who actually produces whose needs here? Which wishes are normal? And what happens when you fall in love with a product that then suddenly disappears again? The need to help shape the average and the longing for predictability and security create pressure to adapt your own wishes and dreams.

Magic Town (UA)

“Showmaster is my job, a job that the devil created…” Rudi Carrell sang about himself in 1975 with an ironic undertone and later shaped German television as a showmaster until the 2000s. Carrell, a perfectionist and tireless source of ideas, was always on the lookout for new show elements to inspire his audience. But behind the charming entertainer there was also an ambivalent character.

Showmaster is my profession - Rudi Carrell (UA)

The little witch lives with her faithful companion, the raven Abraxas, in a small house in the middle of the forest. At 127 years old, she is actually much too young to dance with the other witches on Walpurgis Night on the Blocksberg. She sneaks off to the witches' night anyway and is promptly caught. As punishment, she is given the task of becoming a "good" witch by the following year. If she passes the witch's test, she can finally take part in the big dance. Easier said than done... It doesn't really work with all the spells and complicated curses. Something is constantly happening that the little witch and Abraxas didn't expect. On top of that, the evil witch Rumpumpel tries by all means to prevent the little witch from achieving her big goal, and then the two of them have completely misunderstood what it means to be a "good" witch.

The Little Witch

Greyhound Poch wins one dog race after
another until one day she simply collapses. She wakes up in the hospital surrounded by dog ​​doctors - diagnosis unknown. There is too much pressure in her head because the dog's bloated brain is floating around in the water. Hellcat Rosali, who does business transporting cadavers, proposes a mean deal: pain-relieving pills in exchange for half a life. The dog's brain hesitates at first - but ultimately doesn't know what else to do.

Play events in Mainz

The Broken Jug

Staatstheater Mainz

The Threepenny Opera

Staatstheater Mainz

Planet B

Staatstheater Mainz

The End of Eddy

Staatstheater Mainz

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The Stowaway

Staatstheater Mainz

Non-Existent

Staatstheater Mainz

The Rats

Volkstheater Rostock

Talking about the Fire

Staatstheater Mainz

Confessions of Felix Krul...

Staatstheater Mainz

The Neverending Story

Staatstheater Mainz

Arsenic and Old Lace

Volkstheater Rostock

Cat with Hat

Staatstheater Mainz

Magic Town (UA)

Staatstheater Mainz

Showmaster is my professi...

Staatstheater Mainz

The Little Witch

Staatstheater Mainz

Sick Dogs (DE)

Staatstheater Mainz