Hamburg, Germany
The Thalia Theater is one of Hamburg's most prestigious spoken-word theatres, founded in 1843 and housed in a grand building on Alstertor. Alongside its main stage and the smaller Nachtasyl - a late-night bar and intimate stage tucked beneath the main house - it stages a wide range of productions from classical drama to contemporary works. Nachtasyl regularly hosts readings, concerts and after-show events.
Katharina Thalbach returns to her first directorial work with a reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth, playing the title role alongside her daughter Anna and granddaughter Nellie. A multi-generational family performance exploring power, guilt, and fate.
Corinna Harfouch and Die Tentakel von Delphi interpret poems and texts by Bertolt Brecht from his exile period and earlier, exploring themes of alienation, oppression and the defence of poetry.
A premiere musical and literary evening about Elisabeth Hauptmann, the often-overlooked collaborator of Bertolt Brecht and co-author of The Threepenny Opera. Gerhard Kämpfe and Johannes Roloff explore her life and influence on German theatre.
The literary salon "Writers' Thursday" comes to Hamburg with readings by Judith Holofernes, Alexa Hennig von Lange, and Mille Petrozza, exploring the connections between literature and music.
A wide-ranging portrait of 250 years of American culture - music, literature, film - built with Hamburg residents and opened by Senator Carsten Brosda and Joachim Lux at Thalia Theater.
