Picture credits: Gert Mothes, Leipziginfo.de: https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/hereinspaziert-tag-der-offenen-tuer-im-gewandhaus-zu-leipzig/

Leipzig Gewandhaus Open Day

Saturday 25. January 2025 from 10 am

Free entry

Leipzig Gewandhaus, Augustusplatz

https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/veranstaltung/hereinspaziert-8679/

Enjoy a diverse program of activities for young and old: listen to the Gewandhaus Orchestra live in the Große Saal, try out instruments with the children, visit the dwarf concerts, exhibitions and workshops. In the afternoon there will be coffee and cake and lounge music and drinks until the evening. We are looking forward to sharing this day of music and surprises with you and the whole family!

Der Besuch der alten Dame

Schauspiel Leipzig

Thursday, 16.01.2025 at 7:30 pm (with English surtitles)

https://www.schauspiel-leipzig.de/en/program/whats-on/der-besuch-der-alten-dame/3344/

„A long time ago, Güllen was a wealthy city. Now it is looking into the abyss of financial ruin. Sell-out and seizure are threatening. In this fatal situation, the residents have nothing to hope for – except for the visit of an old lady, multi-millionaire Claire Zachanassian. Perhaps she can revive the ruined city of Güllen with an endowment? After all, Claire is a daughter of the city and has managed the transform herself from the simple girl “Kläri” into a glamourous billionaire. Claire proposes a lucrative business deal that promises a large sum of money for the city. New riches, but there is a catch: She demands her ex-lover, merchant Alfred Ill, to be killed and his dead body to be delivered to her for a price of one billion.”

““Der Besuch der alten Dame” was premiered in 1956 and laid the foundations for Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s sweeping success as a dramatist. It is considered to be the Swiss playwright’s most popular play world-wide. Out of necessity, the citizens of Güllen get caught up in the dynamics of running up debt and falling deeper and deeper into Claire Zachanassian’s clutches. “Der Besuch der alten Dame” is a vicious comedy that reflects Dürrenmatt’s grotesque sense of comedy.”