Ferdinand von Schirach - The Silent Friend

An evening with Ferdinand von Schirach:
"Der stille Freund" from 2026 on a premiere tour

From autumn 2026, Ferdinand von Schirach will tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland with his new programme "Der stille Freund". It tells of human triumph and failure. Of friendship, hope, Greek Stoicism and death. The programme will have its own distinctive form, drawing on the book of the same name. Yet it will only be experienced on stage.

Der Spiegel called Ferdinand von Schirach a "magnificent storyteller", the New York Times an "extraordinary stylist". The Independent compared him to Kafka and Kleist, the Financial Times to Raymond Carver, and the Daily Telegraph wrote that he is "one of the most distinctive voices of European literature". His books have been adapted into films countless times and became international bestsellers sold in the millions. They were published in more than forty countries. His plays Terror and God rank among the world's most successful and widely discussed dramas of our time.