Overview
- Council members voted almost unanimously to preserve the institution as a multi‑branch theater without imposing the consultant’s austerity package.
- City figures show a €1.6 million shortfall this year and a projected €0.7 million deficit in 2026 despite municipal and state support.
- The finance chief warned in the meeting that the theater’s financing is not secured.
- A consulting plan from actori proposes cutting new productions from six to three, eliminating 21 positions in a socially compatible way, and introducing a house pay agreement from 2026 to cap personnel costs.
- Theater leaders Dirk Löschner and Sandra Kaiser voiced concern about limited involvement in planning and signaled that the specifics must be negotiated.