Season 2025/26
MUSIC THEATER
Music Theater
TEA & TECHNO
A relaxed ambient techno concert not only for toddlers, but also for parents who need a break.
from September 2025
ages 0 and up
Music Theater
TEA & TECHNO
Relaxed Concert for parents and their kids from 0 years
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Music Theater
GOOD MORNING, SNOW!
Доброго ранку, сніг!
Scenic conert
from October 2025
Scenic conert
from October 2025
ages 3 and up
Music Theater
GOOD MORNING, SNOW!
Доброго ранку, сніг!
How can something so cold feel so comforting? So protective, calming, even inspiring? In many voices and many tongues, we trace the fleeting footsteps of snow.
recommended for ages 3 and up
How can something so cold feel so comforting? So protective, calming, even inspiring? In many voices and many tongues, we trace the fleeting footsteps of snow.
recommended for ages 3 and up
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Music Theater
APPARAT
Franz Kafka’s In the Penal Colony as a visceral music theater experience
from October 2025
ages 14 and up
Music Theater
APPARAT
The machine beckons – and it’s ready to kill: A piece by Prague’s theater Studio Hrdinů
recommended for ages 14 and up
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Music Theater
THE FAIRY-QUEEN
Music theater based on Henry Purcell
from November 2025
ages 12 and up
Music Theater
THE FAIRY-QUEEN
Who are these creatures in the forest? Where do they come from and why are they in such a good mood? An opera* about queer Queens and mythical creatures – and a celebration of song.
recommended for ages 12 and up
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Music Theater
PINOCCHIO’S ADVENTURES
Instrumental comedy
from November 2025
ages 6 and up
Music Theater
PINOCCHIO’S ADVENTURES
Pinocchio, the wooden puppet, dreams of becoming a real child. Easier said than done!
recommended for ages 6 and up
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Music Theater
THE ROBBER HOTZENPLOTZ
Singing play based on Otfried Preußler’s novel
from November 2025
ages 6 and up
Music Theater
THE ROBBER HOTZENPLOTZ
The popular story as a grand opera in the opera house – with coffee grinder and, of course, 7 knives!
recommended for ages 6 and up
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Music Theater
ZER-BRECH-LICH
Relaxed performance with integrated audio description
from December 2025
ages 12 and up
Music Theater
ZER-BRECH-LICH
We all know the sound of things breaking. But what does it sound like when something is saved from breaking? Three performers with disabilities explore their own and others’ identities, try on sounds like outfits – and go in search of the pop moment.
recommended for ages 12 and up
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Music Theater
UGLY AS HELL
Music theater research
from January 2026
ages 12 and up
Music Theater
UGLY AS HELL
In the shadow of my nose lies a garden where I rest and ask: How can I free myself from the demands of a male-dominated world? This music theatre piece explores spaces beyond the pressure to conform.
recommended for ages 12 and up
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Music Theater
CHAOS
A pop opera – or maybe a musical? Hyper and hybrid, based on a fake story
from April 2026
ages 12 and up
Music Theater
CHAOS
Between club culture and chamber music, emotion and resistance, we celebrate the cosmic powers of community: Devil is a pop star out to seduce everyone — but he didn’t count on real empathy.
recommended for ages 12 and up
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Music Theater
DER MIESEPUPS
commissioned by JOiN and Münchner Biennale
World premiere in May 2026 in Munich, from autumn 2026 in Stuttgart
ages 6 and up
Music Theater
DER MIESEPUPS
After Holle! and The Robber Hotzenplotz the new world premiere for primary school kids: How grumpus Miesepups learns to let friendship in.
recommended for ages 6 and up
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CO-CREATIONS
Who can contribute?
Here you are more than just an audience. At all co-creation events, you are part of the show – in workshops and talk shows, as performers and idea providers, you help shape the evening and make it your own individual event.
Co-Creation
EVENINGS AT THE JOiN – OPEN CALL
Bring your ideas to our stage! We're inviting artists, cultural initiatives, clubs, groups, and communities looking for a stage to get involved.
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Co-Creation
EVENINGS AT THE JOiN – OPEN CALL
JOiN becomes a hub for evening exchange and music – featuring listening sessions, late-night formats, and active participation from the city.
Get in touch: join@staatstheater-stuttgart.de
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Co-Creation
NEARLY SPRING FESTIVAL / WIZARD IN RESIDENCE
A mini festival for everyone who can't wait for spring: curated by our Wizard in Residence Sarah Fartuun Heinze
in March 2026
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Mitgestalten
FAST SOMMER FESTIVAL
Sarah Fartuun Heinze is our Wizard in Residence and curates our annual mini-festival: with music theater games and a queer best-of JOiN.
Co-Creation
BRAVE SPACES
A participatory opera for coping with the future
from June 2026
ages 14 and up
Co-Creation
BRAVE SPACES
One disaster after another, and the climate crisis seems beyond saving – is looking to the future pure madness? The dance company backsteinhaus produktion joins forces with young people to create a dance and opera performance about fear, courage, and everything in between.
recommended for ages 14 and up
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Co-Creation
WELCOME AT THE JOiN-HOUSE!
We decide together. Join us – and help shape what’s to come! With the Schmetterlingshaus, we’re creating a shared living space – and we want you to fill it with life and ideas. We’re asking: What should happen in the living room? What topics matter to you? Your ideas – and your desire to co-create – feed directly into artistic processes.
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Co-Creation
WELCOME AT THE JOiN-HOUSE!
Anna Lampert, Boglárka Pap, and Mike Schattschneider from Schmetterlingshaus e.V. are recognized experts in participatory processes. At JOiN, as a satellite of the Staatsoper, we have always been committed to exploring new ways of opening up artistic processes to the public – especially to a young and increasingly diverse audience. Together, we are working toward a shared goal: to establish JOiN more deeply as a cultural space for music, theatre, and community in the Stuttgart North neighborhood.
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ON TOUR
On Tour
ages 7 to 107
On Tour
RELENTLESSLY BREATHLESS
After its successful run at JOiN, our Schlager revue is now touring – with performances in hospitals, retirement homes, correctional facilities ...
recommended for ages 7 to 107
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On Tour
HELLO BLUE مرحبا بالأزرق
ages 3 and up
On Tour
HELLO BLUE مرحبا بالأزرق
It starts with blue: with water and the sky. But blue also continues with toys, toothpaste and the odd flower. Together we welcome what is perhaps the most beautiful colour of all - a musical meditation in German and Arabic.
recommended for ages 3 and up
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On Tour
ages 6 and up
On Tour
MLARBEN-PLAK!
The interactive mini-opera for schools: The two residents of Mlarben-Plak are searching for new citizens. What does it take to be granted citizenship?
recommended for ages 6 and up
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Outreach
Outreach
Extras and extensive educational and accompanying program for young and old, groups and families