Körber Studio Junge Regie

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Theater Generation Future

For the 22nd time, Hamburg will serve as a meeting place for the next generation of theater artists: From May 27 to 31, 2026, the Körber Studio Junge Regie will present productions by students from German-language directing programs who have been nominated for the festival by their universities. As a laboratory for new forms of theater, the festival showcases the diversity of themes and aesthetic approaches of the participating young theater artists. It provides a space for exchange about staging methods and working processes—among themselves, with the audience, and with industry professionals from the theater scene. Over the course of five festival days, 13 productions are on the program at the festival center in the Thalia on Gaußstraße and at the Theaterakademie on Wiesendamm, including a work by the international guest university, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. The Körber Studio Junge Regie is a joint project of the Thalia Theater, the Körber Foundation, and the Theaterakademie Hamburg under the patronage of the German Stage Association.

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  • Theatrical performance on stage with dramatic lighting. One actor sits, another stands, with draped curtains in the background.
  • A person with curly hair holds a mop high on stage under orange-red lighting. Boxes are in the background.
  • Two dancers perform under blue lighting on stage. One wears a headpiece with spider-like structures. Audience visible in background.
  • Two actors in orange costumes perform a play on stage with red drapes. Dramatic pose.
  • A musician performs on a lit stage with an audience. The lights are warm, predominantly in orange and yellow hues.
  • Dancers on stage surrounded by dramatic lighting and mist, raise arms and legs in creative poses, creating dynamic shapes.
  • A person lies alone on a stage under a hanging spotlight. The stage is bathed in blue light.
  • A dark stage scene with two performers. One sits in the background, the other draped in fabric in front.
  • A person sits behind a row of white blocks that are tipped over like dominoes. Dark stage background.
  • Dance performance featuring artists in colorful costumes on a dark stage, in front of a lit screen with abstract art.
  • Four people kneel in a misty room with an orange glow. They sit in a circle, one holding a book.
  • A person in a red apron kneels before a metal tub. Many candles burn on a shelf in the background.
  • Actors on a stage with tiered platforms, some seated, one standing. The scene appears dramatic and contemplative.
We 27.5.26
Th 28.5.26
  • 15.00-15.50, Bühne der Theaterakademie Hamburg

    KILLJOYS
    Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 inspiriert von Texten von Louise Bourgeois, mit Fragmenten aus Ovid, Shakespeare und 1001 Nacht
    directed by Pia Karius
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  • 19.00-20.00, Thalia Gaußstraße

    »HURE & BASTARD«
    Folkwang Universität der Künste / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 Dramen-Überschreibung von Schillers Maria Stuart
    directed by Nele Schillo
    Few tickets
    from 18 € / red. from 11 €
  • 21.00-22.00, Thalia Gaußstraße

    @ENDEngel55
    Zürcher Hochschule der Künste / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 Daniil Posazhennikov
    directed by Daniil Posazhennikov
    Few tickets
    from 18 € / red. from 11 €
Fr 29.5.26
  • 15.00-16.00, Bühne der Theaterakademie Hamburg

    KARAMBOLAGE
    Institut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaften Gießen / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 Isidora Gazmuri
    directed by Isidora Gazmuri
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  • 19.00-20.00, Thalia Gaußstraße

    Mitleidsprotokoll - every tear recorded
    Otto Falckenberg Schule, Fachakademie für Darstellende Kunst der Landeshauptstadt München / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 Eine Collage nach Texten von Hervé Guibert
    directed by Ruben Müller
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  • 21.00-22.00, Thalia Gaußstraße

    Keine Hoffnung, Baby!
    Institut für Schauspiel und Schauspielregie - Max Reinhardt Seminar Wien / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 von Jakob Leanda Wernisch
    directed by Jakob Leanda Wernisch
    Tickets
    from 18 € / red. from 11 €
Sa 30.5.26
  • 15.00-15.50, Bühne der Theaterakademie Hamburg

    Absentee Law قانون الغائب
    Institut für Medien, Theater und Populäre Kultur, Stiftung Universität Hildesheim / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 von Abdalrahman Alqalaq
    directed by Abdalrahman Alqalaq, Marion Avgeris, Milena Knop
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  • 18.00-19.00, Thalia Gaußstraße

    Nie wieder Frieden - Drei Bilder über das Mitmachen
    Universität Mozarteum Salzburg - Thomas Bernhard Institut / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 nach Euripides mit Texten aus der Orestie in der Übersetzung von Peter Stein
    directed by Victor Osterloh
    Few tickets
    from 18 € / red. from 11 €
  • 20.00-21.00, Thalia Gaußstraße

    PostHarãm
    Theaterakademie Hamburg / Körber Studio Junge Regie 2026 von Malak Jayeola Aderounmu
    directed by Niyousha Azari
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Su 31.5.26
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