When does the Borkman performance take place?

The performance starts on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 19:30.

Where will Borkman be performed?

The production is on stage at the ETA Hoffmann Theater at E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Platz 1 in 96047 Bamberg.

How long does the performance last?

The performance lasts about 1 hour and 50 minutes including a break.

How much does a ticket for Borkman cost?

Tickets are available from 19.50 Euros. Additional booking and shipping fees may apply.

Who is directing Borkman?

The direction is by Annette Pullen. The adaptation is by John von Düffel based on Henrik Ibsen.

Who is in the cast of Borkman?

The ensemble includes Leyla Bischoff, Marianna Linden, Avi Meyer, Luke Venatier, and Susanne Wolff.

Borkman in Bamberg: An intense family drama about guilt, power, and hope

Name: Borkman, Henrik Ibsen
Start: 2026-10-03T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-03T21:20:00+02:00
Location: ETA Hoffmann Theater

When family love turns into reckoning: Borkman at the ETA Hoffmann Theater

A house full of repressed memories, a son as a contested future, and two sisters whose life concepts collide irreconcilably: Henrik Ibsen's drama Borkman unfolds an intense study of power, guilt, social ostracism, and familial dependency at the ETA Hoffmann Theater Bamberg.

A classic reflected in the present

John von Düffel's radical new adaptation of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman places the great female characters at the center. Gerhild Borkman and Ella Rentheim meet again after years of estrangement. Both claim Edward, the young man they have shaped in different ways. Behind the dispute over his future lies a deeper conflict: the balance of two lives marked by disappointed love, economic collapse, and social shame.

Acting art between closeness and abyss

Director Annette Pullen focuses the production on spoken and theatrical performance. Marianna Linden and Susanne Wolff give Gerhild and Ella a contrasting, tension-filled presence. Their characters confront each other not only in dialogue but in two different notions of motherhood, self-determination, and future.

The audience's reaction stems from this immediate confrontation: Every gesture, every pause, and every change in tone reveals another layer of the family story. Luke Venatier portrays Edward as a young person caught between defiance, neediness, and external control.

A puristic stage design for a psychological chamber play

Iris Kraft designs a reduced stage set made of white planes and clear separations. The unadorned architecture turns the stage into a negotiation space: Here past debts are settled, life lies are exposed, and dependencies are redistributed. Light, costume, and spatial arrangement enhance the cool theater atmosphere of a house where no one is truly free.

Music as a counter voice to familial stagnation

Live music and sound design set counterpoints to the verbal sharpness of the production. Avi Meyer brings musical moments into the action, thus opening an emotional resonance space. Between pop echoes and the hardness of the dialogue, a stage experience emerges that connects Ibsen's social drama with contemporary questions of economic responsibility and personal freedom.

An evening about guilt, power, and the last hope

Borkman combines precise dramaturgy with great acting skill. The production shows how closely private injuries and societal catastrophes remain connected. Those who enter the ETA Hoffmann Theater experience not a distant literary monument but a contemporary conflict filled with high emotional tension.

The audience can expect a concentrated play about people who cling to their past yet seek a way out. Experience Borkman live in Bamberg and let yourself be touched by an evening that resonates long after the final applause.