FÊTE GALANTE

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The palace. At night. A festive evening party. Pierrot is the bittersweet center of the glittering hustle and bustle. But in the midst of the various love affairs, jealousies and longings, Pierrot threatens to break under the expectations of an authoritarian court. Pierrot's shimmering shades emerge in the spaces in between. With their seductive longing for a different kind of love, they become a thorn in the king's side. Is it all just a puppet show or are there echoes of the imminent overthrow in the songs of the pirouettes?

"These are like you, just puppets in a play." - "Oh, what a doll can suffer!"

At its premiere in the 1920s, the English-language opera by composer Ethel Smyth was far ahead of its time with its neo-baroque musicality and modern interpretation of an old story. A good hundred years later, the Forum of the HfMT will once again become a stage for the revolutionary potential of Smyth's music with drag performances and a queer interpretation of the work. FÊTE GALANTE opens up a perspective into the times after the queens & patriarchs.

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Pierrot: Amy Buttschardt
King / Pirouetta: Havi Le
Queen: Kristīne Matvejeva
Columbine: Martina Daguerre
Harlequin: Bingyu He
Lover: Rodrigo Andrade

Pirouettes / Drag: Mio Wendelin Riedl / Dixi Glow | Alina Hidić / Ivana Dickić | Daniel Krikunov / Big Juicy Emma

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Flute: Maurice Hu | Oboe: Carla Henze | Clarinet: Wara Cardenas | Bassoon: Niklas Ludwig | Horn: Fabienne Liebram | Percussion: Rüdiger Funk

Violin 1: Kaixian Wang | Violin 2: Síla Santucci | Viola: Zhixuan Fu | Violoncello: Alina Andersohn | Double bass: N.N.

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Musical direction: Chenyu Wan, Philine Lembeck
Répétition: Yi-Wen Chen
Direction: Tamina Alex
Dramaturgy: Paris Cassandra Scholtz
Set design: Dina Polus, Steve Oelmann
Lighting design: Lukas Mattern

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Content Note: In this production, patriarchal power structures and queer identities are negotiated within a fictional world. There are abstract depictions of violence and sex.

Age recommendation from 14 years.

Eintritt: 22,00 EUR
Ermäßigt: 10,00 EUR
HfMT-Studierende: 5,00 EUR

Age rating from 14 years
Tickets are available at eventim and at all advance booking offices in Hamburg

Dates at a glance
20.03.2026, 7 p.m., Premiere
21.03.2026, 7 pm
22.03.2026, 4 pm

FÊTE GALANTE is a final production of the Theaterakademie Hamburg as part of the junges forum Music + Drama series.