When does the reading take place?

The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 7:30 PM in the Stadttheater Fürth.

What is the admission price?

The mentioned ticket price is 44 euros.

Will the event take place indoors?

Yes, the reading is planned as a stage event in the Large House of the Stadttheater Fürth.

Is there a musical accompaniment?

Yes, the evening is designed as a musical stage reading that combines text with sound and cello.

What is the literary focus?

The focus is on fairy tales and horror stories from Black Romanticism with references to Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and Heinrich Heine.

How do I get to the venue?

Public transport is available to Rathaus or by bus to the Stadttheater stop; also, several parking garages are available nearby.

Katharina Thalbach ignites Black Romanticism at the Stadttheater Fürth

Name: Katharina Thalbach reads »Shadows over Nothing«
Start: 2025-11-01T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-01T22:45:00+01:00
Location: Stadttheater Fürth

An evening between Black Romanticism and great linguistic artistry in Fürth

When Katharina Thalbach reads fairy tales and horror stories of Black Romanticism, an ordinary literature evening does not emerge, but an intense author encounter with the dark side of European literature. The musical stage reading connects world literature by Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and Heinrich Heine with a dense reading atmosphere in the Stadttheater Fürth. The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 7:30 PM in the Large House; the admission fee is 44 euros. ([stadttheater.de](https://www.stadttheater.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Presse/Monatsseiten/2025_11_November/KatharinaThalbachSchatten%C3%BCberdemNichts2526.pdf))

Chilling poetry with a grand stage

The material lives from contrasts: grotesque and sublime, eerie and attractive, dark and at the same time of high literary quality. Katharina Thalbach, a defining voice of the German stage and audiobook landscape since her childhood, brings these texts to life with her unmistakable character voice and linguistic brilliance. The production consciously emphasizes the power of the spoken word and the finely tuned tension that only a truly experienced actress can create. ([stadttheater.de](https://www.stadttheater.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Presse/Monatsseiten/2025_11_November/KatharinaThalbachSchatten%C3%BCberdemNichts2526.pdf))

Music that does not accompany the text but opens it

The musical aspect takes the evening far beyond a mere reading. Michael Sele and Stefania Verità create a resonance space with dark elegance, hypnotic sound, and expressive cello playing, in which the romantic motifs of longing, fear, and transformation become newly audible. This is precisely where the format derives its special strength: literature, music, and staging merge into a literary experience with strong stage presence. ([stadttheater.de](https://www.stadttheater.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Presse/Monatsseiten/2025_11_November/KatharinaThalbachSchatten%C3%BCberdemNichts2526.pdf))

Stadttheater Fürth as a fitting place for this atmosphere

Stadttheater Fürth, with its festive ambiance, is one of the most beautiful venues in the region and offers around 730 seats. It is centrally located on Königstraße, and public transport is available to Rathaus or by bus to the Stadttheater stop. For drivers, parking options include the FLAIR parking garage, the Carré parking garage, Mathildenstraße, and the Stadthalle underground garage. The venue thus supports the intimate effect of a reading that relies on closeness, concentration, and acoustic fine delineation. ([tourismus-fuerth.de](https://www.tourismus-fuerth.de/poi/stadttheater-100036896/))

Those who want to not only hear literature but also physically feel it will find an evening full of tension, poetry, and stage magic here. Katharina Thalbach's reading promises a poignant cultural event that makes dark romanticism experienceable in a vibrant way rather than in a museum-like manner. A visit is worthwhile for all who love language as an art form and atmosphere as part of the narrative. ([stadttheater.de](https://www.stadttheater.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Presse/Monatsseiten/2025_11_November/KatharinaThalbachSchatten%C3%BCberdemNichts2526.pdf))