Covid-related restrictions have fallen away, meaning that we are once again able to offer tickets at full capacity for all performances. The wearing of face masks is optional, but highly recommended.

• Cancellations / changes: due to the current situation, cancellations and changes do still occur. Affected performances (whether cancellations or date changes) are marked accordingly in the online schedule.
  
• Refunds: Patrons who gave us their bank details at the time of purchase will receive an automatic refund in due course. Those who paid cash, by credit card or PayPal, are requested to contact the Box Office to arrange for a refund, or kindly complete the refund form.
  

• New advance ticket sales: owing to the large administrative volumes involved, advance ticket sales are staggered over time in order to remain flexible and react to any future changes in seating capacities. The exact booking start dates are marked accordingly in the online schedule, or can also be found HERE (German site).

Tickets for the 2022 International May Festival are on sale now!

Attention! On 14 and 15 June, the annual Wilhemstraße Festival "Theatrium" takes place around the theatre. ESWE will make use of articulated buses on the main lines during the festival period. Passengers in the city centre can make use of the bus stops "Luisenplatz", "Wilhelmstraße", "Dern'sches Gelände", "Webergasse" and "Kureck" to reach Wilhemstraße.

Special opening times will apply at the Box Office and Subscriptions Office during the Christmas period...

The Box Office will be open as follows during the Festive Season:

24 December: closed
25 December: Großes Haus 10:00 - 13:00 & 18:30 - 19:30 | Kleines Haus 18:30 - 19:30
26 December: Großes Haus 10:00 - 13:00 & 18:30 - 19:30 | Kleines Haus 15:00 - 16:00 & 17:00 - 18:00

Regular opening times resume on 27 December.

The Box Office, as well as the Subscriptions & Groups Office will be closed during the annual summer holiday period. Please see below for the exact dates.

On 29 May, Wagner's "Ring an 1 Abend" brought the 2016 International May Festival to a brilliant close in the sold-out Großes Haus. No less than 22 000 visitors attended the 48 performances of this year's tradition-rich festival.

The 2016 International May Festival officially kicked off last night with an opening ceremony led by Artistic Director Uwe Eric Laufenberg and Mayor Sven Gerich in the Foyer of the Großes Haus. Festivalgoers can look forward to a month of awe-inspiring theatre, with operatic greats such as Matti Salminen and José Cura set to grace the stage, and visiting productions from some of Germany’s most celebrated stages – including Hamburg’s Thalia Theater, the Berliner Ensemble and Vienna’s Burgtheater – heading for Wiesbaden. For dance fans, there are productions by the Batsheva Dance Company, Ballett am Rhein (with a new piece by  Martin Schlepfer) and zero visibility corp. from Oslo, while the Youth Week towards the end of May offers a varied programme of international theatre catering specifically for children and young adults.

Bookings for the 2016/2017 theatre season have opened! As from today, tickets for the following events are available both online and from the Box Office: all performances taking place in the Großes Haus (except those in the “Ring” subscription series), the symphony concerts, as well as the premieres (opening nights) of the Drama and JUST divisions. “Ring” subscriptions for Wagner’s Ring Cycle are available at the Subscriptions Office. More information regarding the cycle, which will be directed by Uwe Eric Laufenberg, is available here:

The new 2016/2017 season schedule was presented by Intendant Uwe Eric Laufenberg in the Wiesbaden State Theatre's beautiful foyer today. "This season, six separate season booklets reflect the theatre's great diversity", he said. These freshly printed booklets - five for each of the theatre's divisions and a separate service booklet - contain an extensive programme with many highlights, including Wagner's vast Ring Cycle.