Dresden, Germany
Herkuleskeule is one of Dresden's best-known political cabaret theatres, with a tradition stretching back to 1961. The ensemble is famous for sharp, satirical programmes that take aim at German politics and everyday life. The intimate stage seats a small audience, which gives the performances a distinctly direct, club-like feel.
😴 Nothing scheduled here in the near future.
Fast-paced cabaret exploring generational conflict from baby boomers to Generation Alpha. Written by Michael Frowin, directed by Ellen Schaller, featuring Johanna Mucha and Mario Grünewald.
Political cabaret by three artists in a colleague's garden plot - new texts, songs, and questions about the contemporary world, backed by live music.
A cult cabaret show from Dresden's Herkuleskeule: three retirees take a bittersweet, often hilarious look at love, freedom and the absurdities of modern society.
Gerd Dudenhöffer brings his "Dod" programme to Dresden - a Kabarett Noir in the Heinz Becker tradition, mixing sharp social satire with deadpan humour and zero political correctness.
A cult chamber comedy from Dresden's Herkuleskeule - three very different people stranded together in a mountain hut, forced to actually talk to each other. Sharp, timely and repeatedly sold out.
Küf Kaufmann brings his cabaret reading to Dresden - Jewish humour and irony from his book about a life that took him from Soviet Marx to Leipzig, with piano and saxophone.
Wolfgang Schaller, a veteran of Dresden's Herkuleskeule cabaret, performs an evening based on his book "Eh ichs vergesse", joined on stage by Birgit Schaller - the pair the SZ once called the dream couple of German cabaret.
Birgit Schaller in the cabaret programme "Verweile doch, noch bin ich schön" - a celebration of femininity, love and life, accompanied by brilliant comedy musicians.
Dresden's Herkuleskeule stages a cabaret summer special with Birgit Schaller, Alexander Pluquett and Philipp Schaller - fresh topical numbers, classic scenes from recent years and a live band, all set on an allotment garden stage.
Cabaret duo Schwarze Grütze marks 30 years on stage with a programme of long-unplayed songs - social satire sharpened by wordplay and musical craft.
Dresden's Trio Kö66 sets its cabaret-musical show in the year 2126, where songs from the 1920s are played on long-forgotten analogue instruments - and the absurdities of the 20th century come back to haunt us.
Philipp Schaller, artistic director of the Herkuleskeule, brings his first Best-Of show to the stage - bitter, pitch-black cabaret texts in which he turns the lens squarely on himself.
Dresden puppeteer Cornelia Fritzsche brings her rat Ursula von Rättin to the stage for a cabaret show that takes a witty, musical look at politics, health and modern survival.
A cabaret show by Wolfgang Schaller featuring three people stuck on a platform - and waiting for better times. Dark wit and sharp social satire performed by Birgit Schaller, Alexander Pluquett, and Frank Weiland.
