When does the performance take place?

The performance starts on Monday, November 9, 2026, at 5:45 PM and is expected to end around 8:45 PM.

Where will The Golden Age - Das goldene Zeitalter be performed?

The event will take place at Stadthaus N1, N1 1, 68161 Mannheim.

What do the tickets cost?

Tickets are available from 8 Euros depending on the category. Additionally, a service fee and possible shipping costs may apply.

Who created the production?

The director and artist of the production is Bérenger Thouin.

What is the piece about?

The focus is on Jeanne Lavaur, who defies the conventions of her time and follows her life path from France through Paris to Brazil.

Is the event suitable for wheelchair users?

Specific ticket categories are provided for wheelchair users. An accompanying person can be brought free of charge.

The Golden Age at Stadthaus N1 Mannheim 2026

Name: The Golden Age - Das goldene Zeitalter
Start: 2026-11-09T17:45:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-09T20:45:00+01:00
Location: Stadthaus N1

A grand love saga between Paris and Brazil

Jeanne defies the conventions of her time and follows love across national borders, wars, and social chasms. The Golden Age - Das goldene Zeitalter tells the story on November 9, 2026, at the Stadthaus N1 in Mannheim of a woman who shapes her life by her own rules.

Jeanne's journey through a tumultuous century

In the French province at the start of the 20th century, Jeanne Lavaur grows up as the daughter of a butcher. When she meets Guillaume de Barante, a young nobleman, a relationship begins that changes her entire life. After a pregnancy and the ensuing social ostracism, her path leads to Paris. Later, she travels all the way to Brazil and back.

The dramaturgy unfolds Jeanne's biography as an epoch-spanning play between passion, loss, and self-assertion. Husband and lover, home and foreignness, reality and memory engage in a constant theatrical dialogue.

A production between reality and fiction

Director Bérenger Thouin combines found material with self-shot footage. Over a ten-year work process, a production emerged in which the boundaries between documentary observation and fictional narrative consciously blur. This montage gives the stage experience a special visual tension and makes Jeanne's life path appear like a shimmering memory image.

The art of acting carries an epic full of great emotions and images. The production connects intimate moments with historical upheavals and develops an independent language between theater, film, and visual storytelling. Lighting, acoustics, and image composition allow the life stages of the main character to appear like changing spaces of an inner stage set.

An evening for lovers of intense stage art

The Golden Age - Das goldene Zeitalter focuses on a woman who asserts herself against the conventions of her time. The audience's reaction arises from the contrast between the colorful life story and the precise, unusual directing work. From a private fate grows a far-reaching consideration of love, freedom, social expectations, and the price of a self-determined life.

Audiences can expect an extraordinary stage experience with a strong main character, a visually rich production, and a dramaturgy that intertwines personal history with great historical events. Those who wish to experience theater as a living encounter of acting, film, and memory should not miss this evening at the Stadthaus N1.