Hamburger Theater Festival

In the organizer's words:

18th Hamburg Theater Festival

May 23 - June 21, 2026

For the 18th time, current productions from theaters in Germany and Austria will come to Hamburg as part of the Hamburg Theater Festival to present inspiring, long-lasting theatrical experiences in our familiar home theaters Schauspielhaus, Thalia Theater and St. Pauli Theater. For the first time, we are showing a play in the Helmut Schmidt Auditorium of the Bucerius Law School. André Kaczmarczyk, Joachim Meyerhoff, Felix Kammerer, Stefanie Reinsperger, Kathleen Morgeneyer, Max Simonischek, Jens Harzer - experience great actors in much-discussed plays with current political relevance.

Productions at the Hamburg Theater Festival 2026:

Vladimir Sorokin, stage version Kirill Serebrennikov
THE SNOWSTORM Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus/Salzburger Festspiele/ Kirill & Friends Company

Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. With: Felix Knopp, Filipp Avdeev, Sonja Beißwenger, Yang Ge, Belendjwa Peter and others.

Sat., 23.05., starting at 7 pm + Sun., 24.05., starting at 6 pm. Hamburg venue: Thalia Theater

William Shakespeare
RICHARD III Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus

Directed by Evgeny Titov. With: André Kaczmarczyk, Judith Rosmair, Friederike Wagner, Manuela Alphons, Claudia Hübbecker, Blanka Winkler, Pauline Kästner, Jochen Moser/Hans Meyer-Rosenthal, Sae Hanajima and others.

Wed., 27.05. + Thu., 28.05., each starting at 7 pm, Hamburg venue: Deutsches Schauspielhaus

Ayad Akhtar
THE MCNEAL CASE Burgtheater Vienna
Directed by Jan Bosse. With: Joachim Meyerhoff, Zeynep Buyraç, Dorothee Hartinger, Felix Kammerer,
Safira Robens

Wed., 03.06. + 04.06., starting at 7 pm, Hamburg venue: Deutsches Schauspielhaus

Bertolt Brecht
THE HOLY JOHANNA OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE Berliner Ensemble
Directed by Dušan David Pařízek. With: Stefanie Reinsperger, Kathleen Morgeneyer, Marc Oliver Schulze,
Amelie Willberg, Nina Bruns

Tue, 09.06. + 10.06., starting at 19:30, Hamburg venue: Thalia Theater

William Shakespeare
ROMEO AND JULIA Residenztheater Munich
Directed by Elsa-Sophie Jach. With: Lea Ruckpaul, Vincent zur Linden, Pia Händler, Nicola Mastroberardino, Patrick Isermeyer, Lisa Stiegler, Pujan Sadri, Thomas Lettow, Delschad Numan Khorschid, Oliver Stokowski, Barbara Horvath, Evelyne Gugolz

Wed. 10.06., starting at 19:30 + Thu. 11.06., starting at 18:30, Hamburg venue: Deutsches Schauspielhaus

Franz Kafka
DER BAU Burgtheater Vienna
Directed by Max Simonischek. With: Max Simonischek
Fri., 12.06. + Sat., 13.06., each starting at 8 pm, Hamburg venue: St. Pauli Theater

Oscar Wilde
DE PROFUNDIS Berliner Ensemble
Directed by Oliver Reese. With: Jens Harzer

Sun., 14.06 + Mon., 15.06, each starting at 7 pm, Hamburg venue: Thalia Theater

Peter Weiss
DIE ERMITTLUNG Schauspiel Stuttgart

Directed by Burkhard C. Kosminski. With: Gábor Biedermann, Boris Burgstaller, Therese Dörr, Rainer Galke, Katharina Hauter, Gabriele Hintermaier, Josephine Köhler, Sylvana Krappatsch, Matthias Leja, Simon Löcker and others.

Sat., 20.06., beginning 7:30 pm + Sun., 21.06., beginning 4 pm, Hamburg venue: Bucerius Law School