On the fascination of growth.
A fusion of theatre, cabaret and music with Maximilian Schafroth
An evening featuring cooperative banks, a giant pumpkin and Allgäu blues
Maximilian Schafroth is known for his sharp and tender perspective and sees himself as a mediator of the friction between town and country. For his debut theatre piece, he is evoking the world down on the farm as well as everyday life in the state capital. And to do so, he is dumping a field into the theatre, inviting the audience to witness the merger of two cooperative banks and cultivating a giant pumpkin that leads to seriously frayed tempers.
The same rule applies in the countryside and the city: those who fail to move with the times die out. Either milk (the system) and skim (the profits) – or make way for others. Everyone is labouring under this pressure, but while some jump on the bandwagon, others dig in to try and resist displacement. Is it possible that the dramas of everyday life in the village are not so different from those in the city after all?
For this performance, the Kammerspiele ensemble is merging with Maximilian Schafroth’s own team to create an evening of musical theatre ranging from raucous Allgäu blues to traditional trio singing from the outback of Old Bavaria.
In 1924, Adolf Kaufmann saved the Kammerspiele by hiring Karl Valentin and Liesl Karlstadt. This established the tradition of combining drama and political cabaret which continues to be shaped to this day by Gerhard Polt and the Biermösl Blosn, among others. Now, Maximilian Schafroth is returning to the Kammerspiele where he began his stage career in the youth theatre. He currently tours with his own show, has played the Lenten Preacher at the Nockherberg satirical roast from 2019 until 2025 and voices the animated character of Pumuckl.
“If politics is increasingly based on polarisation, driving in the proverbial wedge, then it’s up to the arts – all of them, from political cabaret to theatre and music—to dissolve this wedge with bubbling creativity. And I’m really up for that.”
– Maxi Schafroth
- With Traute Hoess, Elias Krischke, Stefan Merki, Maximilian Schafroth, Martin Weigel
- Live music Die Perlseer (Michaela Brückner, Christina Maier, Susanne Wiesner), Markus Schalk, Reiwas (Katrin Auer, Veronika Schoosleitner, Josef Steinbacher)
- Director & musical direction Maximilian Schafroth
- Text Maximilian Schafroth, Martin Valdés-Stauber
- Stage & Costume Design Ulla Willis
- Music Maximilian Schafroth, Die Perlseer (Michaela Brückner, Christina Maier, Susanne Wiesner), Reiwas (Katrin Auer, Veronika Schoosleitner, Josef Steinbacher)
- music Markus Schalk
- Lighting Design Jürgen Tulzer
- Dramaturgy Hannah Baumann, Anna Laner
- Assistant to the Director Constanze Nogueira Negwer
- Stage Design Assistant Katharina Quandt, Hannah Grimme
- Costume Design Assistant Sophie Höper
- Stage Management Stefanie Rendtorff
- Prompter Verena Rendtorff
- Artistic Production Management Daniela Schroll
- Technical Production Management Erik Clauß
- Stage Master Thomas Graml
- stage machinery Michael Preusser, Manuel Weber
- Signal box Michael Barth
- Lighting Felix Adams, Parthasarathi Sampath Kumar, John-Philipp Schoch
- Sound Korbinian Wegler, Thomas Schlienger
- mask Elvira Liesenfeld, Nicola Richter-Okegwo
- costume Angelika Stingl, Pavla Engelhardtova, Antonia Motz
- Props Heidemarie Sänger, Dagmar Nachtmann
- carpentry shop Franz Wallner
- carpentry workshop Hannes Bickelbacher, Wolfgang Mechmann, Hannes Zippert, Ellen Bosse
- Metalwork Fritz Würzhuber, Jürgen Goudenhooft
- wallpapering Maria Hörger, Anja Gebauer, Tim Hagemeyer, Tobias Herzog
- art room Evi Eschenbach, Jeanette Raue, Ingrid Weindl, Natalie Knäble
- theater sculpture Maximilian Biek
- Many thanks to Jan-Christoph Gockel
- Thanks to Raphael Dwinger
Press reviews
“With his production, Schafroth proves himself a worthy successor to legendary cabaret artists such as Karl Valentin, Gerhard Polt, and Biermösl Blosn.”
Dates & Tickets
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Mon 10.11. 8 – 10:10 pmFor TUM students 5€ Monday subscription
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Thu 20.11. 8 – 10:10 pm
Introduction from 7:30 pm
Thursday subscription -
Wed 3.12. 8 – 10:10 pmWednesday subscription
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Mon 15.12. 8 – 10:10 pm
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Sun 18.1.26 4 – 6:10 pmSunday afternoon subscription
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Sat 14.2.26 8 – 10:10 pmSaturday subscription
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Fri 20.3.26 8 – 10:10 pmFriday subscription
- Schauspielhaus
- World premiere
- Premiere: 24.10.2025
- 2 hours 10 minutes with intermission (20 minutes)
- With English surtitles
- Thu-Sat: 15-45 €, Sun-Wed: 10-40 €, under 30 years each seat category: 10 €