Open day opens season with anniversary program
To kick off the new season "Is this real?", the Darmstadt State Theater invites you to a week of festivities from September 28 to October 5, 2025. Visitors can expect a diverse program featuring opera, drama, dance, and special formats.
Kick-off with open day
On Sunday, September 28, the festival week begins with the popular open house (12 p.m.–6 p.m.). Guests can peek behind the scenes of the four-part theater, tour workshops and rehearsal rooms, and watch actors, musicians, and dancers at work. Hands-on activities, face painting, costume sales, and a cake buffet round out the program. In the evening, Mozart's "Don Giovanni" in the main theater – for the theater day price of €9.
Program highlights of the week
The festival week showcases the theater's artistic breadth. The dance piece "BAU!" (September 30/October 1) for children ages 8 to 11 will be performed. On October 1, the premiere of "Interstellar: Between the Stars" at the Kammerspiele, followed in the evening by the music series "Lauschangriff" (Eavesdropping) in the theater bar.
On October 2, Georg Büchner's novella "Lenz" performed in a production by Rebekka Bangerter. On October 4, the premiere of Verdi's opera "Aida" in the Grand Hall, while Eugene O'Neill's play "Desire: Greed Under Elms" will be shown concurrently in the Kammerspiele.
The final performance on October 5 will be Rossini's opera buffa "Cinderella (La Cenerentola)" in the Grand Theatre. At the same time, the Kammerspiele will present the stage adaptation of Jane Austen's classic "Pride and Prejudice ," directed by Anna Malena Große.
Program overview
- September 28: Open Day (12–6 p.m.), “Don Giovanni” (6 p.m.)
- September 30/October 1: “BAU!” (dance piece for children)
- October 1: “Interstellar: Between the Stars” (11 a.m.), “Eavesdropping” (8 p.m.)
- October 2: “Lenz” (8 p.m.)
- October 4: Premiere of “Aida” (7:30 p.m.), “Desire: Greed Under Elms” (8 p.m.)
- October 5: “Cinderella” (6 p.m.), “Pride and Prejudice” (6 p.m.)
The festival week is intended to whet the appetite for the new season and make the artistic diversity of the house tangible.
Further information and tickets are available from the Staatstheater Darmstadt
(DARMSTADT – RED/PM)
