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Season 2024/25
Season 2023/24
Season 2022/23
Schwärmen Directed by: Kirsten Burger
EIN SPORTSTÜCK Directed by: Höhne, Glanz, Kuhlmann, Rieck, Strassenberg, Witt
Billy Backe Directed by: Jorinde Dröse
Anwälte der Natur Directed by: Frank Raddatz
Einer flog über das Kuckucksnest Directed by: Leander Haußmann
Season 2021/22
The Rats (Die Ratten) Directed by: Lilja Rupprecht
Golem Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Mujer Directed by: Sara Lu
Season 2020/21
hoffnung#dasdingmitfedern Directed by: Sandra Rasch
Geh, Fühle! - Tanztheater Directed by: Sandra Rasch/Oana Cirpanu
Der  Drache Directed by: Matthias Mosbach
Season 2019/20
Hi Freaks VI Directed by: div.
Hi Freaks V Directed by: div.
Lulu Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Season 2018/19
frankenstein 
#createyourown
Directed by: Sandra Rasch
ghostdance Directed by: Andreas Spechtl & Thomas Köck
Don Juan Directed by: Konrad Wolf
Antigone Directed by: Lilja Rupprecht
Hi Freaks I-IV Directed by: div.
Heroes Directed by: Sara Lu, Rubén Nsue
Rausch Royal Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Noises Off! (Der nackte Wahnsinn) Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Season 2017/18
Dekameron Directed by: Thomas Bo Nilsson, Julian Wolf Eicke
Moby Dick Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Die Frauen vom Meer Directed by: Lilja Rupprecht
Die Nibelungen Directed by: Jonas Sippel
Die Räuber Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Pension Schöller Directed by: Jacob Höhne
Season 2016/17
Schwestern Directed by: Jacob Höhne
König UBU featuring Craque Directed by: Jacob Höhne
DADA Divas Directed by: Gisela Höhne
Der gute Mensch von Downtown Directed by: Gisela Höhne
Philoktet Directed by: Jacob Höhne
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© 2024
With Christian Behrend, Lioba Breitsprecher, Eva Fuchs, Juliana Götze, Moritz Höhne, Franziska Kleinert, Anil Merickan, Zora Schemm, Rebecca Sickmüller, Jonas Sippel, Sebastian Urbanski, Nele Winkler
Stage design Nicole Timm Costume design Beatrix Brandler Dramaturgy Juliane Koepp, Jacob Höhne

The sea and the theater. A dream and a nightmare.  An uneasy silence ensues – and before our eyes there unfolds a farewell, which at the same time is also the miracle of what is now the legendary 1981 production of Hamlet by the theater director Peter Zadek and his famous ensemble. How this work of art ended up being staged after months of great effort, passion, and tragicomedy – this is the story that Klaus Pohl tells us in a funny, exciting, and deeply poignant way in his play Sein oder Nichtsein, (To Be or Not To Be), which is based on his novel of the same name, and which Pohl adapted exclusively for the RambaZamba Theater Ensemble.  

This production is like a poetic-melancholy declaration of love to the theater – as a mirror of our life-long struggle with our mistakes and fallacies. We are allowed a look behind the scenes here, and we observe a place where both the fear of failure and tears of happiness are ever-present. Given the “anarchistic and direct acting method” this piece calls for, as well as the special relationship the actors need to develop with the text, it was clear to the author that only the RambaZamba Theater could be entrusted with the premiere. The fact that Nele Winkler, daughter of actress Angela Winkler, is a member of the Ensemble, also played a role here.

In any case, the RambaZamba Ensemble will be facing a double challenge, as they will portray both the stars of German theater at the time Hamlet was staged, and also play the roles that those stars played in that production. Nele Winkler will obviously play Angela Winkler, who plays Hamlet, yet doesn’t really want to. Jonas Sippel plays the author and actor Klaus Pohl, who plays Horatio in Hamlet and also takes notes before and after rehearsals and surprises Hamlet (aka Angela Winkler) with a red rose every morning. Sebastian Urbanski plays Peter Zadek, who brings Shakespeare’s drama to the stage despite all opposition etc.

Even with all the adversity, missing stage set elements, botched lines, and a lead actor (actually actress) on the run, the miracle is nevertheless achieved and the premiere is a smashing success. Still, despite all the success, theater wouldn’t be theater without death raising its ugly head and demanding its tribute from the muses.