Faith Love Hope: Horváth's Dance of Death in Bamberg
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A bitter-comic dance of death about humanity and social coldness
Ödön von Horváth's Faith Love Hope. A Small Dance of Death will come to the parish hall St. Gangolf in Bamberg on October 7, 2026. At the center is Elisabeth, a young woman without a fixed place in society. Her desire for a self-determined life collides with offices, regulations, prejudices, and a social order in which humanity is overshadowed by bureaucratic harshness.
Elisabeth against the mills of society
Elisabeth fights with courage, little lies, and the will to survive for her economic independence. Every step forward takes her deeper into a web of existential distress, envy, and false promises. The longing for love also becomes a dangerous illusion. Horváth portrays a world where small paragraphs determine great fates and no one truly feels responsible.
Horváth's bitter view of everyday life
The drama, created in 1932 with the collaboration of Lukas Kristl, combines social-critical sharpness with dark humor and tragic tension. The so-called small dance of death shows an individual failing against institutions and social mechanisms. It is precisely this combination of comedic drasticness, precise observation, and harrowing soul drama that gives the piece its lasting relevance.
A production with a strong ensemble
Under the direction of Heidi Lehnert, a stage adaptation emerges where acting, dramaturgy, and atmospheric intensification are closely intertwined. Benjamin Bochmann, Ursula Gumbsch, Gerald Leiß, Laura Mann, and Patrick L. Schmitz embody the character world between official coldness, personal longing, and grotesque everyday reality.
The stage design by Linda Hofmann, the costumes by Barbara Rose-Andres, the lighting design by Laurin Drechsel, and the music by Guido Apel shape a theatrical atmosphere where the social constraints of the action become immediately palpable. Acoustics, lighting mood, and the physicality of the performance give Elisabeth's struggle an intense sensory presence.
Theatrical experience in Bamberg
The premiere begins on October 7, 2026, at 7:30 PM in the parish hall St. Gangolf. Doors open at 6:45 PM. Further performances follow in October and November, including two dates starting at 6 PM. Tickets cost 28 euros in advance and 29 euros at the box office; discounted tickets are available.
Conclusion: A theater evening that resonates
Faith Love Hope. A Small Dance of Death promises an intense stage experience between bitter humor, social analysis, and human vulnerability. Those who want to experience Horváth's precise language, strong characters, and politically aware theater art live will find in Bamberg a theater evening that lingers long after the final applause.
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