1st Season 2026
Dream, Illusion and Reality
What is real, and what is deception?
We face this question whenever we see advertisements, read the newspaper, listen to the news, or scroll through social media.
On stage, however, the agreement is clear and unambiguous. Everyone knows that what happens in a performance is pretend. What is shown there does not occur in real life. It offers stories, images, and associations that are connected, in one way or another, to real life.
As an audience member, I can allow myself to be drawn into the action — fully aware that it is only play. I can observe what I see and hear with some distance and reflect upon it. Theater thus creates a small break from everyday life, giving me the opportunity to look at things anew.
Puppet theatre, in particular, offers more than any other theatrical form: with its figures, objects, and shadows as both projection surface and living presence,
it holds a remarkable potential for radical illusion — making the impossible conceivable.
So what, then, is deception, reality, lie, truth, or fiction? How real can fairy tales such as The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs or Dwarf Nose be?
Can such stories support us in difficult times? One can destroy everything with a lie — as in Handel’s Hamster. But perhaps a journey into the world of illusion and magic, like in The Egg, can also help to overcome hardship?
Welcome to the 50th season of the Theater der Nacht.
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