Our next production opens on December 1st!
SCAB. A Comic Drama in Two Acts by Sheila Callaghan Stay tuned and follow us on Instagram or Facebook for pictures, updates and a lot more!
Auditions still open!
We are still looking for performers of any age, gender and background for our next production in September 2022: “Arden”, a non-pastoral comedy based on Shakespeare’s As you like it. Previous theatre experience is welcome but not required. Rehearsals… Read More »Auditions still open!
Call for Auditions
We are opening auditions for our next production in September: “Arden”, a non-pastoral comedy based on Shakespeare’s As you like it. When: Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th April, from 10am to 12pm. Callbacks on Saturday 30th April, time tba.… Read More »Call for Auditions
Call for directors for 2021 season
Calling potential theatre directors for ETL’s 2021 Season! Due to the current circumstances and having no idea how many people will be allowed in our theatre next year, we have decided to embark on a… Read More »Call for directors for 2021 season
The show must go on – but not at the moment
Dear Friends of ETL, We, like all other community institutions in Leipzig, have had to react to the current crisis. We are therefore announcing the postponement of the performances of Philoctetes on March 20th and… Read More »The show must go on – but not at the moment
Directors Needed!
Thank you for your pitches! If you have any questions regarding pitches or the new season, please contact us here. Do you have a script that you’re dying to see performed? Have you always wanted… Read More »Directors Needed!
Actors / Singers Needed
English Theatre Leipzig is casting for its March 2020 show, Sophocles’ Philoctetes, a new adaptation of a Greek tragedy with an original musical score. Actors and singers of ANY LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE AND OF ALL… Read More »Actors / Singers Needed
Casting Call for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
We here at English Theatre Leipzig are currently casting for our December production “30 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)” by Greg Allen. The director,… Read More »Casting Call for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Flashback: Eric Idle’s Only Stage Play and How It Got to Germany
It was 40 years ago today, that Monty Python’s Life of Brian – the best known film by the British comedy troupe – was shown for the first time. The movie about Brian, a guy… Read More »Flashback: Eric Idle’s Only Stage Play and How It Got to Germany
Eurydice Crowdfunding
[youtube id=’izcWWXFu1mc’ label=’Support our crowdfunding campaign on StartNext!’] The English Theatre Leipzig turns to Greek mythology in its newest production and presents Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice from the year 2003, a retelling of the myth of… Read More »Eurydice Crowdfunding
Flashback: The Birthday Party
Harold Pinter’s play The Birthday Party had its London premiere – on this day in 1958 – at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. The critics didn’t take to it and shot it down in flames… Read More »Flashback: The Birthday Party
Casting Call for Eurydice
Thespians assemble! We’re casting for our new show Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl! The famous myth of Orpheus reimagined – this play follows his lover Eurydice’s journey to the underworld. After Eurydice dies on the two… Read More »Casting Call for Eurydice
Shakespeare: A Different Approach
With our productions for 2018 done, it’s time to start looking forward to 2019 and a new year of theatre with English Theatre Leipzig. As you may have seen in your programme for The Mysterious… Read More »Shakespeare: A Different Approach
Flashback: Marketplace 76
Wednesday, November 20th 2013, Marketplace 76 by Jan Lauwers & Needcompany at the Théâtre Molière de Sète. [youtube id=’Ywt0MlgNgyI’] During my first year of theater studies in Montpellier, I was told by a teacher to… Read More »Flashback: Marketplace 76
Proof Crowdfunding
[youtube id=’eUlB2bbGzNo’ label=’Support our crowdfunding campaign on StartNext!’] As a non-profit organization, English Theatre Leipzig is only focused on creating a product that our audiences can enjoy seeing, and that we can enjoy making. For… Read More »Proof Crowdfunding
