When does the performance take place?

The performance begins on April 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM in the Grand Hall of the Fürth City Theatre.

How much does a ticket cost?

The regular ticket price is 44 euros.

Is there an age rating?

The play is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Where does the event take place?

At the Fürth City Theatre, Königstraße 116, 90762 Fürth.

Are there accessibility considerations?

Yes, the theatre offers, among other things, barrier-free access, wheelchair spaces, and an inductive hearing system. Wheelchair spaces should be booked directly through the box office.

What is the parking situation?

The theatre recommends the underground car park at FLAIR. Direct access from the parking garage to the theatre is possible again.

Kleist's sharp comedy returns: truth, power, and a broken jug

Name: The Broken Jug
Start: 2026-04-14T21:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-14T23:30:00+02:00
Location: Stadttheater Fürth

When truth shatters into comedy: Kleist's classic at the Fürth City Theatre

Heinrich von Kleist's The Broken Jug is one of those theatrical texts that seemingly with ease exposes an entire system. At the Fürth City Theatre, the comedy unfolds its full power on April 14, 2026 in the Grand Hall: a court day in the village of Huisum, a judge as the perpetrator, a young woman caught between silence and fear, and a trial that gradually transforms into a bitterly comic lesson about power, guilt, and self-deception.

A courtroom as a moral minefield

Director Sebastian Sommer places Kleist's linguistic wit and precisely constructed dramaturgy at the center. From village play to a tension-filled stage experience oscillating between farce and abyss. Here, the comedy does not function as a harmless game but as a sharp dissection of an order where the wrong people administer justice and the weaker ones pay the price.

Adam, Eve, and the great silence

The psychological intensification is particularly striking: Judge Adam gets caught in evasions, half-truths, and crude authority, while Eve remains trapped in a web of threat and shame. This is precisely where the enduring impact of this theatrical classic lies. Kleist does not show a historically distant courtroom farce but a drama about institutional self-protective reflexes, victim-perpetrator reversal, and the fragile hope that truth will eventually prevail.

Kleist today: timeless, uncomfortable, highly relevant

The fact that The Broken Jug still appears on the playbills today is due to its linguistic brilliance and astonishing contemporaneity. The judicial comedy addresses issues that contemporary audiences can recognize immediately: abuse of power, dependency, defamation, public pressure, and the deceptive security of authorities. The Fürth City Theatre is thus relying on a classic that does not seem museum-like but rather burns.

Atmosphere, ensemble, and theatre evening

With Matze Vogel, Hannah Candolini, Matthäus Zaborszyk, Boris Keil, Philine Bührer, Nicola Lembach, and Christin Wehner, an ensemble stands on stage that can navigate the transition between comedy, nervousness, and moral intensification. Complemented by stage design by Robin Metzer, costumes by Wicke Naujoks, and dramaturgy by Anna-Lena Kühner, the evening promises a dense theatrical atmosphere where every detail works toward the escalation in the courtroom. The introductions at 7:00 PM also offer a well-founded access to the production.

Conclusion: An evening that provokes laughter and sharpens the present

The Broken Jug at the Fürth City Theatre promises a clever, exciting, and highly relevant theatre evening. Those who experience Kleist's masterpiece live will not encounter comfortable classic theatre but a stage experience full of pace, linguistic power, and disquieting relevance. Definitely attend and experience the truth in the spotlight yourself.