Staatstheater Mainz

In the location's words:

The Staatstheater Mainz is located in the center of the city - a location that the theater sees as its most important task, not only geographically but also in terms of content: being at the heart of society, part of the city, a central place for exchange and encounters - close to the people and the issues that move them.

With five venues, the theater offers stages of different sizes for a wide variety of formats. On Gutenbergplatz, the Great House (built 1829-1833) and the Glass House high up under the roof are used. Next door on Tritonplatz is the Kleine Haus, built in 1997, and since 2014 the Studiobühne U17 deep underground. The Kakadu Bar has also been a new, smaller venue since 2021. In addition, the Staatstheater repeatedly performs in a wide variety of spaces in the city - from museum spaces and churches to squares and bars.

Musical theater, drama, tanzmainz, concerts and the Junge Staatstheater justmainz offer a diverse repertoire for all age groups. Markus Müller has been the theater's director since 2014/15. Invitations to the Theatertreffen, the Autorentheatertage, the Tanztreffen, three FAUST awards for choreography and invitations to guest performances document the successful work of the ensembles, as do regular mentions in the annual surveys of trade journals for best overall performance, best staging, set, etc. In 2015, the Staatstheater Mainz was voted "Best Theatre away from the major centers" in the critics' survey of the magazine Die Deutsche Bühne. Theater heute named the Staatstheater Mainz as such in December 2014 and in 2016 the theater received the German Stage Publishers' Award.

Constant curiosity and a great interest in exchange strongly characterize the work of the Staatstheater Mainz and are reflected, among other things, in close contacts with the independent theater scene as well as in the organization of the inclusive festival Grenzenlos Kultur and the tanzmainz festival, to which national and international independent and institutional groups and ensembles are invited. From the 2023/24 season, the Plug&Play - Theaterfestival für Junge Regie will also be established at the Mainzer Haus. Numerous (inter)national co-productions and guest performances from Germany and abroad regularly enrich the theater's repertoire.

Theaterkasse:
Mo – Fr 10 bis 19 Uhr
Sa 10 bis 15 Uhr