When does the performance take place?

The performance begins on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 6:45 PM.

Where will Faith Love Hope be performed?

The performance takes place at the Parish Hall of St. Gangolf, Gangolfplatz 1, 96050 Bamberg.

How much do the tickets cost?

The regular admission is €28 in advance and €29 at the box office. Reduced tickets cost €20 or €21. Students, pupils, and trainees pay €12 in advance and €13 at the box office.

Who directs the play?

The production is directed by Heidi Lehnert. The play was written by Ödön von Horváth with input from Lukas Kristl.

What is the play about?

The focus is on Elisabeth, a young woman who fights against existential need, bureaucratic harshness, prejudices, and societal exclusion for a self-determined life.

Where can I get tickets?

Tickets are available in advance at BVD in Lange Straße 39/41 and at Betten Friedrich in Oberen Königstraße 43 in Bamberg.

Experience Faith Love Hope live: Horváth's bitter dance of death in Bamberg

Name: Faith Love Hope. A Small Dance of Death
Start: 2026-10-27T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-27T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Pfarrheim St. Gangolf

A bitter-comic dance of death about humanity and social coldness

When regulations become more important than compassion, Elisabeth begins a struggle against a world of authorities, prejudices, and societal exclusion. With Faith Love Hope. A Small Dance of Death, TiG Theater in the Gardener District brings Ödön von Horváth's disturbingly current social criticism to Bamberg.

Elisabeth between hope and existential need

Elisabeth has no fixed place in society but an unshakable desire for self-determination. Every step away from need leads her deeper into a bureaucratic labyrinth, where small paragraphs unfold large consequences. White lies become a survival art, and the longing for love a dangerous illusion.

Horváth and Lukas Kristl create a bitter, comedic, and simultaneously shocking look at the individual’s struggle against institutions. The play combines social indictment with quirky moments of everyday life and reveals how quickly humanity disappears behind regulations and indifference.

A production with a sharp contemporary perspective

Under the direction of Heidi Lehnert, an evening of theater is created that brings Horváth's dramaturgy immediately into the present. Acting, set design, costumes, music, and lighting design converge to create an atmosphere between bureaucratic offices, glimmers of hope, and inner abysses. The ensemble with Benjamin Bochmann, Ursula Gumbsch, Gerald Leiß, Laura Mann, and Patrick L. Schmitz makes Elisabeth's journey an intense stage experience.

The production relies on the contrast of bitter humor and social coldness. It is precisely from this tension that its impact arises: the audience does not experience a museum-like classic, but a lively stage art about exclusion, existential need, and the question of how much compassion a society allows.

A theater evening that resonates

The Bamberg performance combines precise direction, adaptable theatrical situations, and a focused ensemble into an evening that entertains while simultaneously stirring. Horváth's social criticism does not remain in the past. It meets the present where bureaucratic harshness and social insecurity push the individual out of focus.

Conclusion: Visitors can expect an intense theater evening between black humor, political awareness, and touching acting. Those who want to experience how a classic gains new urgency in the parish hall of St. Gangolf should see this performance live in Bamberg.