Overview

• In early September, stages across Brandenburg begin their new season, according to dpa notices and theater schedules.
• Staatstheater Cottbus marks the kickoff with a Festakt followed by a free Park Branitz program featuring season highlights including The Fairy Queen, Das schlaue Füchslein and Prokofiev’s Aschenbrödel.
• The Kleist-Forum in Frankfurt (Oder) unveils a cross-genre lineup, with offerings from opera to poetry slam and productions such as Die Fledermaus with Boris Aljinovic and Phädras Ehre with Sophie Rois.
• Neue Bühne Senftenberg starts at the listed Niederlausitzhalle before renovation, planning seven evenings there that include the festival piece Aktivist with drama, sports choreography, music and a giant puppet.
• Potsdam’s Hans Otto Theater opens with the premiere Also träumen wir mit hellwacher Vernunft about Christa Wolf, alongside classics Der zerbrochene Krug and Die Physiker in the season program.