The Hamburg Players e.V.

02/08/2024

We wish our friends and fellow Hamburg Players a wonderful time at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024! If you find yourself in Edinburgh between now and 17th August, be sure to watch 'The Hunchback Variations' and 'Cringe Effect'. Break a leg, everyone! https://tickets.edfringe.com/

A month to go before we hit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with our most ambitious season yet. Three unique shows, including two UK premieres. We are so excited to be working with our incredible company of international creative's and artists. Over the coming weeks we'll be bringing you profiles of the 2024 Fringe company and telling you more about the shows. In the meantime, you can find more information about the shows below.

TortiveTheatre.com/hunchback

TortiveTheatre.com/whirligig

TortiveTheatre.com/Cringe

01/08/2024

📢🚨 AUDITIONS 🚨📢 We will be performing 'A Christmas Carol' by Patrick Barlow (he of 'The 39 Steps' fame) as our November play! We have the following audition dates to choose from:

Sunday, 18 August from 2 to 4pm
Monday, 19 August, from 6 to 9pm
Sunday, 25 August, from 2 to 4pm

Please come along to one of these dates if you wish to audition. You don't need to prepare anything.

All auditions are held at our clubhouse (Oberaltenallee 20A).

Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' uses only a small number of actors who take on multiple roles to bring to life Charles Dickens' beloved characters. We will perform this heart-warming and humourous spin on the classic story from 6 to 9 and 13 to 16 November 2024.

16/06/2024

✨️And that's a wrap!✨️ Thank you so much to our wonderful audiences who came to see 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at Theater an der Marschnerstraße! We had an absolutely fantastic time putting this play on and enjoyed every minute! 🙏

Our next play will run from 6-16 November 2024 so watch this space for updates.

For now, here's a little glimpse of a different side of the curtain call from the prompt box!

15/06/2024

George: "Truth and illusion. Who knows the difference, eh?”
Martha: “Truth or illusion, George. Doesn't it matter to you ...at all?”

It sure does! You have one final chance to find out why in our production of Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' tonight at 7:30pm at Theater an der Marschnerstraße.

🎟 Tickets available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the theatre box office before curtain-up.

📸 Conrad Lüneburg & Henrik Zawischa

14/06/2024

Martha: “I'm loud, and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in this house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster.”

No, she’s definitely not. Complex and flawed, yes, but not a monster!

Two more chances to see our production of Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' tonight and tomorrow, 7:30pm at Theater an der Marschnerstrasse

🎟 Tickets are available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the theatre box office before curtain-up.

📸 Conrad Lüneburg and Henrik Zawischa

13/06/2024

Honey: “Don't you love dancing?”
Martha: "With the right man, yeah.”
Honey: “I dance like the wind.” 💃

Not only that, sometimes Honey has that one drink too many… but that’s nothing compared to what Martha and George have in store for her and her husband Nick. Also, there may or may not be a secret (or two) involved, which we won’t spoil here 🤫

🗓 There are three more chances to see our production of Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?': Tonight, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm at Theater an der Marschnerstrasse

🎟 Tickets are available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the theatre box office before curtain-up at 7:30pm.

📸 Conrad Lüneburg

12/06/2024

Nick: “Hell, I don't know when you people are lying, or what.”
George: “You're not supposed to.”

And neither is the audience… If you’ve seen Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' you know what we mean. If you haven’t, well, you’re in for a treat!

🗓 We're back for four more performances from TONIGHT until Saturday 15th June, 7:30pm at Theater an der Marschnerstrasse

🎟 Tickets available via our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the theatre box office before curtain-up.

📸 Conrad Lüneburg & Henrik Zawischa

11/06/2024

George: “Actually, I'm rather worried about you. About your mind.”
Martha: “Don't you worry about my mind, sweetheart!”

Knowing Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' we should all indeed be worried about everyone’s mental health.
Come and watch Martha and George play mind games with each other, and of course, their late-night guests, Nick and Honey from 12-15 June.

🎟 Tickets and more info via our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets

📸 Conrad Lüneburg & Henrik Zawischa

09/06/2024

Phew, after a whirlwind 5 performances this week the cast and crew of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' are taking a leaf out of Nick and Honey's book and having a well-deserved break.

If you haven't seen this rollercoaster ride of a show yet, don't fret: there are still 4 chances left from Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 June at 7:30pm.

🎟 Tickets are available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the theatre box office before curtain-up to get yours.

📸 Conrad Lüneburg

08/06/2024

Martha: “It's the most... life you've shown in a long time.”
George: “You bring out the best in me.”
Martha: “You make me sick.”
George and Martha are two of the most interesting—and intense— characters written for the stage!

🗓 You have a few more chances to see their tempestuous relationship play out at Theater an der Marschnerstrasse today at 3:30pm and 7:30pm and from 12—15 June.

🎟 Tickets are available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or from the theatre box office before curtain-up.

📸 Henrik Zawischa and Conrad Lüneburg

07/06/2024

Nick: “You've all gone crazy.”
Martha: “Yes. Sad but true.”
All four characters in Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' are battling their demons, sometimes with more vigor than grace, but- considering the amount of alcohol consumed— with a surprisingly sharp sense of wit.

🗓 More chances to see this stage classic at Theater an der Marschnerstrasse from 7—8 June and 12—15 June.

🎟 Tickets available via our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the theatre box office before curtain-up to get yours.

📸 Conrad Lüneburg

06/06/2024

What a night! We couldn't be happier with last night's premiere of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' We had a brilliant audience who gave us a standing ovation during the curtain call!

There are still 8 opportunities left to see Edward Albee’s celebrated play at 6-8 and 12-15 June

🎟 Tickets are available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or at the box office before curtain-up.

05/06/2024

📣✨️It's opening night for our production of Edward Albee’s celebrated dark comedy 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'✨️📣
Join Martha, George, Nick and Honey for a whirlwind night of games, dancing, humiliation, frustration and manipulation at

🎟 Tickets for tonight's premiere are 10€ and available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets or pop by the box office before curtain-up at 7:30pm to get yours.

🗓 Performance dates: 5-8 and 12-15 June

📸 Henrik Zawischa

04/06/2024

Ssssh, we’re posting live from the dress rehearsal of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” ICYMI: show dates are 5-8 and 12-15 June. Tickets are available on our website ( ) or at the box office.

02/06/2024

“You bring things to the saddest point… the point where there’s something to lose.”
George seems to have developed various coping mechanisms over the years to deal with his and Martha's dysfunctional, toxic relationship. A rubber band can only be pulled so far, however, until it snaps. Reality and illusion collide in this rollercoaster of emotions!

Join us at Theater an der Marschnerstraße from 5–8 and 12–15 June to witness Edward Albee's celebrated dark comedy 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

Tickets are available from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production

01/06/2024

Not long to go: the premiere of Edward Albee’s celebrated dark comedy 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is only 4 days away! Here's a teaser trailer featuring dysfunctional couple George and Martha.

Tickets are available on our website https://www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production

Performance dates: 5-8 and 12-15 June at

31/05/2024

“Because Daddy said we should be nice to them, that’s why.” Sounds like a harmless enough reason to invite young couple Nick and Honey over to your place at two o’clock in the morning right after a university faculty party has ended. But Martha may have a different definition for “being nice” than her father—or her husband George for that matter— because what follows is an evening of psychological games, hurtful banter, and the revelation of long-buried truths…

Edward Albee’s classic American drama 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' runs from 5–8 and 12–15 June at Theater an der Marschnerstraße.

Tickets are available on our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets

29/05/2024

“You can play that damn game any way you like, you know.” Get ready to witness Nick’s navigation of the twisted dynamics of the dysfunctional dramatic showdown between Martha and George in Edward Albee’s iconic masterpiece, 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

Join us for a riveting performance at Theater an der Marschnerstraße from June 5–8 and June 12–15. Get your tickets now at www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production and see how far they’ll go to play the game their way.

27/05/2024

“Never mix, never worry.” Well, to be fair, Honey’s mantra for avoiding bad hangovers does sound sensible enough. What she hasn’t factored in, though, are Martha and George’s shrewd and hostile games; games they play with each other but also their
unwitting guests. Turns out, Honey should have worried from the moment she crossed her hosts’ threshold.

Find out why this evening is one everyone would rather forget forever between June 5–8 and June 12–15 at Theater an der Marschnerstraße when we present Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

More info and tickets at www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production

26/05/2024

We're back in the rehearsal room with the cast of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' They're busy putting the finishing touches together for the premiere at Theater an der Marschnerstraße in only 10 days' time! 🎭

🎟 Get your tickets for Edward Albee’s celebrated dark comedy about a dysfunctional relationship from our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets
All tickets for the premiere on 5 June are 10 €

🗓 Performance dates: 5-8 and 12-15 June, 7:30pm with one matinee on 8 June at 3:30pm.

24/05/2024

“What do you want me to do? Do you want me to act like you? Do you want me to go around all night braying at everybody, the way you do?”

Step into the twisted world of George in 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at Theater an der Marschnerstraße from June 5–8 and June 12–15. Watch as this complicated character navigates the complexities of love, marriage, and secrets in a gripping performance that will leave you questioning everything. Don’t miss out on the chance to see George in all his raw, emotional glory on stage.

Get your tickets now! www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production

22/05/2024

“Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than anybody else.” Suppose we can all agree to that—but what Martha actually means by that remains to be seen. Spiteful comments, witty banter and hurtful revelations are apparently woven into the fabric of Martha and George’s relationship. What happens, though, when two unsuspecting late-night guests bear witness to the secrets of an unhappy marriage?

Find out in Edward Albee’s classic acclaimed American drama 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' from June 5–8 and June 12–15 at Theater an der Marschnerstraße.

Tickets are available on our website www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets

21/05/2024

The results are in and we are over the moon! The Hamburg Players have been awarded the John Kearey Trophy for Best Production at FEATS 2024 for our production of 'Love/Sick'🥇🏆

A huge well done to the cast and crew (for some of them, it was their very first time at FEATS)! We were also nominated for Best Stage Management.

And a big thank you to our hosts BATS Antwerp for making this year's festival so special! 🎭

🗓 Mark your calendars, as the baton has now been handed to us. FEATS 2025 will be hosted right here in Hamburg from 6-9 June!

20/05/2024

“The word ‘drama’ comes from the Greek word ‘dran’. Which means ‘to do’, and which connects to the English word ‘drain’, meaning to exhaust someone totally…” at least according to Mrs Sorken, a character thought up by the late Christopher Durang.

We had a great time performing at the Fringe part of FEATS Antwerp today and are looking forward to seeing three more one-acts tonight - and maybe we’re agreeing with Mrs Sorken inasmuch as four days of festival fun are as much joy as they are exhaustion.

18/05/2024

It’s almost time - tonight, shortly after 7.30pm it’s curtain up for the Hamburg Players at this year‘s FEATS competition. Eight actors, two directors, a sound person, a lighting person, two stagehands and a stage manager are very excited to bring our reimagining of “Love/Sick” to the festival in Antwerp.

17/05/2024

Nick is a young biology professor at a small East Coast college with big aspirations and a good sense of self-confidence. Surely when Martha, who has invited him and his wife over for a nightcap, starts to openly flirt with him- in front of her husband- that can’t be a bad thing, can it? Well, better have another drink first, and then think about why all of this is happening.

Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' runs from June 5–8 and June 12–15 at Theater an der Marschnerstraße.

More at www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production

15/05/2024

“I love brandy, it steadies me so.” This is Honey, and when she and her husband are invited over to George and Martha’s house for a nightcap after a faculty party at the university where both men are professors, it seems at first like a harmless enough end to a boring evening...

We present Edward Albee’s 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' from June 5–8 and June 12–15 at Theater an der Marschnerstraße.

More info and tickets at www.hamburgplayers.de/current-production

10/05/2024

The poster for our June production 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is here! 🎭
With less than 4 weeks to go until opening night, you can now purchase your tickets directly from our website 🎟 www.hamburgplayers.de/tickets

Synopsis: It’s 2:30am, Sunday morning in the early autumn of the 1960s. Nick, an opportunistic university professor, and his wife are invited to an after party at the home of the university president’s daughter Martha and her husband George, himself a senior professor. What is supposed to be a pleasant nightcap quickly turns into something unexpected.

Over this long night, the unwitting guests are drawn into a tour de force of humiliation, frustration and manipulation that will leave everyone’s cards face-up on the table.

Edward Albee’s celebrated dark comedy about a dysfunctional relationship is hailed as a classic of modern American drama. The 1966 movie adaptation is one of only two films to be nominated in all eligible Academy Awards categories.