EDG Performances

Save the date!

The summer semester's performances may be over but don't fret: An exciting new EDG production is already in preparation. Come see us perform Oscar Wilde's timeless classic The Importance of Being Earnest this February:

February 7, 2026, 5pm
February 8, 2026, 5pm
February 10, 2026, 7pm
February 11, 2026, 7pm
Doors open 15 minutes earlier.
Location: H7, Bielefeld University
Admission: Free
​Donations Welcome

Wanna get involved? Come to our first rehearsal on the 16th of April 2026 at 6pm sharp! The room will be announced soon. 

Past productions

July 2025: Terry Pratchett’s Mort adapted by Stephen Briggs, produced by Eric Eikelmann

February 2025: Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood by Adam Szymkowicz, produced by Eric Eikelmann

July 2024: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by James Goss & Arvind Ethan David, based on the novel by Douglas Adams, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

April 2024 (EDG Plus): The Satyricon by Martin Foreman adapted from Gaius Petronius, produced by Eric Eikelmann

February 2024: Education Is Dead - A Different Kind of Lecture created by the EDG, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

September 2023:The Princess Bride (revival), produced by Antje Hey

July 2023: She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

January/February 2023: The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

August/September 2022 [Summer Project] Stories of Now. Improvised 2-act-plays, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

July 2022: Lost and Found. Dramatizing Poetry, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

February 2022: Reconnected: You and Me. Six Scenes for two Actors each, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

July/September 2021: A Midsummer Night's Dream (audio play and mask theatre performance) by William Shakespeare, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

Winter 2020/21: Monologues Across Time and Space, produced by Elisabeth Ebert
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July 2020: Shortfilm project Mind_over_matter created by the EDG, produced by Elisabeth Ebert​

January/February 2020: CLICK HERE* (*we don't sell your data and other likeable lies) created by the EDG, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

July 2019: Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith, produced by Elisabeth Ebert

Winter 2018/19: One Act at a Time (one-acts: Eight Rooms by Caryl Churchill, Trifles by Susan Glaspell, and The Children by Edward Bond), produced by Nick Maaß

July[?] 2018: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, produced by Nick Maaß

Winter 2017/18: The Revenger’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton, produced by Nick Maaß

Summer 2017: Stuff Happens by David Hare, produced by Angie Starczyk and Nick Maaß

Winter 2016/17: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (adaptation by Sherman L. Sergel), produced by Angie Starczyk

Summer 2016: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (adaptation by Angie Starczyk and Sabine Wolf), produced by Angie Starczyk

June/July 2016: The Princess Bride (revival), produced by Bernhard Eickenberg [?]

May 2016: Apart Time based on the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick, produced by Angie Starczyk [?]

February 2016: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, produced by Angie Starczyk

February 2016: 1984 by George Orwell (adaptation by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall, Jr., and William A. Miles, Jr.), produced by Angie Starczyk

July 2015: Dracula by William McNulty, produced by Angie Starczyk

February 2015: The Curious Savage by John Patrick, produced by Angie Starczyk and Sonja Vollmer

December 2014: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie, produced by Jessica Pade and Till Meister

September/October 2014: The Princess Bride, produced by Bernhard Eickenberg

July 2014: The Rover by Aphra Behn, produced by Sonja Vollmer and Stefan Mießeler

May 2014: Delancey Street [?]

February 2014: The Ordinary Madness - A Three Act Trip into Your Unconscious (one-acts: That’s the Spirit by Stefan Fabrizio Geisler, Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams, and God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza), produced by Stefan Becker, Angie Starczyk and Sonja Vollmer

January 2014: No Exit by J. P. Sartre, produced by Stefan Becker [part of Uni-Theater Festival 2014]

October 2013: The Watch of Ankh-Morpork: A Discworld Tale based on the novel Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett, produced by Bernhard Eickenberg

July 2013: The Crucible by Arthur Miller, produced by Stefan Becker

March 2013: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, produced by Stefan Becker

July 2012: Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams, produced by Stefan Becker

February 2012: The Godfather by Lasse Lassen, produced by Lasse Lassen

January 2012: Family Disaster (one-acts: The Respectful Prostitute by Jean Paul Satre, and Plaza Suite: Visitor from Forest Hills by Neil Simon), produced by Stefan Becker [part of Uni-Theater Festival 2012]

December 2011: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (modified stage adaptation by Walter Ben Hare), produced by Stefan Becker

July 2011: Leave My Family Life Alone! (one-acts: The Anniversary by Anton Chekhov, The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre, Plaza Suite – Visitor From Forest Hills by Neil Simon, and Facing Death by August Strindberg), produced by Stefan Becker and Marie Gloystein

February 2011: The Queen and I by Sue Townsend, produced by Stefan Becker and Helena Erlach

July 2010: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, produced by Marie Gloystein

January 2010: The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams, produced by Marie Gloystein

July 2009: Quality Street by J.M. Berrie, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

June 2009: The Lover by H. Pinter, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri [part of Uni-Theater-Tage 2009]

Summer 2009: The Green Cockatoo by Arthur Schnitzler (revival), produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

January 2009: The Murder Has Two Faces (included plays by Edward Albee, Paul Reakes, Alfred Greenaway, Eugene O’Neill, William Morum and William Dinner), produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

October 2008: The Path Not Taken (city tour) (including excerpts from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde), produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

June 2008: The Green Cockatoo by Arthur Schnitzler, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

January/February 2008: Our Town by Thornton Wilder, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri 

June/July 2007: Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri [part of Uni-Theater-Tage 2007]

January 2007: The House of Bernarda Alba adapted from Federico García Lorca, produced my Mirjam Manoutchehri

July 2006: An Evening of One-Act Plays by Harold Pinter, Michael Frayn, Tennessee Williams, and Lee Blessing (one-acts: ?) [30th EDG Anniversary], produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

Winter 2005/06: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

Summer 2005: Private Lives by Noël Coward, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

June 2005: The Madhouse (an interactive performance workshop), produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri [part of Uni-Theater-Tage 2005]

January 2005: The Scottish Play by Graham Holiday, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

Summer 2004: Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn, produced Mirjam Manoutchehri

January 2004: Bone-Chiller by Monk Ferris, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

June 2003: A Tennessee Williams Evening  (including: Portrait Of A Madonna by Tennessee Williams, Lord Byron's Love Letter by Tennessee Williams, I Rise In Flame, Cried The Phoenix by Tennessee Williams), produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

Winter 2002/03: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

July 2002: The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter, produced by Mirjam Manoutchehri

Winter 2001/02: For Services Rendered by William Somerset Maugham, produced by Martin Winks

July 2001: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee, produced by Martin Winks

Winter 2000/01 : Harlequinade by Terrence Rattigan, produced by Martin Winks

Summer 2000: Beckett Fragments (an evening of English and French), produced by Martin Winks

Winter 1999/2000: Betrayal by Harold Pinter, produced by Martin Winks

1999: Bums on Seats by Michael Snelgrov, produced by Martin Winks

1998: Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan, produced by Martin Winks

February 1997: An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, produced by Martin Winks

February 1996: 4 One Act Plays (one-acts: Bananas by Richard Bradshaw, Between Mouthfuls by Alan Ayckbourn, Heartland by Tony Dunham, and Thirst by Flann O'Brien), produced by Martin Winks

January/February 1995: Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn, produced by Martin Winks

January/February/May 1994: The Life and Death of Almost Everybody by David Campton, produced by Martin Winks

Summer 1992: Unwanted Hair by Laura Park, produced by Martin Winks

June/July 1992: Ten Tiny Fingers, Nine Tiny Toes by Sue Townsend, produced by Martin Winks

January 1992: The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufmann and Moss Hart, produced by Martin Winks [two of the performances were held during the Festival of European Anglophone Student Drama (FEAST 92)]

June/July 1991: 4 One-Act Plays (one-acts: Humphrey Pumphrey Had a Great Fall by Alfred Greenaway, The Education of Meg by June Hornby, Bang, You're Dead! by Paul Reakes, and Sandcastles on the Beach by John McColl), produced by Martin Winks 

January 1991: 5 One-Act Plays (one-acts: A Man's Best Friend by James Saunders, Norma by Alan Owen, Gladly Otherwise by N.F. Simpson, Countdown by Alan Ayckbourn, and Resting Place by David Campton) (revival), produced by Martin Winks [performed during the Festival of European Anglophone Student Drama (FEAST 91)]

Summer 1990: Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, produced by Martin Winks

1989: Mixed Doubles: An Entertainment on Marriage (including: A Man's Best Friend by James Saunders, Norma by Alun Owen, Permanence by Fay Weldon, Countdown by Alan Ayckbourn, Silver Wedding by John Bowen, and Resting Place by David Campton), produced by Martin Winks

1989: The Missing Link by Jack Sharkey, produced by Martin Winks

June/July 1988: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie, produced by Martin Winks

June/July 1987: The Disappearance of Katie by Don Cherret and Evan Thomas, produced by Martin Winks

June/July 1986: A Theatrical Evening Composed of Extracts from Four Modern Classics (including: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Everything in the Garden by Giles Cooper) produced by Martin Winks

June 1985: Come on, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, produced by Martin Winks

June 1984: 5 One-Act Plays By David Campton (one-acts: Mutatis Mutandis, Then, Soldier from the Wars Returning, The End of the Picnic, and A Point of View by David Campton), produced by Martin Winks

July 1983: 5 Slightly Disturbing Plays (including: Last to Go by Harold Pinter, Gladly Otherwise and The Form by N.F. Simpson, and One Blast and Have Done and A Seperate Piece by Tom Stoppard), produced by Martin Winks

July 1982: 2 Plays by Noël Coward (including: Fumed Oak and Still Life by Noël Coward), produced by Martin Winks

July 1981: 2 One-Act Plays (including: Rock Bottom by Nina Warner Hooke and A Fishy Business by Margaret Wood), produced by Martin Winks

Winter 1979/80: 5 Revue Sketches by Harold Pinter (including: Trouble in the Works, The Black and White, Applicant, Night, and That's All) (revival) and Search Party - An Improved Play in One Act (public viewing of a recording from the previous semester), produced by Martin Winks [part of university's ten year anniversary celebration]

Summer 1979: Six Revue Sketches by Harold Pinter (including: Trouble in the Works, The Black and White, Applicant, Night, Interview, and That's All)  and Search Party – An Improved Play in One Act based on the original by Mark Bevan, produced by Martin Winks

July 1978: The Norman Conquest by Alan Ayckbourn, produced by Martin Winks

July 1977: Irish Evening: "A Pound on Demand" – A Sketch in One Act by Sean O’ Casey, produced by Martin Winks