Season 25/26

In 1926, the Kammerspiele – a privately funded theatre founded by Munich residents and regarded in the early 20th century as the most significantly influential stage outside Berlin – relocated from Augusten Straße to the Schauspielhaus on Maximilian Straße. This move was driven by the belief that contemporary and innovative theatre belongs right in the heart of the city. In 2026, the Kammerspiele is marking the centenary of its move to the Schauspielhaus on Maximilian Straße.

The Schauspielhaus is not only one of the best-preserved art nouveau theatres in Germany; it also fosters a special, intimate proximity between stage and audience – and remains, to this day, the very heart of the Münchner Kammerspiele.

How did the Münchner Kammerspiele change from a privately owned theatre with Jewish founders into the City of Munich’s official public theatre? What hidden stories lie embedded within the playful and fanciful forms of its art nouveau ornamentation? What precisely are we celebrating in 2026?

In our 2026/27 season, we are rediscovering stories that have been suppressed or rendered invisible.

In the 2026/27 season, we will set out in search of stories that have been suppressed and rendered invisible. Feminist voices run like a thread through the entire season’s programme; we are exploring how AI is transforming our perceptions and our bodies; and we are reviving Munich’s disco movement! Above all, however, we want to celebrate – together with you – theatre for all the possibilities it contains as an art form and a place for encounters.

To the next 100 years!

Special focus on sexualised violence and abuse of power

November 2026 – January 2027

To complement the premiere of “The Truest True Crime” (11.12.2026) – see p.45 – as well as the repertoire productions of “Mein kleines Prachttier” (“In the Name of Love”, p.75) and “Fräulein Else” (p.72), artists, activists, legal practitioners and journalists are coming together at the Münchner Kammerspiele to discuss the systemic failure of the media, the justice system and the political sphere in the face of a society in which sexualised violence is a structural reality. How can victims speak out without being stigmatised? Can they find justice and can legal progress be made? How can we act in solidarity and defend safe spaces? Prominent authors including Manon Garcia (tbc), journalists such as Annette Rammelsberger (Süddeutsche Zeitung), the podcasters behind “Justizias Töchter”, artists including Julia Riedler, Leonie Böhm and Anne Jelena Schulte, as well as musicians – among them Zooey Agro and Lena Geue – will be involved in various events that address this thematic focus in the Schauspielhaus and the Werkraum between mid-November 2026 and mid-January 2027.

This thematic focus is continuing in the Habibi Kiosk. In exhibitions, evenings of discussion and performances, artists will be exploring the images, narratives and power structures that shape our perceptions – navigating the space between deepfakes, visual propaganda, fragile masculinity and how violence is imposed on female bodies.

In the summer of 2027, we will be getting to grips with our online identities – and with our own predictability. We have long since entered a new era, amassing residual data, continually being read and rewritten. Our digital self sleepwalks unchecked through apps, chatbots and personalised advertisements and is constantly used to train a vast array of AI models. Amidst the infinite data stream, we are losing the traces of ourselves. What, actually, still constitutes a human identity? Who or what is this ‘self’ that has detached itself from our physical presence?

Are we being overtaken by the capabilities of artificial intelligences? How are they shaping our lives and decisions? At what point is it safe to cede responsibility to a probability machine?

This thematic focus comprises workshops, lectures and performances of our productions “Limina”, “heaven will come” and “Eurydike und Orpheus”. In addition, the musical youth project “Operation Operetta!”, in collaboration with the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, is exploring the question of what remains when the algorithms fall silent. And the award-winning collaboration between the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Münchner Kammerspiele is entering its third round: with the interplay of AI, orchestra, composition and our inclusive ensemble, we are venturing into new musical terrain and invite you to the Crip Time Concert: “Masters of Inclusion 3”.

In a time when old certainties are crumbling, we are seeking open forms of togetherness. We understand ‘community’ as something that develops in the in-between, in shared experiences and mutual interactions; every single Habib(t)i adds to the story, expands on the concept and transforms what this place can be. Between exhibitions, performances, readings, conversations, music and community dinners, new alliances and multifaceted narratives emerge.

A shared space, shared thoughts and three different perspectives: three individuals connected to the Habibi Kiosk as visitors, artists and co-creators share their experiences, memories and visions for this venue – and, in doing so, reveal what becomes possible when we do things together.

The Münchner Kammerspiele is continually hosting events organised by a wide variety of cooperation partners. Whether readings, cabaret, film screenings, guest performances or exhibitions – all genres converge in the city’s theatre!

Film Festivals

Theatre meets film – and has been doing so with growing enthusiasm for several years now. In the upcoming season, we are once again transforming our theatre space into a cinema and bringing the outstanding film festivals of the city to our stage.

For this, we are relying on established partnerships and are continuing our successful collaborations with the Queer Film Festival, the Filmfest, the DOK.fest, the Turkish Film Days, the Greek Film Week and Kino Asyl.

Be sure to save the following dates:

16.10.2026: Opening of the 11th Queer Film Festival Munich

14.11.2026: Opening of the 40th Greek Film Week Munich

25.11.2026: Film screening by Kino Asyl

16.04.2027: Opening of the 38th Turkish Film Days Munich

May 2027: Film screenings by DOK.fest Munich

June & July 2027: Film screenings by Filmfest Munich

Dance

20th edition of Munich’s biennial dance festival

The Münchner Kammerspiele and the DANCE Festival are once again collaborating under the artistic direction of Tobias Staab – this time extending beyond the festival itself! A new series of international guest solo performances, each followed by a discussion, is taking place in the Werkraum. The full festival programme will be announced in the spring of 2027.

Lustspielhaus

The Münchner Kammerspiele shares a long-standing friendship – and a shared naming history – with the Münchner Lustspielhaus in Schwabing. Indeed, the Kammerspiele emerged in 1912 directly from the venue then known as the ‘Münchner Lustspielhaus’ on Augusten Straße which had previously served as a popular stage for entertainment and comedy before eventually being renamed the ‘Münchner Kammerspiele’.

As early as the 1920s, icons of the Munich comedy scene Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt were making audiences laugh from the Kammerspiele stage. Continuing this tradition, the Lustspielhaus cabaret venue and the Kammerspiele theatre maintain a deep comedic friendship to this day.

In the upcoming season, the Lustspielhaus will once again be a guest of the Kammerspiele, featuring (among others):

27.10.2026 Feier zum 70. Jubiläum des Münchner Lustspielhauses
28.10.2026 Sarah Bosetti
12.11.2026 Alfons
30.11.2026 Hader & Dorfer
10.12.2026 & 20.1.2027 Manuel Rubey & Simon Schwarz
7.1.2027 Eva Karl Faltermeier
9. & 10.1.2027 Dota (Konzert)
14.1.2027 Alfred Dorfer