Romeo and Juliet, though...

Note for schools: Demand for this performance is very high and all places for school groups have already been allocated. We’d be happy to advise you on other options for your theatre visit: schule@kurtheater.ch.

Exactly 75 years ago, on 22 March 1952, the Kurtheater, newly built by Lisbeth Sachs, was officially opened. And to mark this anniversary, we are staging Shakespeare’s world-famous love story, but with a twist: However …

What to do when your heart breaks? Romeo and Juliet have been searching for the answer for 430 years now.

To mark the Shakespeare Weeks in Hückeswagen (which take place only once every 20 years – don’t miss them!), we are delighted to welcome the Cultural Association for the Promotion of Early Modern English from Kleppersfeld with its world premiere of ROMEO AND JULIET. After 15 years of rehearsals, the time has finally come: the costumes and set are ready to be dispatched; now all that remains is to ‘Sitting, Waiting, Wishing’ until the curtain rises on the couple who were never meant to be…

Director Barbara Bürk and musician, actor and director Clemens Sienknecht are continuing their series of musical theatre evenings, in which they breathe new life into classics of world literature with a touch of humour and plenty of music. They recently enjoyed a huge success at the Kurtheater with their stunning adaptation of *FAUST*.

○ “Rarely has this deadly love drama been staged in such a colourful, flamboyant and funny way. The audience rewarded it at the end with thunderous applause and a standing ovation.” Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung

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