When does the performance take place?

The performance is scheduled for 08.05.2026 at 19:30.

Where is the play performed?

It will be performed at M*Halle at Gutenbergstr. 1 in 19063 Schwerin.

Is the event indoors?

Yes, the event takes place in M*Halle and thus in enclosed spaces.

Are there details about the ticket price?

A reliable ticket price was not clearly confirmed in the available sources.

Who is behind the stage adaptation?

The stage adaptation is by Alice Buddeberg and Nina Steinhilber; the production is directed by Alice Buddeberg.

What is the content about?

The focus is on four women across several generations, family secrets, memory, loss, and the search for origin and language.

An Evening Full of Memories and Ghosts: Portrait of My Mother with Ghosts in Schwerin

Name: Portrait of My Mother with Ghosts
Start: 2026-05-08T21:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-08T23:30:00+02:00
Location: M*Halle

A theater evening about memory, silence, and the power of language

Portrait of My Mother with Ghosts brings Rabea Edel's novel to M*Halle and opens a stage space full of family history, loss, and contradictory closeness. The production directed by Alice Buddeberg, adapted for the stage by Alice Buddeberg and Nina Steinhilber, tells the stories of four women across several generations and poses questions of origin, guilt, love, and self-assertion.

When Silence Gets a Stage

The novel revolves around the shadows of the past, letters that do not speak, and a remembering that feels both painful and necessary. On stage, this creates an intense performance that combines psychological accuracy with poetic compression. The dramatic structure thrives on the breaks between intimacy and distance, and on family images that layer like old photographs in a drawer.

Theatrical Experience Between Intimacy and Grandeur

In Schwerin, this material unfolds as a theatrical atmosphere that does not rely on effects but on inner tension. The set design, lighting mood, and acting are expected to make the hidden movements of the characters visible: a house full of memories, a present under pressure, a past that does not remain silent. Such materials gain strength on stage because they are revealed rather than told.

A Material of Literary Weight

Rabea Edel's novel has been perceived in literary criticism as moving, visually striking, and multi-layered. It traces women's lives over generations, connects personal experience with contemporary history, and raises the question of how family narratives can be reconstructed. From this, an evening can develop on stage that not only touches but also resonates - with clever dramaturgy and the precision of a concentrated chamber play.

Schwerin as a Place for Focused Contemporary Theater

The M*Halle in Schwerin provides a suitable framework for this production: close to the audience, open to contemporary theater, and suitable for material that demands intimacy and clear contours. Those who embrace this evening will experience a piece that does not smooth over memory but shows it in all its tension. This is precisely the special invitation of this theater evening: to be there live when literature transforms into a touching stage adaptation.

Conclusion

Portrait of My Mother with Ghosts promises an intense evening of theater in the M*Halle, balancing literary depth and scenic compression. Those who appreciate family stories, strong female characters, and demanding stage art should not miss this date in Schwerin.