When does the performance take place?

The show starts on 21.05.2026 at 19:30 in the Great House of the Fürth City Theater.

What is the ticket price?

The stated price per ticket is 44 euros.

Is the play suitable for a theater evening at the house?

Yes, it is a stage production in the interior of the Fürth City Theater.

Is there accessible access?

Yes, the Fürth City Theater offers barrier-free access to the stalls, wheelchair spaces, and an inductive hearing system in the stalls.

How is the best way to arrive?

The theater is accessible by subway line U1 to Rathaus as well as several bus lines. For drivers, there are parking options in nearby parking garages and under the theater.

How does admission work?

The theater opens one hour before the start, and admission to the hall begins 30 minutes before the show starts.

Shockheaded Peter unleashes dark music theater and sparkling wit at the Fürth City Theater

Name: Shockheaded Peter
Start: 2026-05-21T21:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-21T23:30:00+02:00
Location: Stadttheater Fürth

Dark humor, wild music, and a children's book turned nightmare: Shockheaded Peter in Fürth

On May 21, 2026, the curtain rises in the Great House of the Fürth City Theater for an evening that oscillates between horror and comedy with sparkling precision. Shockheaded Peter, the junk opera by The Tiger Lillies, Julian Crouch, and Phelim McDermott, transforms Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter into a dazzling stage experience full of dark humor, quirky songs, and powerful theatrical atmosphere.

When moral tales become a macabre music show

The material is famous and notorious: The stories of Fidgety Philip, Soup Kaspar, Hanns Look-up-in-the-Air, the Thumb-sucker, or Pauline have been part of the cultural memory for generations. In this version, the seemingly innocent moral pedagogy tips into a grotesque panopticon that operates with British irony and theatrical exaggeration. The production relies on a deliberately distorted imagery where puppetry, carnival charm, and musical eccentricity tightly intertwine.

A soundscape between cabaret, circus, and nightmare

The music by Martyn Jacques and the Tiger Lillies carries the evening with a mix of cabaret, dark chanson, and anarchic circus energy. It is precisely this friction that makes the allure: The evening does not seduce through pleasing beauty but through a willful, poetic sharpness. The audience experiences a production that often freezes laughter in the throat and draws its power from it.

Dramaturgy with trembling, wit, and wonder

Fürth's schedule features this title focusing on a production that has long gained international attention and is considered award-winning. The work's history refers to a tradition of staging where decor, music, and movement stand equally side by side. On stage, this does not create a linear retelling but a dense atmosphere of tableaus, quirky character images, and pointed timing. Those who love theater as a sensory total experience will find an evening here that purposefully blurs the boundaries between musical, drama, and grotesque.

Who this theater evening is especially worthwhile for

Shockheaded Peter is aimed at audience members who are eager for bold music theater, rich visual imagery, and pointed dark humor. The evening promises no gentle entertainment but an intense stage experience with edges, corners, and resonances. This is precisely where its allure lies: Fürth presents a title that connects cultural history with contemporary relevance and turns the theater evening into an event.

Anyone who engages with this junk opera can expect an evening full of sharp-edged poetry, musical surprises, and strong audience reactions. Best experienced live and feel the special theater atmosphere at the Fürth City Theater itself.