Director: Axel Krauße
Costume and Set Design: Christina Wachendorff
Assistant Director: Anna-Lena Just
Technical Support: Junge Bühne Sindelfingen
Stage Construction: Fabian Krause
Music: Igor Petrov-Schell, Wieland Harms, Klaus Kreczmarsky

Featuring:
Gudrun Steinle, Natalie Ahmadi-Nia, Mathias Baier, Daniel Bayer, Jonas Böhme, Sabine Duffner, Karl Göbel, Sandra Jornitz, Felix Knoll, Adriana Marzullo, Alina Peci, Hendrik Pohl, Gisela Samesch, Dr. Bernd Schmalenbach, Emmy Schütz-Plehn, Horst Zecha.

The gods are no longer what they used to be. Three of them have descended to earth to find at least one good person. But reality does not allow for a morally good life. So they place all their hope in the young prostitute Shen Te, who gives them shelter. As a kickstart for further charitable deeds, she receives money. She becomes a businesswoman and acquires a tobacco shop. But doing good and wanting to do good are two different things...

Set against the impressive backdrop of the Sindelfingen Reconciliation Church, Brecht's story of an imaginary Sezuan is brought to life in a modern and playful way. Director Axel Krauße brings Brecht's classic into dialogue with a contemporary perspective—raising central questions about justice, responsibility, and the contradictions in our society.

The production offers a good opportunity to reflect on the complex themes of responsibility and personal freedom, and to be inspired by the powerful performance in an unusual, atmospheric space. A compelling engagement with the challenges of the present, which Brecht's masterpiece (premiered in 1943) still raises with all urgency today. And a plea for optimism and a happy ending!

Doors open: 6:30 PM

Youth play (from 13 years) - also for adults

sind wir was wir sind
Developed for the Castle Festival by Bastian Thurner

We are in the year 2089. After 39 years, the rule of the oligarchy in Germany has collapsed. The population has learned about a secret health program that has increased the average life expectancy of a small elite from politics, business, media, and sports to over 120 years. Now, the population is getting to know the secret health program through tours of the facilities that were disguised as "orphanages" by the oligarchs for the public. How did the driver software of these facilities, constantly developed by AI, function? How did the AI manage to gain and maintain absolute control within a hermetically sealed system? What did this system mean for its victims?

In this exciting, scenic tour through Ettlingen Castle, one of these facilities comes to life for the audience. Guided by a castle tour guide, the story of seven friends is told, who are searching for their own identity and each carry a secret that determines their whole life.

Feel the tension as our young actors rebel against the system and find their own way in a world of absolute control. A path to a new world, where it no longer matters that they are what they are.

The tickets are also valid in 2025 on the day of the performance as a ticket throughout the entire KVV network.

For ticket orders, schools are asked to contact Ettlingen Tourist Information at 07243/101-333 starting January 2025

After almost four decades of comedy tours, Mittermeier is going where he has never been before: to the future. As long as it still exists! But how to get there? In the 80s, people drove there by car. Typical. But how does one get there today? Are time travels even possible? Yep, he did it!
The solution lay in the basement: Mittermeier's great-grandfather was an inventor, a sort of Bavarian Oppenheimer. And he built a time machine over a hundred years ago. The thing stood in the grandparents' basement for decades and didn't work. It was always said to be a prototype for a solar heater. It turned out the battery was just empty. But now we can go! Start time: 2024. Propulsion: Comedy. Fuel: Humor. Michl, energy!
However, traveling alone is less fun, so we will travel together. Together into the future! Of course with a transitional jacket. And while we’re there, we might as well take a look at the past. Apparently, there was a lot going on back then, from what we hear. What matters is to laugh together. No matter what time.
FLASHBACK! I know what you will have done next summer...

Photo: Olaf Heine

Entrance: 7:00 PM

Twelve Before 5 - The Return of Branntwein

Franz Branntwein is back. But only just barely. And not that often anymore. After "The BranntweinSaga – An Old Hope" was performed at the Magdeburg Technology Museum in 2023, and last year it was said "Magdeburg Strikes Back – the Saga's Second Part," there is only the inevitable 3rd part left for the year 2025.
Even though the author team Heiko Herfurth, Sebastian, and Tobias Hengstmann fought against it tooth and nail, the cycle must come to an end. Branntwein must end. After a historical past and a medial present, only a bleak future remains, into which the spirited grouch must venture this year. But we have bigger problems than the future, because that is yet to come. And therefore, our spirited grouch must take care to ensure that the future does not become the present and that everything remains as it has never been.
Accompany our grumbling warrior through various realities and conceivable scenarios of our present, which are caused by the chaotic chaos, which can also be referred to as political reality. Solutions are not his thing, but Branntwein would not be Branntwein if he were not Branntwein. And that’s why one is not enough.
How many digging returns there will be can be seen starting June 5, 2025, at the Magdeburg Technology Museum. Mazze, Malte, and many other unjustly beloved characters will also be present. And Franz Branntwein, the impudent onlooker.

Doors open: 18:00 Uhr

Texts by Daniil Charms and Karl Valentin - with Eberhard Boeck at the lectern and Jo Jung at the piano

The door next door by Fabrice Roger-Lacan

Translated by Pamela Knaack

She is a psychologist who actually needs support herself. He sells yogurt and likes to get high on classical music. They live on the same floor – and hate each other fiercely. Every fleeting encounter escalates into a spirited discussion full of accusations and insinuations, with doors slamming occasionally. But like all the other lonely souls in the city, these two secretly search for love on the internet. He or she should definitely be the opposite of that crazy neighbor, that much is certain! When they finally believe they have found their soulmates, they can't help but rub this romantic happiness in their neighbor's face immediately. Of course, just to reaffirm their mutual dislike and to get back at each other... or?

Doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.

There may still be tickets available at the box office, info at 06221/21069.

by Yasmina Reza / in the Burggraben

Serge has bought a painting. White stripes on a white background. And it was very expensive. Marc bursts out laughing because "this crap" really can't be "ART"! His amusement is perceived as condescension and leads to humorless outrage. However, before the two ruin their long-standing friendship, the third friend in the group – Yvan – should mediate. Unfortunately, Yvan has enough to deal with due to his upcoming wedding and is also keen to avoid any conflict. He simply refuses to take a stand. This situation annoys both Serge and Marc…
The white artwork turns out to be a catalyst that allows long-simmering conflicts of the trio to surface…
A true delight for any audience!

Admission 30 minutes before the start of the event

*Wheelchair users and groups of 10 or more please contact our service center directly at (0711-227700).

The magazine Spiegel calls him a “great storyteller,” and the British Independent compares him to Kafka and Kleist – we are talking about bestseller author Ferdinand von Schirach.

In his new play, he deals with the dilemma that in cases of sexual violence, it is almost always a matter of one person's word against another's. In February 2024, a million viewers watched the television version of this courtroom drama.

Katharina Schlüter, a successful TV presenter, accuses her former lover, the entrepreneur Dr. Christian Tiede, of having raped her. There are no witnesses for this crime, and so the criminal trial revolves around the question of credibility. Both for the accused and the plaintiff, a lot is at stake: their future personal and professional lives, as well as their reputations, largely depend on whose version the court will confirm.

The play shows how complicated it is to reach a verdict in such cases and how closely it is linked to societal values and prevailing prejudices. “What should one think when, after exhausting all evidence, only remains: 'She says. He says.'?" says Ferdinand von Schirach.

After “Terror,” “Taboo,” and “God,” another work by the successful author is now on our schedule – with a first-class cast: including audience award winners Sabine Fürst and Ralf Stech as the former couple.

Performances from June 13 to July 18, 2025

With Sabine Christiane Dotzer, Selda Falke, Magdalena Flade, Sabine Fürst, Marius Hubel, Stefanie Klimkait, Maja Müller, Ralf Stech, among others.
Directed by Martin Schulze
Set and costumes by Ariane Scherpf
Video by Christopher Bühler
Dramaturgy by Susanne Schmitt

Gutscheinkarte für eines unserer Abendtheaterstücke.
Gilt für alle Abendprogramme außer für Sonderveranstaltungen wie Premieren, Silvesterrevue etc.

Gilt nicht für Sonderveranstaltungen wie Premieren und Silvesterrevue!

What women want, men supposedly already know. But what women REALLY want, definitely not! Franziska is convinced of that, because after several failed dates, all that remains for her is bewilderment...

After another unsuccessful rendezvous in a café, she revisits all her "men stories" once again to figure out why she just can't seem to find the true dream man. Are there really only machos and mama's boys among men? Or is there something wrong with her looks? The fact is: None of her efforts so far have yielded the desired result: a lasting, stable relationship. A bizarre nightmare ultimately makes her realize that it's time to consider what she really wants...

A brilliant collage of humorous scenes surrounding the never-ending battle of the sexes.

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A theater project for people aged 13 and up

It's about love. It's about hatred. It's about the impossibility of being oneself in a torn society. The famous play by Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet" is a magnificent template for a contemporary interpretation.

Our performance will depict the events as Julia experiences them; her perspective on the world is that of a young woman today. She fights against the unjust circumstances, against the fatal demands and contemptuous attitudes of a society in which she must live. She fights for her space, her world, in the hope that everything can be just as she wishes and believes it to be right. Her gaze is sharp, her heart is big. Her fate touches and poses many questions to us.

The theater project is a collaboration of the Kreuzgangspiele with the Freie Schauspielschule Hamburg.
Direction: Johannes Kaetzler
Photo: Susanne Bergold

Doors open: 10:30 AM

Version for the Kreuzgangspiele by Lennart Matthiesen.

Sharp observation and sober thinking characterize him, the famous private detective Sherlock Holmes. And without Dr. Watson, he is inconceivable. The two are confronted with a new case, one that truly piques their interest. It must be an exceedingly special case, one that only Sherlock Holmes is capable of solving. Perhaps a case in high society, even in politics? Does a former affair pose a danger to a politician? Under certain circumstances, does a scandal arise?

More will not be revealed. Dr. Watson would take offense. And not just he. Sherlock Holmes would punish us with disdain, and the so-called high society would certainly try to silence us.

Make sure to visit one of our performances, you will learn a lot. Perhaps too much. Who knows. But, and this is the most important thing, only after you have seen the performance will you really know. One thing can still be revealed: You will also have a lot to laugh about. Guaranteed. Psst!

Director: Lennart Matthiesen
Photo: Andreas Kunkel

Entry: 8:00 PM

Willkommen in einer fernen Zukunft, in der Franken mehr als nur eine Region ist, sondern vielleicht unsere einzige Hoffnung.
Im Jahr 2525 steht die Welt Kopf. Die letzten Franken – eine Handvoll eigensinniger Überlebender – sind den autoritären Regeln der marsianischen Besatzung unterworfen. Die fränkische Kultur? Unterdrückt! Schäufele? Verboten! Doch es gibt Hoffnung: Florian Geyer, der legendäre Bauernführer und Revoluzzer aus der Vergangenheit, kehrt zurück.
Ein Hologramm? Klontechnologie? Oder einfach pure Sturheit? Jedenfalls: Geyer ist wieder da und hat ein Ziel: Revolution. Wird es ihm gelingen, den Widerstand der Franken zum Erfolg zu führen?
Mit einer Mischung aus scharfem Humor, fränkischer Seele und futuristischem Wahnsinn erzählt "Planet der Franken"die Geschichte eines schrägen Aufstands, der zeigt, dass auch in der galaktischen Dystopie Platz für Schäufele, Wein und Freiheit ist.
Erleben Sie eine rasante Komödie am Schützenhof in Würzburg, wo die Franken ihren Wein, ihre Wurzeln und ihren Witz verteidigen – mit Florian Geyer als Vorbild und der Rebellion im Blut.

Infos zu unseren Homepages:
martinhanns.de oder tbc-bambeg.de
birgitsuess.de oder bassion.de
georgkoeniger.de oder tbc-bamberg.de

Einlass ab 18:30

Die Karten der Abendkasse können nicht vorreserviert werden, sondern werden am Abend der jeweiligen Vorstellung der Reihe nach verkauft.

Carmela De Feo "La Signora"

"Meine besten Knaller"

La Signora, the winner of the Tana-Schanzara Prize 2022, presents all the best numbers from her solo programs.
Yes, she really has it: She is risqué, cheeky, wicked, crazy—and above all, funny!
She regularly sends the audience into a mass hysteria, and not a few men and women can hardly imagine a life without La Signora.
To these people it must be said—Your pleas have been heard! La Signora is coming—and she brings all the crazy, successful, best acts from her various programs! There will be playing, singing, dancing, stalking, talking, and laughing.
My best hits - a guaranteed colorful evening with the small, charming, black Italian rat from the Ruhr area!
Anyone who doesn’t want to miss this spectacle should hurry, because the polonaise through La Signora’s crazy and absurd world has long begun.

Doors open: 19:00 Uhr

Dschungelbuch
„Probier’s mal mit Gemütlichkeit, mit Ruhe und Gemütlichkeit …
Mit dem Dschungelbuch verwandeln wir dieses Jahr den Burggraben von Stettenfels in einen lebendigen Urwald. Affen schwingen von Baum zu Baum, Elefanten stampfen durch den Dschungel, und gefährliche Raubtiere wie Tiger und Schlange lauern im Schatten.
Dabei begleiten wir das Menschenkind Mowgli, bei seinen Abenteuern durch die Wildnis.
An seiner Seite stehen: der tollpatschige Bär Baloo und der liebenswerte Panther Bagheera. Sie lehren ihn nicht nur die gemütlichen Seiten des Lebens, sondern auch, was wahre Freundschaft bedeutet.
Doch Vorsicht! Plötzlich taucht Shir Khan auf, der gefährliche Tiger. Mowgli hat nur einen Ausweg: Er muss zurück in die Menschensiedlung. Und als wäre das nicht genug, wird Mowgli auch noch von einer Affenbande entführt. – Hoffentlich endet alles gut …

Das Dschungelbuch: Ein spannendes Theatererlebnis mit viel Musik für die ganze Familie.

Einlass ist frühestens 30 Minuten vor der Veranstaltung

Sollte die Veranstaltung ausverkauft sein, gibt es nur noch Karten, die an der Abendkasse zurückgegeben werden.