The Rocky Horror Show began as a venture on a small studio stage and was initially a commercial flop in cinemas. From day one, however, it was and still is a home and a celebration for the queer community. As is so often the case, the so-called mainstream took a little longer - but then accepted the musical and film all the more enthusiastically into the canon of absolute cult classics. 50 (!) years after the release of the cinema version, the Landestheater is now saying: "Let's do the time warp again!"
Janet and Brad probably didn't expect where such a small "jump to the left" could lead. How could they have guessed that the castle at whose gates the newly engaged couple knocks after a late-night flat tire would turn out to be the alien-queer parallel world of a narcissistic and latently violent autocrat?
The boss of the illustrious society from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy Transylvania is Frank'n'Furter, a mad scientist with considerable sex appeal. Thanks to him, Janet and Brad can at least question some of their heteronormative philistinism. That's good! But how does Rocky, created in the best Frankenstein style, fare in the role of sex object assigned to him by Frank'n'Furter? How long will Magenta, Riff Raff and the other castle residents be satisfied with cheering Frank'n'Furter on and disposing of body parts for him?
Premiere October 11, 2025
Further performances: October 17, 19, 23 and 29, November 5, 6, 8, 14, 16 and 21, December 11 and 14, 2025, January 4 and 10, February 5, 11 and 21, 2026
