Märchenoper von Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Everyone knows the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. This opera is considered the quintessential family opera in Germany, as it combines artistic compositions with simple folk melodies.
The song mill
In the mill on the Liederbach, seven brothers and their sister grind the notes for all the songs, but when pebbles disappear and a cunning troll threatens the harmony, they have to face disaster together with a fairy and unexpected allies.
Carlowitz Congresscenter Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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16.12.25 08:30 - 09:45 clock 08:30 - 10:00 clock 10:45 - 12:00 clock 14:30 - 15:45 clock
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Chemnitz Christmas Circus
During the Christmas season, it's curtain up and ring free in the heated circus tent in Chemnitz: a first-class show with stars of the circus, variety and comedy industry is presented in a fast-paced and brilliant program.
Fairytale hour in a winter wonderland: Hansel and Gretel
The Fritz Theater presents the fairy tale about the siblings who have to leave home and come across the witch's house in the forest. What they experience with the funny and creepy crunchy witch is performed by children.
Galerie Roter Turm09111 Chemnitz
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20.12.2515:00 clock
Eintritt frei
Fairytale hour in a winter wonderland: Frog King
In a fresh and funny version of the famous story by the Brothers Grimm, the Fritz Theater tells the story of Princess Clara, her golden ball that fell into the well and a frog who would like to be Clara's friend.
Galerie Roter Turm09111 Chemnitz
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20.12.2516:00 clock
Eintritt frei
The Ice Queen 1 & 2 - The music show on ice!
The celebrated magical songs from the world's most successful animated films about the sisters Elsa and Anna and their companions conquer the show stage with musical stars, a large skating ensemble and top-class international acrobats.
Aladdin - the musical
In a world full of adventure and magic, Aladdin tries to thwart the sinister plans of the evil sorcerer Jafar and save Princess Yasmin and her people with the help of the powerful djinni, while he himself becomes entangled in a web of intrigue.
Stadthalle Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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18.01.26 15:00 - 17:00 clock
Stückentwicklung mit Bildern, Materialien und Objekten
Dot Dot Comma Dash
Based on Jawlensky's "mystical heads", the production approaches images, gestures, grimaces, brushstrokes, color games, materials and objects at the interface of theater and visual arts. A creative exploration for people aged 4 and over.
Maps
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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20.01.2610:00 clock
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Musical Meets Kids
A musical show for the whole family with well-known melodies from children's classics such as The Ice Queen, Ariel, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Wonderful costumes, lots of fun and shining children's eyes are guaranteed.
The magic dream tree and the blue ypsilon
The magical dream tree has grown a magical dream leaf with a blue Ypsilon, which sends the forest spirits Moosmutzel and Waldwuffel on an adventurous quest to retrieve the missing Ypsi.
Knight Harras
Knight Dietrich von Harras, known as "the bold knight", lived in this world created by God from 1430 to 1499. His castle was that of Lichtenwalde, and on this evening he will reveal in a rough and tumble manner what he experienced during this harsh time.
18.00 Uhr Einlass | 18.30 Uhr Beginn
WHO IS CRAZY HERE! - Heinz Klever
Heinz Klever delights with his solo program "Wer ist hier irre!": political cabaret full of bite, sketches, parodies and music. Trenchant, witty and memorable - an evening that makes the audience laugh and makes them think.
Krimi Total Dinner - New gangsters, new luck
Mafia boss Don Pedro Caliente invites crime thriller fans to puzzle, enjoy and plan. An ingenious plan is forged in the "back room" of the hotel. Will the gangsters manage to drive the hated Morellis out of the city for good?
Erzgebirgisches Neunerlei with "Ritter Harras" and entourage
Erzgebirgisches Neunerlei with "Ritter Harras" and his entourage - A festive experience with traditional Neunerlei, accompanied by Ritter Harras and his entourage. Enjoyment and historical flair in an atmospheric setting.
Krimi total Dinner: Millionaires love dangerously
It's the evening of the year. Be there live when Miriam and Leo invite you to their show "A Date with the Millionaire". It's still top secret who this mysterious millionaire is, but clearly some people are after the millions...
The murder mystery dinner - Hotel Imperial
Glamor, intrigue and deadly suspense merge at the Grandhotel Imperial: New Year's Eve in the 60s, a mysterious murder, suspicious guests and a suitcase full of secrets. "Hotel Imperial" - crime thriller, comedy and pop hits make the evening unforgettable.
18.00 Uhr Einlass | 18.30 Uhr Beginn
Wipe away and sponge over - The cactus flower
"Wipe away and sponge over it" - the Dresden cabaret Die Kaktusblüte presents bitterly funny satire with bite. Education, politics and everyday life are taken for a ride with pointed punchlines and sharp humor. Spiky, charming and highly topical.
18.00 Uhr Einlass | 18.30 Uhr Beginn
Small cabaret smorgasbord - Martin Berke
Martin Berke presents a cabaret smorgasbord full of humor and wit. He dissects politics and society with great format, looks behind facades and provides the best entertainment with a dreamboat, a trip to Egypt and a senior citizens' dance.
Murder mystery dinner: Murder in the paddling pool
At the murder mystery dinner "Murder in the paddling pool", guests can expect a humorous and exciting evening full of surprising twists and turns, suspicious characters and culinary delights - a paddling pool full of intrigue, served with a twinkle in the eye.
18.00 Uhr Einlass | 18.30 Uhr Beginn
Prosecco for all - Best of Ellen Schaller
"Prosecco for All" with Ellen Schaller offers humor that does you good. Between self-optimization and everyday stress, she asks: Mindfulness or Prosecco? With wit and charm, she plays from naive to lascivious - an evening full of comedy and lightness.
Ballett von Sabrina Sadowska, Musik von Peter Tschaikowsky
The Nutcracker
Christmas Eve 1904: the adults enjoy the punch, the children the presents. Special attention is paid to the nutcracker as little Marie experiences adventures between dream and reality in Saxony's land of inventors.
Cinderella
Cinderella" comes to life in a poetic ballet production by the TutuMaus Academy. Graceful choreography, sparkling stage moments and classical dance combine to create a fairytale experience in the Golden Lion
Goldener Löwe Hainichen09661 Hainichen
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20.12.2511:00 clock13:15 clock15:45 clock18:00 clock
Vollzahler: 17 €, erm.: 8 €
Ballett von Sabrina Sadowski nach Maurice Maeterlinck
The blue bird or the search for happiness
Georgette Leblanc celebrates with Wilde, Debussy and Maeterlinck, who gives her The Blue Bird. Sabrina Sadowska brings the fairy tale to the stage as a ballet and sheds light on the role of women behind great artists.
INTERNATIONAL BALLET GALA AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR
For the danced journey across the continent, Ballett Chemnitz has invited top-class guests, including Maria Yakovleva from the Hungarian State Opera Budapest, Eno Peçi from the Vienna State Ballet and Dmitry Zagrebin from the Royal Swedish Ballet Stockholm.
Ballett von Eno Peci und Sabrina Sadowska ; Musik von Peter Tschaikowsky
Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky's reminiscence of the romantic dance fairy tale, in which love, death, longing and resignation, the human and fabulous worlds merge into a sensual ballet evening, was created by the young Albanian choreographer Eno Peci.
Swan Lake - Kyiv Classic Ballet
"Swan Lake" by the Kyiv Classic Ballet brings the ballet classic to the stage in an unadulterated form. With a talented ensemble and the stars Anna Reznicenko and Oleksiy Knyazkov, the timeless story of love and betrayal comes to life.
Kyiv Classic Ballet
With a talented ensemble and ballet stars Anna Reznicenko and Oleksiy Knyazkov, the ballet presents the classic "Swan Lake", which masterfully tells the timeless story of love and betrayal in dance and music and delights the audience.
Sukhishvili - Georgian National Ballet
Das Georgische Nationalballett Suchischwili ist eine professionelle staatliche Tanzkompanie in Georgien.
Stadthalle Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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04.03.26 19:00 - 22:30 clock
Caravaggio or the silence of our heartbeat
The choreography unfolds the connection between the painter's powerful images and the dancers, whose movements impressively embody the human depth and emotional resonance of his works.
Schaller/Ulbricht behind the boom
When gingerbread is already being advertised in supermarkets in September, the first Christmas carols are blaring from loudspeakers in October and the first Christmas bargains are being bagged in November, it's enough to make you cry if you couldn't laugh about it in a cabaret.
Weihnachtsprogramm mit Gerd Ulbricht
Eat.drink.hallelujah
Whether in the advertising leaflets in your letterbox or in the supermarket around the corner, the Christmas madness has begun again. But this is not just about Rudi's red nose and the flood of fairy lights. After all, there was plenty to talk about.
Katrin Weber - Oh the Merry
In kindergarten, Katrin Weber was the only girl to have a rod in her boot! In order to finally come to terms with this trauma, she wants to use music therapy to win her and the audience's happiness with a contemplative Christmas SOLO program.
Weihnachtsprogramm mit Bettine Zweigler Martin Berke und Paul Ulbricht
Burnt down at the mulled wine stand
The Chemnitz cabaret loves Christmas. Honestly. With all its fairy lights and tinsel, the gift race and all its Erzgebirge folklore and children's choirs. This program will prove it to anyone who doesn't believe it.
Weihnachtsprogramm mit Bettine Zweigler , Martin Berke , Paul Ulbricht und Gerd Ulbricht
Chemnitz.a winter fairy tale
It's Christmas Eve. Various people are stranded at Chemnitz main station to spend a merry Christmas away from home. But as it happens, the train never arrives. Everything could have been so nice! But maybe it will be?
mit Paul Ulbricht & Martin Berke
Bull's eye at eye level
Martin Berke and Paul Ulbricht actually wanted to finally see eye to eye, but the spikes quickly fly again. One loves dream ships, the other beer fridges. There are enough differences - Chemnitz, stage, culture.
Kabarett mit Ellen Schaller und Gerd Ulbricht
Mieze Schindler doesn't catch mice
A mouse has eaten Mieze Schindler. The online community is in an uproar. Is this just the beginning? What do we have to put up with and when will the government finally do something about it? Schaller & Ulbricht take a satirical look at the matter.
Kabarett mit Ellen Schaller , Martin Berke und Gerd Ulbricht
Chemnitz seeks the superstar
The audition of the new applicants adds variety to the cabaret. Ellen Schaller and Martin Berke play their way through all the "BewerberSternchenInnen" between 9 and 99 in a fast-paced change of wigs and costumes that is both witty and touching.
Kabarett mit Ellen Schaller und Torsten Pahl
Simply turn on the heating
Climate crisis, war and skyrocketing prices? No matter. Ellen Schaller & Torsten Pahl let it rip once again and turn the heating up instead of down. Onto the plane, onto the cruise ship. We want to have fun, even if it's the last one.
Kabarett mit Gerd Ulbricht und Paul Ulbricht
It's too late to panic now
When the world is in a bad way, good times come for cabaret artists. After all, there are tiny glimmers of hope to be found in the greatest chaos, and even the worst possible twist in a story can have a funny side.
The song mill
In the mill on the Liederbach, seven brothers and their sister grind the notes for all the songs, but when pebbles disappear and a cunning troll threatens the harmony, they have to face disaster together with a fairy and unexpected allies.
Carlowitz Congresscenter Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Musical von Alan Jay Lerner u. Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady
The linguist Higgins has made a bet with his friend Pickering that he can transform the flower girl Eliza into a socialite in just a few weeks and present her as a duchess at a banquet.
Aladdin - the musical
In a world full of adventure and magic, Aladdin tries to thwart the sinister plans of the evil sorcerer Jafar and save Princess Yasmin and her people with the help of the powerful djinni, while he himself becomes entangled in a web of intrigue.
Stadthalle Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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18.01.26 15:00 - 17:00 clock
Musical Meets Kids
A musical show for the whole family with well-known melodies from children's classics such as The Ice Queen, Ariel, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Wonderful costumes, lots of fun and shining children's eyes are guaranteed.
The magic dream tree and the blue ypsilon
The magical dream tree has grown a magical dream leaf with a blue Ypsilon, which sends the forest spirits Moosmutzel and Waldwuffel on an adventurous quest to retrieve the missing Ypsi.
Hakuna Matata
The children's musical gala takes you into a world full of well-known melodies from Disney films and popular children's series, offers unforgettable moments for the whole family and inspires with rousing songs, colorful costumes and innovative stage designs.
Musik von Joe Masteroff, John Kander und Fred Ebb
Cabaret
The end of the 1920s in Berlin: love, dreams and naivety meet the onset of the global economic crisis and the rise of National Socialism. The story touchingly shows how ignorance and indifference influence social developments.
The Smurfs
The Smurfs conquer the musical stage with brand new songs and an original stage show that will delight young and old alike, while Papa Smurf, Smurfette and their friends take on the evil Gargamel and experience unforgettable adventures.
Puschel is looking for spring
This musical theater is great fun for families with children from the age of 2! Where is spring? Puschel sweeps the last snow from the branches of his apple tree. They are still as bare as a broomstick. Can spring be summoned with songs?
On the trail of murderers: professionals reconstruct true crimes
A true crime event in Chemnitz with Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Lessig, Judge Stefan Caspari and Michael Ulrich from the LKA. The experts reconstruct spectacular murder cases live, explore the perpetrators' psyches and explain the verdict and sentence.
Allow me, Kästner!
In a musically composed stage play, Walter Sittler embodies Erich Kästner and tells his life story. Daughter Lea-Marie shines as a revue singer with newly arranged chansons in the "Babylon Berlin" atmosphere of the 1920s and 1930s.
The Ice Queen 1 & 2 - The music show on ice!
The celebrated magical songs from the world's most successful animated films about the sisters Elsa and Anna and their companions conquer the show stage with musical stars, a large skating ensemble and top-class international acrobats.
Magical Dreams
The show takes you into a fascinating fantasy world full of emotions, in which breathtaking figure skaters, talented soloists and spectacular acrobats with music from popular films enchant the audience and create unforgettable memories.
Jörg KO Kokott - GARSTIGE GESÄNGE - GARSTIGES GESPRECH
A pointed mixture of song art and sharp-tongued words: Jörg KO Kokott presents "Garstige Gesänge - Garstiges Gespräch" and combines musical narrative power with fine, sometimes biting humor to create a special evening.
Ratskeller Hainichen09661 Hainichen
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18.01.2617:00 clock
Golden Ace - The Magicians
Golden Ace returns with "Circle of Magic" & takes you into the mysterious world of magical communities. The show combines classic magic and modern illusions, offering spectacular effects and mesmerizing entertainment. An experience full of amazement!
Golden Ace
A unique blend of illusion, mental magic and impressive hypnosis. With their charming manner and versatile talents, the magicians transport the audience into a world full of secrets and inexplicable phenomena.
Wladimir Kaminer: The Kaminer Show 2026
The "Wladimir Kaminer Show" brings the bestselling author to the stage with his unmistakable mix of humor, everyday satire and spontaneous stories. An evening full of charm, speed and surprising twists - unique and wonderfully unpredictable.
Goldener Löwe Hainichen09661 Hainichen
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30.01.2619:00 clock
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Else's Late Night Show
"Einfach Elses Late Night Show" combines humor, attitude and poetry to create a fresh format for Chemnitz. With comedy, pop culture and changing guests, the Leipzig-based artist creates an authentic late night that opens up a new stage for the city.
Serina Part II - A fantastic love story
"Serina - a fantastic love story" returns to the Jutta Müller Eissportzentrum and promises emotional figure skating, impressive choreography and rousing live music as René B. Werner's captivating story continues.