A man with white face paint and a red‑and‑black cloak stands in a red‑and‑black room
Mephisto
© Armin Smailovic

Available from 1 May 2026 until 30 April 2027

ca. 200 min

German

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In Mephisto Jette Steckel and her outstanding ensemble stage an actor’s high wire act between pursuing personal advantage and criticising the system, while examining the issue of artistic freedom in an authoritarian regime in poetic, clear and finely composed scenes. 

Artistic Team

Jette SteckelDirection
Florian LöscheStage Design
Pauline HünersCostume Design
Mark Badur, Elias KrischkeMusic
Maximilian KraußmüllerLighting Design
Emilia Heinrich, Jette Steckel, Johanna Höhmann – Stage Adaptation
Johanna Höhmann, Theresa Schlesinger, Carl HegemannDramaturgy

Cast

Thomas SchmauserHendrik Höfgen
Erwin AljukićTheophil Marder, Cäsar von Muck, Gottfried Benn
Bless AmadaJulien Martens
Johanna EiworthDora Martin, Lotte Lindenthal
Elias KrischkeHans Miklas, Live Percussion and Vibraphone
Linda PöppelBarbara Bruckner
Maren SoltyNicoletta von Niebuhr
Edmund TelgenkämperArtistic Director Kroge, Professor, Prime Minister
Martin WeigelOtto Ulrichs