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Saturday, 9/19/2026
at 8:00 PM



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Is everything really okay with you, Germany? Nicolas Sidiropulos and Mark Tumba examine Schiller's debut work from a post-migrant perspective.

With the premiere of "Die Räuber," in which he thematizes the self-destruction of a family, Schiller caused a sensation in 1782. A contemporary reported: "The theater resembled an asylum, rolling eyes, clenched fists, hoarse screams in the audience. Strange people fell sobbing into each other's arms." Schiller was threatened with imprisonment and had to flee.

A quarter of a millennium later, two actors recount this story about security, love, selfishness, and freedom against the backdrop of their own family biographies—a tale from Germany, when Germany did not yet exist. How much explosive power is still in this once explosive material today? How has our world changed since the creation of "Die Räuber"? What changes when the surname changes from "von Moor" to "von Deutsch-land"? Is a character like Amalia still playable today, and if so, by two men?

"What Tumba and Sidiropulos can come up with regarding Schiller's robbers shows a mix of energy and great tenderness that fits very well with the spirit of the piece, which they have almost entirely rewritten." - Stefan Michalzik- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

"There is no lack of self-irony – as the entire undertaking is not unsympathetic." – Frankfurter Rundschau

"…very skilled: highly inspired craftsmanship." - Frankfurter Neue Presse

BY & WITH Nicolas Sidiropulos / Mark Tumba WORLD PREMIERE
Playroom project of the students of the acting program at HMTM Hannover (2019) FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
Schauspiel Frankfurt (2025)

MARK TUMBA was born in 1995 in Zanzibar and moved to Hagen in Westphalia in 1999. After initial performances on the Young Stage of the Stadttheater Hagen and at the Theater Rottstraße 5 in Bochum, he studied acting at HMTM Hannover. Since the 2021/22 season, he has been a member of the ensemble at Schauspiel Frankfurt, where he worked with directors such as Claudia Bauer, Nuran David Calis, and Christina Tscharyiski.

NICOLAS SIDIROPULOS, born in 1998 in Brussels to Greek immigrants, studied acting at HMTM Hannover and the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique in Paris. He is active as a songwriter and director of his own short and feature films. From 2021 to 2023, he was part of the ensemble at the Theater an der Parkaue. He has close collaborations with Ikkimel, Heiner Müller, and Friedrich Schiller. He is currently working at the theater in Kassel.

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