Was ist los? — Feb. 9, 2018

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Children’s Fasching party in Otterberg
The Otterberg sports club TVO sponsors a children’s Fasching party with music, dances and games at 2:11 p.m. Sunday at the Stadthalle. Tickets cost €1.50 for children and €2.50 for adults. For details, visit www.otterbach-otterberg.de. — Courtesy photo

The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.

Performing arts

Plays
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.
“Macbeth,” a drama by William Shakespeare, in German, 7:30 p.m. today, and 6 p.m. Sunday.
“Das Abschiedsdinner,” a comedy, in German, 8 p.m. Saturday.
“Wunschkind,” a play for families with puppets, 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday and Feb. 25.
“Glueckliche Tage,” a play by Samuel Beckett, in German, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, March 6, 15, 31; and 6:30 p.m. March 25.
“Die Comedian Harmonists,” a play in German with music from the 1920s and 1930s, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22; and 6 p.m. March 18.
Landstuhl Stadthalle
For details, visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de
Puppet theater, “Meine Mama Muh,” for children 4 years and older, 3 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets cost €5.

Concerts
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.
Third Pfalztheater concert with works by Schubert, Strauss and de Falla, 6 p.m. Feb. 25.

Kammgarn Kaiserslautern
For details, visit www.kammgarn.de.
The band Eisfabrik presents dark electro, future pop dance, electro synthie, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €20.
Rose Monday fun ‘n’ cult show with Fred Kellner & Die Famose Soul Sister, 8 p.m. Monday. Tickets cost €22.
The band Prag presents German pop and rock, 8 p.m. Feb. 17.
Friedrich Liechtenstein Trio presents electro pop, 8 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets cost €35.
The band The Hirsch Effekt presents progressive tech, black sludge metal, electro punk, 8 p.m. March 3. Tickets cost €17.
Mister Me presents rap and pop, 8 p.m. March 10. Tickets cost €14.

Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern
For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.
Artemis Quartet presents works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Bela Bartók, 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets cost €14, €20 and €25.
The German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present works by Paul Hindemith, Samuel Barber and Ludwig van Beethoven, 8 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets cost €17, €23 and €26.

SWR Studio
Emmerich-Smola-Platz 1, Kaiserslautern
For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.
Concert à la carte: The German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present works by Douglas Lilburn and Jean Sibelius, 1 p.m. March 1. Lunch will be served at noon. Tickets with lunch cost €23; tickets without lunch cost €13.

Volksbank Casino
Fischerstrasse 49, Kaiserslautern:
“Back in Town,” Max Punstein Group and soloists present a concert 8 p.m. March 2. Tickets cost €5.

Haus des Buergers
Ramstein-Miesenbach. For tickets and details, visit www.hausdesbuergers.de.
The woodwind quintet Nimm 5 presents a concert with classical music, 5 p.m. Feb. 18. Tickets cost €12.
Century’s Crime, a Supertramp Tribute Band, performs memorable songs by Supertramp, 8 p.m. Feb. 24. Tickets cost €22.
“Don’t stop the Music – the Evolution of Dance,” with talented dancers, breathtaking choreographies and songs by Elvis Presley, Madonna, the Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Lady Gaga, 8 p.m. March 7. Tickets cost €32.90, €36.20 and €39.50.

musicals / Opera
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de
“La Cenerentola,” Cinderella, a comical opera by Giacchino Rossini, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 21, 24, march 9 and 29; and 6 p.m. March 4; and 3 p.m. March 11.
“Orpheus in der Unterwelt,” an operetta by Jacques Offenbach, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater
Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1: For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit www.theater-saarbruecken.de.
“La Bohème,” an opera by Giacomo Puccini, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 23.
“Blues Brothers,” a rhythm and blues musical, in German, based on the movie by John Landis, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 27; and 6 p.m. Feb. 25.

Landstuhl Stadthalle
For details, visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de
“Alice in Wonderland,” a family musical, in German, 4 p.m. Feb. 25. Tickets cost €15 for children under 16, and €20 for adults.

English Theatre
Frankfurt, Gallusanlage 7
For more information, visit www.english-theatre.org.
“Jekyll & Hyde,” a Gothic music thriller, through March 4. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuedays to Sundays; and 6 p.m. Sundays.

Nationaltheater Mannheim
Am Goetheplatz
For more information, visit www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de.
“Yolanthe,” a lyric concert opera by Pjotr Tschaikowski, in Russian, with German and English subtitles, 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
“Hercules,” a musical drama, in English, 7 p.m. today and Feb. 25.

Weilerbach
Buergerhaus, Schulstrasse 6
Adonia Youth Choir performs the musical “David und Goliath,” in German, 7 p.m. Feb. 16. Admission is free; donations are welcome.

ballet
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.
“Sutherland’s Giselle,” a ballet dance night by James Sutherland, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17, 23, and March 10 and 31.

Miscellaneous

Gartenschau Kaiserslautern event hall
For details visit www.kl-on-ice.de.
Ice-skating rink, open through Feb. 18. Daily skating hours are from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 3 p.m., 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. On Friday and Saturday nights, skating hours are extended until 10 p.m. Admission fee is €2.50 for children and €3.50 for adults.

Otterbach
Oskar-Steiner-Halle
Children’s Fasching party, 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Erfenbach
Kreuzsteinhalle
“Walking in a Winter Wonderland,” a different Fasching party with the band Sergeant, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets at the door cost €10.

Mackenbach
Schulstrasse 10
Children’s Fasching party, 2:11 p.m. Tuesday; Rose Monday party, 8:11 p.m. Monday.

Dansenberg
Layenberger Sporthalle
Pirates’ Fasching party with the band Favorits, 8:11 p.m. Saturday; children’s Fasching party, 2:11 p.m. Tuesday.

Flea markets

Kaiserslautern, Pfalz-Center (across from Daenner Kaserne), 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Saarbruecken, University parking garage, Meerwiesertalweg, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Bad Duerkheim, salt-works in Kurpark, Gutleutstrasse 46, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Fun ‘n’ cult show
Kammgarn Kaiserslautern presents its annual fun ‘n’ cult show with Fred Kellner & Die Famose Soul Sister at 8 p.m. Monday. Tickets cost €22. For more information, visit www.kammgarn.de. — Courtesy photo