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Tuesday, 10/6/2026
at 7:00 PM



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Five maids tell the story of Lizzy, Darcy, Jane & Co. Love, money, self-determination: Jane Austen's cult novel may be 200 years old, but its themes are not. Mrs. Bennet has five daughters. The problem: they are unmarried. Thanks to the inheritance rules devised by wise men, "catching a suitable bachelor" is the only way to secure the family's existence. Jane Austen's famous novel comes to life as a wildly funny pop-comedy with music, cheekily told by five women in eighteen roles.

"There is a little problem here with emotional repression. So don't be surprised if someone suddenly starts singing out of the blue," gently sets the stage for the special circumstances of cramped life in the small town. But sudden karaoke inserts are not the only thing that makes Isobel McArthur's celebrated adaptation of Jane Austen's masterpiece unusual and unique. Highly modern yet surprisingly true to the work, McArthur gives a voice to those who – although indispensable – usually remain unmentioned. In a true tour de force, five maids embody not only the sarcastic Elizabeth Bennet and the snobbish Mr. Darcy but nearly the entire cast of the novel. Amid slapstick, pop songs, and a very old-fashioned love story, a narrative of female self-determination and economic dependence emerges, which does not seem so far removed from us.

German translation: Silke Pfeiffer
Direction: Florian Dehmel
Set design: Stephen Crane
Costumes: Renáta Balogh
Musical direction: Sebastian Huber
With Juliane Braig | Anuschka Herbst | Natalja Maas | Stefani Matkovic | Cathrin Zellmer

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