Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

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Is there an echo in the Old Elbe Tunnel? Can you feel animal names? Do coffee and cocoa beans only smell when they are ground? Why do we need the nose to taste? Can you see through the water of the Elbe? Hamburg's special features and attractions are discovered with the five human senses. There are so many surprises...

Registration required at www.stadterlebnis.hamburg or 0157-50171259.

MJ - Das Michael Jackson Musical

MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical provides insights into the background of the "Dangerous" world tour in 1992. Not only are some of the most famous and best-selling songs in music history presented, but also the superstar's unique moves and unmistakable sound. The musical also offers rare insights into the team spirit and creative power that made Michael Jackson a legend.

Since February 2022, Michael Jackson's extraordinary artistic talent and charisma has been celebrated in a musical on Broadway. This outstanding work has won four Tony Awards, received a Grammy Award nomination for its cast album, and has already sold nearly one million tickets. With more than 25 of his biggest hits, including "Beat It", "Billie Jean", "Bad", "Smooth Criminal" and "Thriller", MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical will be shown at Hamburger Stage Theater an der Elbe from December 2024 .

Modular

Neue Deutsche Welle? Wasn’t that back in the 80s...? But hang on: for several years now, there has been talk of a new New German Wave – and Selena Hamers, alias Modular, is riding it. The Hamburg resident by choice thinks beyond music in her art: her outfits, make-up, stage show and sound are perfectly coordinated and invite the audience into a world of sounds that are sometimes atmospheric, sometimes danceable, with very personal lyrics and fascinating stories.

PERFORMERS

Selena Hamers vocals

Sven Hamers guitar, piano

Max Nielsen bass guitar

Rahel Meiller violoncello

Daniel Stillger drums

Julian Wieder drums, percussion

PROGRAM

»Lonely Hearts Club«

Momo (10+)

by Michael Ende
in a version by Sophie Glaser and Stanislava Jević

Premiere on 17/1/2026 on the main stage Wiesendamm

"They had inconspicuously established themselves in the life of the big city and its inhabitants. And step by step, without anyone noticing, they advanced further each day and took possession of the people."

In a forgotten, ruined theater on the outskirts of our city, a child named Momo suddenly appears. Momo possesses a special gift: she listens so attentively that people recognize who they truly are when they hear her. In this way, Momo makes friends among young and old – they play together and celebrate life. But suddenly, an ash-gray wind blows through the city and imperceptibly takes possession of the people. Unrecognized, the army of the Greys spreads, intent on stealing people's lifespans. Only Momo sees through their plan. With the help of the tortoise Cassiopeia and the timekeeper Hora, who initiate her into the secrets of life, the stars, and time, she tries to reclaim the stolen lifespans of the people.

Michael Ende's classic novel, published in 1973 and adapted for the stage many times, is rightly celebrated as a masterpiece that combines the universal and fantastical dimensions of humanity with contemporary critiques of capitalism. Against the backdrop of recent developments—the concentration of power by tech companies, the influence of social media, AI, and the escalating climate crisis—Ende's fantastical imagery has gained unprecedented social relevance. The young, up-and-coming director Sophie Glaser and her team will create a unique stage adaptation that brings Ende's philosophical narrative spaces and vast dreamscapes to life with great theatrical imagination for audiences aged 10 and up.

With: Hermann Book, Anastasia Lara Heller, Victoria Kraft, Silvio Kretschmer, Christine Ochsenhofer and Parsa Yaghoubi Pour

Directed by: Sophie Glaser
Stage: Nadin Schumacher
Costume: Maja Beyer
Music: Matthias Schubert
Video: Leonard Schulz
Dramaturgy: Stanislava Jević
Lighting: Tillmann Wulff

Museum at night

Explore the Ernst Barlach Haus at night and lit up the rooms with your torch. Families with kids aged 5 to 10 yrs. Admission 10 EUR. Please register: lott@barlach-haus.de or +49 40-82 24 21 16. Please bring your own torch.

Nachtkinder

Line Up: Support: Heller
"Live in the City" concert series

Nachtkinder are four young people who have devoted themselves to their passion for making music and now bring you their lost sounds from the bottom of their hearts. This is about love, pain, and little hope. The music of the young Nachtkinder is characterized by a unique combination of diverse styles.
The organic sounds of German indie music meet the energy of an early '90s rock band. Paired with a penchant for theatricality, Nachtkinder create a darkly colorful world of sounds that, once you enter it, you won't easily leave.

Heller focuses on thoughtful lyrics and vocals full of emotion and fragility: atmospheric pop with trap and indie influences. Live, the six-person band plays previously released and unreleased songs from their two EPs, "Splitter" and "NIE WIRKLICH ALLEIN."