NONSTOP Europa!
Event information
01.-03. Mai 2025
Europe's policy of open borders makes us all neighbours. As part of the NONSTOP Europe! festival from 1 to 3 May 2025, Chemnitz Theatre will be exploring what this means for our democratic values such as respect and tolerance with guest productions from the neighbouring countries of the Czech Republic and Poland. The German Theatre from Almaty (Kazakhstan), which has made a name for itself with its experimental and modern productions and opens up exciting perspectives, will also be a guest in the Capital of Culture year. The festival will be complemented by a varied supporting programme and the transnational drama school meeting.
Programme (all events at Chemnitz 2025: NONSTOP Europa!):
01.05.2025
Time: 6 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
BUŘTY V MEDU
A performance between pantomime, beatboxing and linguistic grotesque
Kozel ve fraku, Czech Republic
Performance in Czech with German and English surtitles
With Buřty v medu (Sausages in Honey), two mimes have created a performance somewhere between mime, stand-up, beatboxing and poetry slam. Everything combines to create an energetic show with quiet nuances.
Venue: Spinnbau Figurentheater
Playtime: 1 hour 15 minutes (without intermission)
Admission: 16/erm. 8 Euro
Time: 8 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
BANANA JANE
A story about freedom and other little things by Karin Eppler
Banana Jane lives in a zoo - and she is a female orangutan. But something has been strange lately, the animals are behaving differently. Then Jane finds out about the animals' plan to break out of the zoo together. Freedom for all, at last. But who is the mysterious mastermind behind the movement? Can you trust someone on such a big issue if you don't even know them? Jane is faced with an important decision - but then the day of liberation comes sooner than she thought.
Venue: Spinnbau, East Wing
Duration: N.N.
Admission: 16/ reduced 8 Euro
Time: 10 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
A FEW PEOPLE SEEK HAPPINESS AND LAUGH THEMSELVES TO DEATH
Based on the novel by Sibylle Berg
Anton Bruckner Private University Linz, Austria
Performance in German with English surtitles
The absurdities of the modern world are shown with humour and sharp social criticism. 6 people, in search of happiness, fail again and again. The confrontation with their own abysses seems particularly important. Especially now.
Venue: Spinnbau Figurentheater
Duration: N.N.
Admission: 10/ reduced 5 euros
02.05.2025
Time: 3 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
TRUST
A text by Falk Richter
West University of Timisoara, Romania
Performance in German with English surtitles
A mirror of the current crisis, a theatrical meditation on mistrust, isolation and the decay of interpersonal relationships. The production emphasises emptiness, silence and immobility as symbols of the turning point of our society.
Venue: Spinnbau, East Wing
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes (without intermission)
Admission: 10/ reduced 5 Euro
Time: 4.15 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
AND?!
A non-verbal project with music
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, Germany
A space and a time and people in it. And these people are waiting. And they are The She and The He and The I and The I and The I. And the waiting ends. For sure. And what if it doesn't? But what if it does? And then what? And?
Venue: Spinnbau, puppet theatre
Duration: 40 minutes (without intermission)
Admission: 10/ reduced 5 Euro
Time: 5.15 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
HAPPY HUNTING!
A one-person play
Divadelní fakulta Janáčkova akademie múzických umění (JAMU), Czech Republic
Performance in Czech with German/English surtitles
Hunting as a metaphor for human relationships: We meet a man who turns into an aggressor. Dominance is not only a physical, but also a psychological weapon: anyone can become an aggressor, anyone can become prey!
Venue: Spinnbau, East Wing
Duration: 40 min (without intermission)
Admission: 10/ reduced 5 Euro
Time: 6.00 pm
NONSTOP Europe
DIE NEUEN LEIDEN DES JUNGEN W.
Play in two parts by Ulrich Plenzdorf
Based on Goethe's epistolary novel, Plenzdorf tells a story about love and longing - positioned in the GDR of the 1970s. In search of his place in this world, Edgar finds love and rejection, wants to prove himself and fails himself. All the while, he is accompanied by an old Reclam notebook. What this Werther writes in it - Edgar understands it better from day to day.
Venue: Spinnbau, large stage
Play length: 2 hours 10 minutes
Admission: 18-26 €
Time: 8.15 pm
NONSTOP Europe! NIGHT SHOW
SCENES OF A CONSTITUTION
A youth dialogue with the constitution
The TheatreYouthClub in cooperation with the Rotary Club Chemnitz
Performance in German language
2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law. The TheaterJugendClub takes this as a starting point to enter into a dialogue with the Basic Law itself as part of a reading with surprising, entertaining and thought-provoking reflections.
Venue: Spinnbau, main foyer
Duration: N.N.
Admission free!
Time: 8.30 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
KARAGOS
A dance drama by Mukhtar Auesow
The State Academic German Drama Theatre, Kazakhstan. In co-operation with the Goethe-Institut Kazakhstan
Performance in German with English surtitles
The immortal plot of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ can be found in Karagos by Mukhtar Auesov. Between poetic words and choreographic action, a touching evening is created that brilliantly masters the balancing act between tradition and modernity.
Venue: Spinnbau, puppet theatre
Duration: 1:20h (without intermission)
Admission: 16/ reduced 8 Euro
Time: 10.15 pm
NONSTOP Europe! NIGHT SHIFT
LOST.LOST.LOST.
A compilation from eure paläste sind leer by Thomas Köck
Drama studio and opera studio of the Chemnitz Theatre
Performance in German with English surtitles
A priest who still says mass, even though the church is barely standing and remains empty, encounters ghosts who cling to life. In the contrast between sacred grandeur and decay, we search for what gives us support and what holds us fast.
Venue: Spinnbau, east wing
Duration: N.N.
Admission free!
03.05.2025
Time: 3.00 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
: DOPPELPUNKT
A futuristic adventure without words
Divadelní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze (DAMU), Czech Republic
Performance without spoken language
In the turmoil of a post-apocalyptic city, a man with a hippopotamus head and an overprotected young girl meet. An original story for anyone who wants to embark on a futuristic adventure.
Venue: Spinnbau, East Wing
Duration: 40 minutes (without intermission)
Admission 10/ reduced 5 Euro
Time: 7.30 pm
NONSTOP Europe!
SPEISEWAGEN
A European train comedy
Činoherní studio města Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Performance in Czech with German/English surtitles
A dining car on the Prague - Hamburg line. Head waiter Peterka hurries through the corridor serving draught beer. A merry party has been going on since morning, full of the little reveries of lonely travellers and chance love affairs.
Venue: Spinnbau, large stage
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (without intermission)
Admission: 16/ reduced 8 Euro
