Special program 30 years MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE
with Marion Bach, Heike Ronniger, and Hans-Günther Pölitz

The MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE turns 30. In the past, this would have simply been called a company anniversary. Today, it is said that it has been on the market for thirty years. And on this, one is sold. Either as a fool or according to its market value. And this has its price. For example, the "Leipzig Dandelion" and the "Cabinet Prize". Both in Saxony, the "Reinheimer Satire Lion" in Hesse, the cabaret prize "Cornichon" in Franconia, so Swiss... You can look that up on Wikipedia. But with awards, it is known to be a tricky matter. Even the wise philosopher V. Olksmund said: Orders and bombs always hit the wrong ones. Whether the praise in our case hit the right ones, almost a million viewers in 59 programs and eight thousand performances have been able to see on stage every evening.
30 years MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE - that’s been since its birth on February 29, 1996, at 8 p.m.: three years of Helmut Kohl, seven years of Gerhard Schröder, sixteen years of Angela Merkel, four years of Olaf Scholz, and 42 weeks of Friedrich Merz. Provided he lasts that long. Because chancellors come and go - but the MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE has remained.
Whether Kohl, whether Merkel, whether Scholz, whether Schröder: Nothing got better, but... as Erich Kästner once described: "Almost everything has changed, and almost everything has remained the same." Because not only cabaret but also the problems are calling: "There we are still"! And so the 60th program is a satirical journey through time, to remind us laughingly of the past in the present, with the hope of still having something to laugh about in the future.

Doors open: 6:30 p.m.

The great epic of our present
Sanditz, a small town on the edge of the republic. Here live old officers, civil rights activists, organ builders, tile collectors, local journalists, self-proclaimed resistance fighters, dreamers, early retirees, children, couples in love, shy archivists, and the Wenzel family.
Warm-hearted and multi-perspective, Lukas Rietzschel weaves the story of the family and the townspeople of Sanditz into a panorama of German stories – from the end of the GDR to the most recent present, from the occupation of the local Stasi headquarters to the struggle of a volunteer in Ukraine, from toiling on West German construction sites to the isolated island existence during the Corona epidemic.
A novel about the rise and fall, the success and failure of the uprising, friendship and family in tumultuous times, about the desire for belonging and the longing for freedom.

Moderated by Aron Boks

Doors open at 6:30 PM

NEHM'SE 'N ALTEN

When the first program featuring couplets by the legendary Otto Reutter hit the stage of the Leipziger Pfeffermühle in March 2002, Meigl Hoffmann and Karsten Wolf had no idea how central the work of the revered old master would become for their future stage endeavors. Contemporaries and critics had already dismissed the "Old Man." Too often copied and repeated – Reutter's songs were considered outdated. What a fundamental misjudgment!

Hoffmann, whose grandfather Paul Beckers had performed alongside Otto Reutter at the Leipziger Krystallpalast and who bears a striking resemblance to the young Reutter, quickly evolved into the nearly perfect embodiment of the great role model and is now regarded as the probably best Reutter interpreter in Germany.

So it comes as little surprise that the two have since won numerous awards for their three stage programs. And the experience of both from countless guest performances teaches that Reutter's songs have lost none of their relevance and that the parallels to our time are strikingly evident. So, take your old man and your overcoat and let Otto Reutter, Meigl Hoffmann, and Karsten Wolf at the piano inspire you. After all, everything will be over in fifty years!

Tickets in advance: €20, box office: €25
Doors: 6:00 PM

Tickets are also available directly on-site during opening hours at machwerk (Breiter Weg 114a):
Monday-Thursday 9 AM-5 PM, Friday 9 AM-3 PM

Doors: 6:00 PM

Cheers, mice – welcome to the Kaulitz Hills Listening Party at Thalia!
Together we will exclusively listen to an episode of “Kaulitz Hills – Mustard from Hollywood”, toast with selected cocktails, and celebrate the unmistakable Kaulitz vibe with Bingo, a photo spot, and plenty of iconic moments.

In line with this, you can exclusively expect a signed copy of the cocktail book “Cheers Maus”, which each of you will take home.

In addition to the cocktails included in the ticket price, our Kaulitz Hills Bingo during the listening session will definitely provide laughs, insider moments, and genuine podcast atmosphere. And of course, the perfect photo spot is a must so you can capture your “Cheers Maus” moments.

Note: The event is for ages 18 and over. Please bring your ID. Bill & Tom Kaulitz will not be present at this event!

Max and Moritz in Magdeburg
A summer open-air spectacle cabaret theater piece in 6 acts
very freely based on Willi Busch
by HengstmannHerfurthHengstmann

Ah, how often one must hear or read about naughty children. Almost every child in Germany knows these lines. For with them, Willi Busch began processing his own childhood. But are these lines still relevant today? In a time when everything strives back to the 60s? If you take the 1860s, yes.

Max and Moritz grew up in the Lower Saxon hinterlands. But they could have also lived in Magdeburg. And that in the year 2026. And so the protagonists of the cabaret “... after Hengstmanns” embark this year on their summer theater journey to explore how Max and Moritz would have fared in Magdeburg.
Equipped with humor, satire, and sometimes wit and a pinch of sarcasm, they ride through the lowlands, dogs, and shallows of the Magdeburg, the Saxony-Anhalt, the German, and even the world politics in the Magdeburg Technology Museum. Dizziness-inducing. But not a lie.

It’s about bridges, chickens, cows, pipes, and bags, some of them old. And a song can be sung about this in the summer open-air spectacle cabaret theater piece. Even several. Starting June 11th at the Magdeburg Technology Museum.

Doors open at 6:00 PM (no late entrance)

Remaining tickets are available at the entrance box office - if available.

The Criminal Dinner 'The Polterabend Killer' - it is a delicious multi-course menu in a stylish atmosphere framed by an exciting criminal case that will take place at Die Kirche Restaurant in Magdeburg.

The polterabend of Madlen and Dennis is supposed to be an unforgettable highlight. With friends, relatives, and colleagues, the young couple wants to celebrate their upcoming wedding.

However, in the midst of the celebration, a terrible incident occurs. A not so insignificant guest has been murdered. Luckily, the bride's father Hans-Peter Windisch is a police sergeant and hobby hunter.

Together with his friend Detective Inspector Schimpanski, they want to apprehend the culprit to save his daughter's polterabend.

With a lot of humor, they start the investigation. Will the two detectives succeed in solving the case?

The multi-course menu will be served by the gastronomic team of Die Kirche Restaurant, guaranteeing excitement for the nerves and palate. Admission is at 6:30 PM – the event starts at 7:00 PM.

Admission: 6:30 PM / Multi-course menu and theater play are included in the price / Table and seat allocation will be done on-site

Special program 30 years MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE
with Marion Bach, Heike Ronniger, and Hans-Günther Pölitz

The MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE turns 30. In the past, this would have simply been called a company anniversary. Today, it is said that it has been on the market for thirty years. And on this, one is sold. Either as a fool or according to its market value. And this has its price. For example, the "Leipzig Dandelion" and the "Cabinet Prize". Both in Saxony, the "Reinheimer Satire Lion" in Hesse, the cabaret prize "Cornichon" in Franconia, so Swiss... You can look that up on Wikipedia. But with awards, it is known to be a tricky matter. Even the wise philosopher V. Olksmund said: Orders and bombs always hit the wrong ones. Whether the praise in our case hit the right ones, almost a million viewers in 59 programs and eight thousand performances have been able to see on stage every evening.
30 years MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE - that’s been since its birth on February 29, 1996, at 8 p.m.: three years of Helmut Kohl, seven years of Gerhard Schröder, sixteen years of Angela Merkel, four years of Olaf Scholz, and 42 weeks of Friedrich Merz. Provided he lasts that long. Because chancellors come and go - but the MAGDEBURGER ZWICKMÜHLE has remained.
Whether Kohl, whether Merkel, whether Scholz, whether Schröder: Nothing got better, but... as Erich Kästner once described: "Almost everything has changed, and almost everything has remained the same." Because not only cabaret but also the problems are calling: "There we are still"! And so the 60th program is a satirical journey through time, to remind us laughingly of the past in the present, with the hope of still having something to laugh about in the future.

Doors open: 6:30 p.m.

Max and Moritz in Magdeburg
A summer open-air spectacle cabaret theater piece in 6 acts
very freely based on Willi Busch
by HengstmannHerfurthHengstmann

Ah, how often one must hear or read about naughty children. Almost every child in Germany knows these lines. For with them, Willi Busch began processing his own childhood. But are these lines still relevant today? In a time when everything strives back to the 60s? If you take the 1860s, yes.

Max and Moritz grew up in the Lower Saxon hinterlands. But they could have also lived in Magdeburg. And that in the year 2026. And so the protagonists of the cabaret “... after Hengstmanns” embark this year on their summer theater journey to explore how Max and Moritz would have fared in Magdeburg.
Equipped with humor, satire, and sometimes wit and a pinch of sarcasm, they ride through the lowlands, dogs, and shallows of the Magdeburg, the Saxony-Anhalt, the German, and even the world politics in the Magdeburg Technology Museum. Dizziness-inducing. But not a lie.

It’s about bridges, chickens, cows, pipes, and bags, some of them old. And a song can be sung about this in the summer open-air spectacle cabaret theater piece. Even several. Starting June 11th at the Magdeburg Technology Museum.

Doors open at 6:00 PM (no late entrance)

Remaining tickets are available at the entrance box office - if available.

A politically-satirical cabaret program
with Marion Bach & Heike Ronniger
as well as alternating Christoph Deckbar / Oliver Vogt

DIRECTION: Matthias Brenner

Women and political cabaret – is that even possible? And how!!! Marion Bach and Heike Ronniger have been proving this for 16 years now.
Even in their eleventh joint program "Neu aufgeregt," their topics are not emancipation or menstruation. When they do talk about days, it's those filled with frustration about the situation in all its variations in our nation: The Minister of Defense calls on the younger generation to enlist, the AfD demands a patriotic interpretation of art on stage. Companies, on the other hand, flee abroad with their production because labor costs are too high here. And for the domestic market, we then seek skilled workers even from the most remote regions for low wages. A mockery! Confusion instead of vision. This consistently infuriates the cabaret artists anew. Rebellion instead of resignation.
And so they end up writing the review for their program themselves in their own editorial team.

Doors open: 6:30 PM

Davy Knowles – one of the most versatile guitarists of our time

Whether acoustic guitar, mandolin, National Steel, or powerful electric guitar – Davy Knowles possesses a distinctive style and an impressive musical range. He celebrated his international breakthrough in 2007 with his band Back Door Slam and the critically acclaimed album Roll Away. A critic from the Seattle Times wrote at the time: “I heard the spirit of Jimi Hendrix.”

His second album Coming Up For Air was produced by rock legend Peter Frampton, who referred to him as the “gunslinger guitarist of the 21st century.” In the following years, Knowles shared the stage with artists such as Jeff Beck, The Who, Joe Bonamassa, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Joe Satriani, who called him “my favorite modern bluesman.”

Several top-5 placements in the Billboard blues charts, as well as TV appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live and CBS Good Morning America, underline his international significance. Moreover, Knowles made history as the first artist to play live to the International Space Station – directly from the control center in Houston. His music was also taken into space by astronauts.

Stylistically, he shows great variety: from the 70's classic rock-influenced Three Miles From Avalon to the acoustic delta blues of 1932 and the introspective folk album If I Should Wander (2023).

Whether solo with acoustic guitar or with his blues/rock band and Telecaster – Davy Knowles is regarded today as one of the most versatile and impressive songwriters, singers, and guitarists of his generation.

The concert is supported by WOBAU Magdeburg.

Tickets in advance: €20, box office: €25
Doors: 7:00 PM

Partially seated event. No claim to seating.

Tickets also available directly on-site during opening hours at machwerk (Breiter Weg 114a):
Monday to Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM, Friday 9 AM - 3 PM

Doors: 7:00 PM

Max und Moritz in Magdeburg
A summer outdoor spectacle cabaret theater piece in 6 acts
very freely based on Willi Busch
by HengstmannHerfurthHengstmann

Oh, how often one must hear or read about wicked children. Almost every child in Germany knows these lines. For with them, Willi Busch began to process his own childhood. But are these lines still relevant today? In a time where everything strives back to the 60s? If we take the 1860s, then yes.

Max and Moritz grew up in the Lower Saxony Pampa. But they could also have lived in Magdeburg. And that in the year 2026. And so the protagonists of the cabaret “... after Hengstmann’s” set out in their summer theater this year to explore how Max and Moritz would have fared in Magdeburg.
Equipped with humor, satire, and sometimes wit and a pinch of sarcasm, they ride through the lowlands, dogs, and shallows of the Magdeburg, the Saxony-Anhaltian, the German, and even the world politics at the Magdeburg Technology Museum. Dizzily. But not lied.

It’s about bridges, chickens, cows, pipes, and bags, some of them old. And this can be sung in the summer outdoor spectacle cabaret theater piece. Even several songs. From June 11 at the Magdeburg Technology Museum.

Entry from 6:00 PM (no late entry)

A politically-satirical cabaret program
with Marion Bach & Heike Ronniger
alternating Christoph Deckbar / Oliver Vogt

DIRECTED BY: Matthias Brenner

Women and political cabaret – is that even possible? And how!!! Marion Bach and Heike Ronniger have been proving this for 16 years now.
Even in their eleventh joint program "Neu aufgeregt," their topics are not emancipation or menstruation. If they talk about days, it's about those filled with frustration regarding the situation in any variation in our nation: The Minister of Defense calls the young generation to the barracks, the AfD demands a patriotic interpretation from the arts on stage. Meanwhile, companies flee abroad with their production, as wages are too high here. And for the domestic market, we then seek specialists from the most remote areas for low wages. A mockery! Confusion instead of vision. This continually upsets the cabaret artists. Rebellion instead of resignation.
And so, in the end, they write their own review for their program in their own editorial office.

6:30 PM

Admission: 6:00 PM

Remaining tickets are available at the entrance box office - if available.

The bestselling author Elise Kova is exclusively traveling from the USA and bringing her new romantic fantasy epic Dragon Cursed – Show No Mercy to the stage.

In four cities, you can meet the author in person and gain exclusive insights into the world of Vingard. Learn more in a live Q&A about Isola, the dragon curse, and the epic duology. Afterwards, there will be a signing session with a personal meet & greet. If you've been addicted to dragon romance since Fourth Wing, you won't want to miss this evening.

The event will be held in English.

20:00

The fall of the wall also radically changed football in the east: Stars left the DDR Oberliga, many traditional clubs collapsed, some reinvented themselves. 35 years later, journalist Mathias Liebing looks back together with football star Frank Engel at the turbulent years after the reunification and at clubs that have found their own way.

Copyright:
Frank Engel - private
Mathias Liebing - Kristin Anderson

8 PM

Max und Moritz in Magdeburg
A summer outdoor spectacle cabaret theater piece in 6 acts
very freely based on Willi Busch
by HengstmannHerfurthHengstmann

Oh, how often one must hear or read about wicked children. Almost every child in Germany knows these lines. For with them, Willi Busch began to process his own childhood. But are these lines still relevant today? In a time where everything strives back to the 60s? If we take the 1860s, then yes.

Max and Moritz grew up in the Lower Saxony Pampa. But they could also have lived in Magdeburg. And that in the year 2026. And so the protagonists of the cabaret “... after Hengstmann’s” set out in their summer theater this year to explore how Max and Moritz would have fared in Magdeburg.
Equipped with humor, satire, and sometimes wit and a pinch of sarcasm, they ride through the lowlands, dogs, and shallows of the Magdeburg, the Saxony-Anhaltian, the German, and even the world politics at the Magdeburg Technology Museum. Dizzily. But not lied.

It’s about bridges, chickens, cows, pipes, and bags, some of them old. And this can be sung in the summer outdoor spectacle cabaret theater piece. Even several songs. From June 11 at the Magdeburg Technology Museum.

Entry from 6:00 PM (no late entry)

A politically-satirical cabaret program
with Marion Bach & Heike Ronniger
alternating Christoph Deckbar / Oliver Vogt

DIRECTED BY: Matthias Brenner

Women and political cabaret – is that even possible? And how!!! Marion Bach and Heike Ronniger have been proving this for 16 years now.
Even in their eleventh joint program "Neu aufgeregt," their topics are not emancipation or menstruation. If they talk about days, it's about those filled with frustration regarding the situation in any variation in our nation: The Minister of Defense calls the young generation to the barracks, the AfD demands a patriotic interpretation from the arts on stage. Meanwhile, companies flee abroad with their production, as wages are too high here. And for the domestic market, we then seek specialists from the most remote areas for low wages. A mockery! Confusion instead of vision. This continually upsets the cabaret artists. Rebellion instead of resignation.
And so, in the end, they write their own review for their program in their own editorial office.

6:30 PM

The tagesschau is regarded as Germany's most important news brand. Millions of people rely on its reporting every day. At the same time, criticism is growing: More and more viewers feel that the reports on topics such as flight and migration, the Corona pandemic, climate change, or the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are one-sided.

Alexander Teske knows the editorial team up close. For six years, he planned the topics of the broadcasts at tagesschau. In his behind-the-scenes look, he describes how internal power structures, career considerations, and political convictions influence daily reporting. He analyzes the proximity to politics, the role of the same experts, and the editorial team's handling of the AfD.

At the same time, Teske shows what makes tagesschau successful on social networks – and why sports, severe weather, and royal events regularly receive special attention. He speaks about the growing time pressure in the newsroom, about short-sightedness in journalism, and about how exactly this pressure increasingly leads to mistakes.

Tickets: 15 €
Entry: 6:00 PM

Tickets are also available directly on-site during opening hours at machwerk (Breiter Weg 114a):
Monday-Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM, Friday 9 AM - 3 PM

Entry: 6:00 PM

Max und Moritz in Magdeburg
A summer outdoor spectacle cabaret theater piece in 6 acts
very freely based on Willi Busch
by HengstmannHerfurthHengstmann

Oh, how often one must hear or read about wicked children. Almost every child in Germany knows these lines. For with them, Willi Busch began to process his own childhood. But are these lines still relevant today? In a time where everything strives back to the 60s? If we take the 1860s, then yes.

Max and Moritz grew up in the Lower Saxony Pampa. But they could also have lived in Magdeburg. And that in the year 2026. And so the protagonists of the cabaret “... after Hengstmann’s” set out in their summer theater this year to explore how Max and Moritz would have fared in Magdeburg.
Equipped with humor, satire, and sometimes wit and a pinch of sarcasm, they ride through the lowlands, dogs, and shallows of the Magdeburg, the Saxony-Anhaltian, the German, and even the world politics at the Magdeburg Technology Museum. Dizzily. But not lied.

It’s about bridges, chickens, cows, pipes, and bags, some of them old. And this can be sung in the summer outdoor spectacle cabaret theater piece. Even several songs. From June 11 at the Magdeburg Technology Museum.

Entry from 6:00 PM (no late entry)

A politically-satirical cabaret program
with Marion Bach & Heike Ronniger
alternating Christoph Deckbar / Oliver Vogt

DIRECTED BY: Matthias Brenner

Women and political cabaret – is that even possible? And how!!! Marion Bach and Heike Ronniger have been proving this for 16 years now.
Even in their eleventh joint program "Neu aufgeregt," their topics are not emancipation or menstruation. If they talk about days, it's about those filled with frustration regarding the situation in any variation in our nation: The Minister of Defense calls the young generation to the barracks, the AfD demands a patriotic interpretation from the arts on stage. Meanwhile, companies flee abroad with their production, as wages are too high here. And for the domestic market, we then seek specialists from the most remote areas for low wages. A mockery! Confusion instead of vision. This continually upsets the cabaret artists. Rebellion instead of resignation.
And so, in the end, they write their own review for their program in their own editorial office.

6:30 PM