Staatstheater Mainz gears up to dazzle audiences with a stunning lineup of musicals, from the eerie charm of 'The Addams Family' to the psychological depths of '4.48 Psychosis.' Featuring compelling performances and intricate storytelling, each production promises a unique theatrical experience. Explore the whimsical challenges in 'Turandot' and the naturalistic narrative of 'The Cunning Little Vixen,' showcasing the diverse cultural themes that define this season's offerings. Join us as we delve deep into these extraordinary stories brought to life by talented artists and directors.

Unveiling the Theatrical Genius at Staatstheater Mainz: A Dive into Diverse Musicals

Staatstheater Mainz, a beacon of artistic innovation, is showcasing a trio of compelling musicals that promise to captivate audiences with their bold storytelling. 'The Addams Family' brings a twist of humor and darkness, '4.48 Psychosis' delves into the intricate layers of mental health, and 'The Cunning Little Vixen' explores the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature. Each production, infused with exceptional musicality and performance, offers a unique lens through which audiences can explore complex human emotions and societal themes.

A Theatrical Journey Through Unconventional Narratives at Staatstheater Mainz

A moment of carelessness leads to a young fox being captured. She grows up on a forester's farm, surrounded by forester's children who tease her, a dachshund who feels misunderstood, and a flock of chickens whose eagerness to serve only encourages the fox to give in to her hunting instinct. After escaping to freedom, she meets a fox with whom she starts a family - not without some forest dwellers commenting indignantly on the young couple's courtship. But in the forest, it's not just foxes and badgers who say "good night" to each other, but sometimes foresters and schoolmasters too, when they meet on the way back from the pub. And when the paths of humans and animals cross, the animals often come off worse...

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The Cunning Little Vixen

Staatstheater Mainz

Princess Turandot never wants to belong to a man. To deter her suitors, she has passed a cruel law: anyone who wants to marry her must first solve three riddles.
If he fails, he is executed. Countless men have already died this way. Prince Calaf also feels attracted to Turandot. Ignoring the urgent warnings of his father and Liù, who loves him selflessly, he faces the riddles - and is able to solve them. But instead of taking Turandot as his wife against her will, he now gives her a riddle of his own...

Turandot

4:48 a.m. Every 24 hours, in this darkest hour of the night, the effects of the psychotropic drug cocktail wear off - until the next dose 72 minutes later. Every night at this time, the drug veil lifts from the tormented consciousness and they return, the intrusive dark thoughts that threaten to suppress everything else. Nightmare visions. Feelings of hopelessness and self-hatred. Fragments of memories: of conversations with an absent lover. With a therapist whose professional distance seems downright cruel.

4.48 Psychosis

The work of Berlin choreographer Sasha Waltz has shaped the German dance scene for over 30 years. In 1993 she founded her dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests, performed with it at the most prestigious venues both nationally and internationally, and received the Federal Cross of Merit for her work in 2011. It is high time that tanzmainz and Sasha Waltz & Guests met: In the 2024/25 season, the ensembles will work together several times. The first piece is In C - a piece that Sasha Waltz designed from the outset with the basic idea of ​​a project for open knowledge transfer. Dancers from tanzmainz and the Berlin company will present joint performances in a mixed cast at the Staatstheater Mainz and in the Radialsystem Berlin.

In C tanzmainz meets Sasha Waltz & Guests

America's most bizarre family is back with a new story: The Addams live a life in their house in Central Park that is anything but ordinary, full of darkness, pain and death. But that could soon change: Wednesday, the daughter of the family, has grown up and falls in love with a handsome, intelligent young man from a respectable family - a man her parents have never met before. As if that wasn'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 has 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

Anyone who has an eagle for a father dreams of flying. The young Duke of Reichstadt, nicknamed "L'Aiglon" ("the young eagle"), is the only legitimate male descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte and wants to follow in his famous father's footsteps and make history himself. Encouraged by war veteran Flambeau, he wants to escape the golden cage in Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, where Austrian Chancellor Metternich is keeping him imprisoned: Napoleon's son with Marie-Louise of Austria wants to regain control of France. But the young bird's wings break when he sets foot on a battlefield for the first time in his life and hears the ghostly voices of the fallen. He begins to understand what the reality of war really means.

Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz

Jun 28 - Jul 3, 2025

The Cunning Little Vixen

May 17 - Jun 19, 2025

Turandot

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