“The most sustainable stage design is the one that isn’t built at all…” – this radical stance may be true, but it’s not right. Because no theater, no culture, no art is not a solution. On the contrary! Theater, art, and culture are not part of the problem, but part of the solution. Thinking about theater sustainably, designing and producing stage sets sustainably – how can this be achieved? What opportunities does this offer set designers? Where do the challenges lie? Using sample productions, Lecturer Ralph Zeger will present solutions, show best practices, and also address the difficulties. This will encourage reflection on what it means to create theater in times of climate change.

Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7 pm
Location: TU Berlin, Studiengang Bühnenbild_Szenischer Raum
Ackerstrasse 76, 13355 Berlin-Wedding
Room: Studio 484 (Hof 3, 4th floor, left)

Ralph Zeger is a stage and costume designer and head of set design at the Landesbühnen Sachsen. He is a board member of the German Scenography Association and heads its working group on ecological sustainability. He is also a transformation manager for sustainable culture and advises cultural institutions on their sustainable transformation processes. He is the author of the guide “Green Stage – Sustainable Design and Production in Scenography.” He has held teaching positions, given lectures, and led workshops at various universities, institutions, and events, including Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, MUK Vienna, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, HFBK Hamburg, documenta 15 Kassel, and LMU Munich.

The lecture is being held in cooperation with SZENOGRAFIE-BUND.
Admission is free. Drinks are available on a donation basis.

Fotocredits / Productions:
Portrait Ralph Zeger (c) Rene Jungnickel
Die große Reblauskatastrophe, Landesbühnen Sachsen 2023 (c) Ralph Zeger
Unterleuten, Landesbühnen Sachsen 2023 (c) Ralph Zeger
König Ubu, Landesbühnen Sachsen 2024 (c) Ralph Zeger