Best OFF Festival 2026: MEPHISTO. UNDER PRESSURE.

In the organizer's words:

BEST OFF FESTIVAL FREE THEATER 2026 of the Lower Saxony Foundation

In the year 2030, three creative artists land on the 60th birthday of an extreme right-wing prime minister. Based on Klaus Mann's "Mephisto", the novel about actor Hendrik Höfgen, who - like the real-life artist Gustaf Gründgens - rose to the position of general director from 1926 to 1936 during the rise of National Socialism, the research project features interviews with cultural professionals about their own behavior in the current political world on the sometimes slippery boards.

About the struggle for attitude in slippery (and difficult) times.

"We had so much talent to be for something. And have spent our lives having to be against something." - from an interview with Gustav Gründgens

Invited to the BEST OFF FESTIVAL 2026 of the Lower Saxony Foundation on April 24 and 25, 2026 + follow-up discussion on April 24

Tickets → www.festival-best-off.de

Info → theater-an-der-glocksee.de

Ensemble Andrea Casabianchi, Lena Kußmann, Jonas Vietzke, Tommy Wiesner Conception / Direction Lena Kußmann Dramaturgy Support Barbara Kantel Set Design Britta Bremer Video Jonas Vietzke Sound / Light Ällie Plustwik Supported by Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Region Hannover We would like to thank our interview partners for their time and commitment!

Price information:

Best OFF_professionals: 16 € | reduced 12 €