When does the performance take place?

The performance is scheduled for 04.06.2026 at 20:00.

Where is Macbeth in Concert being played?

It will be performed at the E.T.A. Hoffmann Theater in Bamberg, E.T.A. Hoffmann-Platz 1, 96047 Bamberg.

How much does a ticket cost?

The available ticket price is 15 euros.

Is the event indoors?

Yes, the performance takes place inside the theater.

Are there guidelines for cloakroom and admission?

The theater follows the usual service guidelines with cloakroom and orderly admission; coats, jackets, and backpacks must be left at the cloakroom for security reasons.

Is the theater accessible?

There are accessible entrances and reserved seats for wheelchair users in the main stage.

Shakespeare's Macbeth unfolds a musical abyss full of power and guilt in Bamberg

Name: William Shakespeare: Macbeth (In Concert) - for the last time
Start: 2026-06-04T22:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-05T00:30:00+02:00
Location: E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater

A dark theater evening full of power, music, and Macbeth

William Shakespeare's Macbeth returns to Bamberg in a condensed in-concert staging: an evening where direction, music, and acting reduce the tragedy to its most dangerous essence like under a magnifying glass. The stage becomes a psychological chessboard, where ambition, guilt, and dependence intertwine uncontrollably.

When power becomes an obsession

The focus is on the couple Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as an uncompromising alliance of seduction and downfall. This version concentrates on the dynamics of the two characters, on the dangerous tipping of expectation, action, and inner decay. The Shakespeare classic thus unfolds a sharp psychological tension that resonates in every scene.

Music as a shadow of the action

What is not expressed here is taken over by the music: witches, ghosts, and figments of imagination are transformed into sound. The composition by Philipp Rumsch and the live music by Avi Meyer create a nightmarish theater atmosphere where the evening is not just told, but atmospherically charged. It is precisely this connection of stage and sound that gives the production its special pull.

The stage experience between condensation and fall height

Director Marten Straßenberg focuses on concentration rather than expansion, on intensification rather than embellishment. Set design, dramaturgy, and performance aim for maximum condensation: a space of power, a space of threat, a space of guilt. Sophie Angehrn and Daniel Seniuk carry this tragedy with a presence that reveals the psychological core of the piece.

Shakespeare in a present of discomfort

Macbeth remains so relevant because the play ruthlessly exposes the mechanism of self-empowerment. Those who strive for power at any cost pay with their own inner order. It is precisely from this that this theater evening derives its impact: from language, music, and the dark images of a world that has gone awry.

Conclusion: An intense stage experience awaits the audience in Bamberg, between musical ecstasy and psychological abyss. Anyone wanting to experience Shakespeare in concentrated form should see this evening live.