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»Blickfänge« move on to Zittau From 23 May, we will be showing in Zittau the next part of our travelling exhibition: »Blickfänge – Snapshots at the Lausitz Festival«

Early discount until 31 May 2025 Early bird discount: 10% on all tickets only until 31 May 2025

»Othello / The Strangers« – Shakespeare play back in programme 2025 In the acclaimed theatre production of his own version of »Othello / The Strangers« by William Shakespeare, director Marcel Kohler and his team combine the Danner Hall on the Telux site and the thrilling plot in a congenial way.

»Empusion« on Tour – Next stop: Basel Following the German-language premiere of »Empusion« at the Lausitz Festival in Forst at the beginning of September 2024 and after the festival in Cologne, the original production will celebrate its premiere in Basel on 30 April.

Lorenzo Soulès im Interview Mit einem besonderen Abend trägt das Lausitz Festival zu den Internationalen Messiaen-Tagen Görlitz-Zgorzelec bei: »Poetische Federlese« (auf Polnisch »Poetiske wono«) heißt die Soiree am 26. April um 19 Uhr in der Rabryka in Görlitz.

New »Krabat« opera: Co-production Lausitz Festival & Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theatre Görlitz-Zittau Together with the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau (GHT), the Lausitz Festival has commissioned composer Marius Felix Lange to write a family opera about the Sorbian legendary figure Krabat. The premiere is scheduled for 13 September.

In memory of Hanjo Kesting We mourn the loss of the great cultural publicist and friend of the Lausitz Festival Hanjo Kesting, who died in Hamburg on 20 February shortly after his 82nd birthday.