Theater an der Marschnerstraße

The ensembles of the Theater an der Marschnerstrasse are showing excerpts from the first plays of the 2026/27 season: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Crime play by Thomas Birkmeir Sophie - Drama by Roos Ouvehand Much Ado About Nothing - Comedy by William Shakespeare Dracula - Drama by Johannes Kaetzler and the Hamburg Players-Improv - in English

a comedy by William ShakespeareClaudio, Benedick and Don Pedro return from war and visit an old friend in Messina. Romance is in the air. Claudio, successful as a soldier, rather insecure as a man, woos the modest Hero. But Don Pedro's half-brother plots deception, slander, and romantic torment.Meanwhile, the other side earnestly tries to set up Beatrice and Benedick. A seemingly unattainable goal, for the two convinced singles leave no doubt about their mutual antipathy with sharp verbal sparring. For better or for worse, eavesdropping occurs, they are deliberately misinformed, and misunderstood. Hopefully, in the end, only much ado about nothing remains.

A political scandal hanging by a thread: When the truth gets 'out of control'. What does an honorable minister of state do when a planned love affair with the opposition's secretary comes to a sudden and, above all, lifeless end? For Richard Hill, a nightmare begins in a luxurious suite of the Westminster Hotel, threatening to drag his political career and private life into the abyss. Instead of a passionate encounter, the mismatched couple is met with a tangible surprise: a supposed burglar is stuck lifelessly in the suite's defective sliding window. Calling the police is not an option for the minister, as the secretary's presence would trigger a scandal that no government could survive. In this moral dead end, Richard's loyal but chronically overwhelmed secretary George West proves to be the last, albeit most unstable, lifeboat. George is unceremoniously appointed crisis manager and must henceforth take on roles for which he possesses neither the talent nor the nerves. What follows is a masterfully constructed escalation: To cover up the dead man – who also proves to be surprisingly mobile – and the affair, a web of lies is woven so complex that the protagonists soon lose track themselves.

A la edad de ocho años, Sophie hace planes para el futuro en su habitación junto a su amigo Daniel: ¡nunca tener hijos, pero al menos cinco perros!Y ochenta años después, de nuevo en esta habitación, Sophie sueña con su madre, su padre y su hijo. Y con Daniel, que se sienta a su lado y le toma la mano.Entre ambos momentos hay toda una vida – y una historia familiar. La serie de imágenes, que muestra una vida en doce estaciones en esta habitación, a veces resulta banal, a veces cómica y a veces dolorosa. Una y otra vez narra sobre el amor entre personas, que a veces no es suficiente y otras veces es tan fuerte que puede levantar una vida."Sophie" es una obra de teatro extraordinaria porque muestra una vida completamente normal.