When does the performance take place?

The performance is scheduled for 13.04.2027 at 19:00.

What is the admission fee?

The stated ticket price is 28 euros.

Where is the event held?

At the Kulturforum Fürth, Würzburger Straße 2, 90762 Fürth.

Is the Kulturforum barrier-free?

Access to the foyer, large hall, and small hall is barrier-free via ramp or elevator. However, the building is considered to be partially barrier-free.

Are there parking facilities?

Yes. Several parking garages are available in the area, and the parking garage of the Stadthalle offers over 500 parking spaces.

What is Visitation about?

The live audio play tells the story of a house by the Brandenburg lake and the life paths that intersect there over a century of German history.

A Poetic Theater Evening about Memory, Loss, and History in Fürth

Name: Visitation
Start: 2027-04-13T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-04-13T23:45:00+02:00
Location: Kulturforum Fürth

A House as a Memory of an Entire Era

With Visitation, the Kulturforum Fürth brings a live audio play to the stage that is much more than a literary adaptation: It is a multifaceted stage experience about memory, loss, and the weight of German history. Jenny Erpenbeck's novel condenses a century full of upheavals around a house by the Brandenburg lake, and it is precisely this tension between intimacy and contemporary history that shapes the evening.

When Voices Become History

The staging unfolds its power in the interplay of sound, language, and silence. The house by the lake becomes a resonance chamber for life stories that intersect, break apart, and leave behind what makes theater so intense: traces in the mind and heart. The soundscape of the house, the rustling of the lake, and the penetrating monologues merge into a concentrated theater atmosphere, where every sentence carries weight.

Erpenbeck's Novel as Acoustic Dramaturgy

Jenny Erpenbeck's Visitation tells of possession and loss, repression and memory, of Jewish history, GDR experiences, and the upheavals of the 20th century. The live audio play translates this literary precision into a form that works immediately: not as an illustrated retelling, but as a sensual, acoustic condensation. This is precisely where the strength of this performance lies. It relies on dramaturgical clarity, on linguistic music, and on those quiet moments when the audience senses the internal empathy of the audience's reaction.

An Evening Between Poetic Clarity and Historical Echo

The evening demands attention and rewards it with intensity. Content-related references to violence, sexualized violence, as well as National Socialist and Holocaust-related themes mark the seriousness of this production. This makes Visitation a theater evening that does not numb but touches; it does not simplify but condenses. The production does not present history abstractly, but as an experience of closeness, loss, and lingering presence.

Conclusion

Visitation at the Kulturforum Fürth promises a concentrated, sound-rich theater experience for all those who appreciate contemporary literary theater with historical depth. Anyone who wants to experience language, memory, and stage art in an impressive form should follow this date live.