Fast Forward is a concentrated, intense festival that presents eight productions usually from all over Europe in four days. To help you keep an overview and find out quickly what you can see on which days and in which order, we make suggestions for your routes through the festival in the Festival Circuit. The easiest way to reach performances in a Festival Circuit is by public transport, as we have planned the routes between the performances using the DVB tram lines. Our staff at the venues will be happy to help you at any time. All further information you need for your visit to Fast Forward 2025, e. g. the plan "Fast Forward Overview" can be found on this page.
Prices / Ticket Sales / Box Office
PRICES
Tickets cost 11,00 € / 7,00 € (for school pupils, trainees and students, please provide the document entitling you to the reduced price). First semester students pay 5,00 € per ticket. Please note that additional fees may occur at external ticket agencies. You have a free choice of seats at all performances.
TICKET SALES
Box Office Schauspielhaus, Theaterstr. 2, 01067 Dresden Mo – Fr 10.00 – 18.30, Sa 12.00 – 18.30
Kleines Haus, Glacisstraße 28, 01099 Dresden Mo – Fr 15.00 – 18.30
Booking by phone +49 351 . 49 13 – 555
For group bookings +49 351 . 49 13 – 567
Mail order Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Besucherservice, Theaterstraße 2, 01067 Dresden / E-Mail tickets@staatsschauspiel-dresden.de / Online www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de & at all standard ticket agencies
BOX OFFICE
Box offices will be open at every venue. In the Kleines Haus they will open one hour and in HELLERAU, at the Labortheater and at the Probebühne Charlotte-Bühler-Straße 30 minutes prior to the performances. Please keep in mind that the box offices at Hellerau, the Labortheater and at the Probebühne Charlotte-Bühler-Straße can only accept cash payments.
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Fast Forward Overview
fafo25_festivalplaner.pdf
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Fast Forward Program
fafo25_programmheft.pdf
Venues
Staatsschauspiel Dresden Kleines Haus & Festivalzentrum
Glacisstraße 28, 01099 Dresden
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 56, 01109 Dresden
www.hellerau.org
Labortheater & Café of the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK)
Güntzstraße 34, 01307 Dresden (Entrance Dürerstraße)
www.hfbk-dresden.de
Kleines Haus
Kleines Haus Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Glacisstr. 28
01099 Dresden
KH 1
KH 2
KH 3
KH Mitte
Foyer
terrace
Hellerau
Festspielhaus Hellerau
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56
01109 Dresden
Nancy-Spero Saal
Großer Saal
Kleiner Saal
Dalcroze-Saal
Festival Circuit
The festival is planned in such a way that you can see several productions one after the other on one day – this means there are several circuits you can take. To follow our plan, we recommend that you travel between the venues using the Dresden Public Transport (DVB) tram lines, as we have planned the routes between the performances using the DVB tram lines. It is also possible to walk from one venue to the other and this is also marked on the circuit plan. In order to stick to the circuit, you usually need to get going right after the end of the show. There will be circuit scouts at every venue to bring you to the right stop or to walk with you to the next venue. You can find this information as well as a detailed transport plan for all the circuits here as a PDF to download and print as well as already printed at the box offices of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.
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All 8 in 4 days
00_parcours-woche_alle_acht_an_vier_tagen_final.pdf
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Parcours 1 + 2 Thursday
01_parcours_donnerstag-_13_11_2025_final.pdf
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Parcours 3 + 4 Friday
02_parcours_freitag-_14_11_2025_final.pdf
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Parcours 5, 6, 7 Saturday
03_parcours_samstag-_15_11_2025_final.pdf
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Parcours 8 + 9 Sunday
04_parcours_sonntag-_16_11_2025_final.pdf
Fast Forward & Hole of Fame: Karaoke Walk
FAST FORWARD & HOLE OF FAME: KARAOKE WALK
Saturday 15.11.2025, 12.00 › Kleines Haus, terrace, free admission
A walk through Dresden with singing and some of the people who are making things happen in this city or know about interesting places beyond what’s in the guidebooks and tourist spots. What you need: a ticket for public transport, good footwear, weatherproof clothing, some snacks and something to drink, and between one and five and a half hours of time. More information about the route and where you can join it will be available right here on this page from the 27th of October, 2025!
Accessibility / Translation
ACCESSIBILITY
Please note that the production I LOVE HORSES (JUST LIKE MICHAEL KOHLHAAS) is not wheelchair accessible. The Labortheater and the Probebühne Charlotte-Bühler-Straße do not have an accessible toilet. All the other venues are wheelchair accessible and have an accessible toilet. This year, there will be no performances with sign language interpreting or audio description. You can find more detailed information about the accessibility of the venues on their websites. Please contact us for any specific access requirements or questions you may have so that we can make your visit as comfortable as possible. Please let us know if you are coming with a wheelchair or support dog when you book your tickets. We have very different situations for the audience in each venue and need youto inform us if you have special requirements so that we can be better prepared. We want lots of people to come to our festival. We therefore want to avoid any barriers and remove them. If you have ideas or questions, write us an email or call us: janny.fuchs@staatsschauspiel-dresden.de / phone: +49 351 . 49 13 – 742.
EASY READ
You can find information on all the plays in simple language on the page of each production on this website.
TRANSLATION
Each performance is shown with German and English surtitles if not indicated otherwise. Please see the performance pages for more details. Most events in the supporting programme also take place with live translations into German and / or English. For more information, please see the supporting programme section.
Content Notes
As theatre-makers, we seek out and want a constant dialogue with you, the audience. Each of you brings individual experiences with you to a theatre performance or concert and you experience what happens on stage differently. With the awareness that some of the content of the plays could trigger or evoke feelings that are overwhelming or hurtful, on this page we offer additional information for you about content we consider sensitive or potential triggers. Triggers are specific stimuli (sounds, smells, images, etc.), which could trigger feelings associated with a past trauma in people who have gone through traumatic experiences (e.g. flashbacks). You are also welcome to get in touch with the dramaturg of the production in question if you have any further questions.
List of triggers we will issue a warning for:
- Physical, psychological or sexual violence
- Child abuse
- Self-harm
- Serious illness (physical and mental)
- War
- Suicide
- Eating disorders and addiction (alcohol, drugs, compulsive behaviour, etc.)
- Racism, sexism, homo-/inter-/transphobia, ableism, age discrimination, other forms of discrimination
- Bullying
- Bodyshaming
- Cruelty to animals
- Misophonia
Trigger warnings are sometimes criticised for giving away an aspect of the play in advance. In this regard, we firmly believe in our audience’s ability to choose and judge for themselves. That’s why we’re leaving it up to you whether you read and consider the following additional information or not.
Please note: for artistic reasons, the times given are not exact.
This play deals with problems in the working world. It’s about the pressure to perform and the threat of losing your job, and how both can lead to mental and physical health problems. The issues are spoken about openly by the characters on stage. After 30 minutes, there is a surprising pyrotechnical effect on stage with an explosion and a fire alarm.
The stage goes completely dark after 15 minutes. Afterwards, the audience is in complete darkness for 2 minutes, while at the same time the audience is enveloped in an acoustic sound atmosphere that gradually develops and fills the space. In the following collage of video images and performance, there are recurring short blackouts. After 25 minutes, there is a 5-minute video sequence, which can create a visual pull effect. In this production, a strongly distorted voice can repeatedly be heard from offstage. After 70 minutes, the production uses stage fog and flickering lights, which increases in intensity over 5 minutes. At 1 hour and 16 minutes, stage blood is used. The stage fog gradually fills the entire stage and parts of the auditorium by the end of the show.
This production deals with human suffering, cases of misfortune and catastrophes using historical and current examples up to the present. It features occasional examples of war crimes, genocide, racism and torture. After 30 minutes, photographic images of a crucifixion are shown. From that point on, explicit photos and videos depicting human suffering are repeatedly shown.
This production is a mixture of a concert, play and a celebration. The audience can participate in the performance. Seating can be available for persons with disabilities. The production deals with instances of being together as a collective, but also moments of strong or upsetting emotions, of ecstasy and abandon. There are some scenes with nudity. In the last 10 minutes, the stage gets increasingly darker until a moment of complete darkness.
Like the piece of literature by Heinrich von Kleist that this show is based on, this production describes violence against human beings, cruelty to animals, pilaging, arson and murder through language. On a second level of meaning, the production examines competition in the arts sector. The production uses a light stage fog several times and at the end a video that has an immersive effect combined with a sound atmosphere that surrounds the audience.
This production deals with events during the civil war in Yugoslavia. Murder and other acts of violence are spoken about. After 1 hour and 25 minutes, war photography is projected in the space and re-enacted, which depict situations from war like shooting, escape, torture, but also posing with weapons or the glorification of violence. This sequence lasts 15 minutes. The production’s commentary on the photos is sometimes of a documentary and sometimes of a satirical nature.
This production deals with the loss of family members due to illness or old age. It portrays instances of losing control of one’s own body.
This production addresses why people might be motivated to leave the country they were born in and go into exile. Examples of censorship, discrimination and animosity towards homosexuals are spoken about.
