Bis die Sterne zittern

Until the stars tremble
a novel by Johannes Herwig | world premiere
in a stage version by Jessica Pollnau & Swen Lasse Awe
Performance rights with Bühnenverlag Weitendorf, Hamburg
Youth theater project

Leipzig 1936: some are dreaming of war, others fear for their lives. And in the middle of it all are the Leipzig Meuten. Young people in resistance. Against the Hitler Youth. Against the entire Nazi regime. Well networked throughout the city. Full of courage and clearly aware that arrest could mean prison, labor camp or concentration camp.

In Until the Stars Tremble, 16-year-old Harro makes contact with the Connewitz section of the Leipzig Meuten. An encounter that will change his life. Adventures, trips, love, friendship, but also fear, loss and violence will accompany him in the future.

Resistance or retreat? How would we behave? What does growing up in such a regime mean for your own development? How does it feel to live in constant fear?


Play: Milan Bügner, Radek Thümmler, Eva Loretta Jahn, Miró Orschinski, Kilian Ritz, Mariella Schaller, Anna Schreiber
Director: Susann Schreiber
Dramaturgy: Johann Christoph Awe

The project is a cooperation between WERK 2 - Kulturfabrik Leipzig e.V. and Cammerspiele Leipzig.

All dates:
Thursday, 08.05.2025, admission 18:30, start 19:00
Friday, 09.05.2025 Admission 9:45 am, start 10 am - BOOKED OUT
Friday, 09.05.2025, admission 6:30 pm, start 7 pm