When does the performance start?

The performance starts on May 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM.

Where does the guest performance take place?

At the Theater Duisburg – Great House at Opernplatz in Duisburg.

What is the admission price?

Tickets are available from €12; further price categories apply depending on seating.

How long does the evening last?

The planned evening ends at 9:00 PM.

Is the venue barrier-free?

The Theater Duisburg has limited barrier-free access, including a ramp, stair lift, and wheelchair spaces.

Are tickets available online?

Yes, presales are via the official ticket link of the organizer.

Hannah Arendt on Stage: A Clever Guest Performance in Duisburg

Name: Rhea Leman: Arendt in Duisburg 2026
Start: 2026-05-14T21:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-14T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Theater Duisburg – Großes Haus

An Evening with Hannah Arendt: Thinking, Remembrance and Stage

With Arendt – Thinking in Dark Times, a witty guest performance comes to the Theater Duisburg on May 14, 2026. Rhea Leman condenses the life of the great political thinker into an intense evening about flight, judgment, memory, and the question of how to maintain one's stance while thinking in dark historical moments.

When Philosophy Becomes a Dramatic Form

The evening leads straight into a hotel room in Copenhagen, where Hannah Arendt reflects on her life just before the awarding of the Sonning Prize. From this setting, no dry biography emerges, but a multi-layered psychological drama that intertwines historical experience, intellectual precision, and literary tension.

Rhea Leman and the Art of the Political Psychogram

Rhea Leman, an award-winning playwright and director from Denmark, is known for works that infuse heavy themes with linguistic clarity, scenic condensation, and surprising lightness. In Arendt, she also combines biographical research with poetic sharpness. The text questions responsibility, emigration, anti-Semitism, and the cost of thinking in a time when history is becoming dangerously acute.

Strong Cast, Big Themes, Concentrated Reading Atmosphere

At the Theater Duisburg, the guest performance of the Thalia Theater Hamburg features Corinna Harfouch, Oliver Mallison, and André Szymanski on stage. Tom Kühnel's staging promises a dense reading atmosphere in the best sense of the word: concentrated, linguistically pointed, and carried by a presence that transforms the hall into a forum of attention.

An Evening for All Who Love Literature and Theater as a Space for Thought

Anyone interested in contemporary acting, political literature, historical themes, and demanding stage art will find an intense literary experience here. The Great House of the Theater Duisburg provides the right setting: clear, representative, and atmospherically strong. This guest performance offers a perspective on Hannah Arendt as a figure of the present – not as a monument, but as a living, contradictory, highly relevant intellectual.

Conclusion: Arendt – Thinking in Dark Times invites you to an evening that impressively bundles historical awareness, linguistic artistry, and contemporary relevance. Those seeking theater with intellectual depth and emotional tension should experience this author encounter live.