As part of the municipal theater program, the New Globe Theatre presents William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in the version for the Vienna Burgtheater based on the translation and adaptation by Joachim Lux on Saturday, 17 January 2026, at 8 pm in the Idar-Oberstein Municipal Theatre. It was most probably the last play that Shakespeare wrote without a co-author in 1611 and was placed at the beginning of the comedies in the first edition of his works, which illustrates its special status. "The Tempest", often read as Shakespeare's personal legacy, combines poetic wit with great imagination: a theatrical tale about power and humanity that shows how magical and vivid his language still is today.
An island in the middle of nowhere - once Caliban's realm, now the realm of Prospero, the overthrown Duke of Milan. Sent into exile with his daughter Miranda, he has conquered the island with magic, enslaved Caliban and freed the air spirit Ariel, who now serves him - and yet only wants to be free.
When Prospero's enemies appear on the horizon, he orders Ariel to unleash a violent storm. The wind howls, waves pile up, the ship is wrecked - and the enemies are scattered across the island. What begins as revenge is transformed: Prospero forgives, marries Miranda to the king's son Ferdinand and gives Ariel his freedom. Only Caliban remains unredeemed. The story is retold again and again, power shifts, alliances change - and reality and play merge into a dangerous magic.
With this production, the New Globe Theatre returns to its roots, the Elizabethan theater. It uses Shakespeare's wonderful language, his lively playfulness and his desire to explore the world with the means of the theater to bring the sensual pleasure of experienced stage events and his own imagination to the audience's eyes and ears again and again.
- Further information on the theater program can be found at www.idar-oberstein.de/kultur. Tickets are available at www.ticket-regionale.de and at the affiliated advance booking offices.