News - Passion 2022

17.08.2021

Of humans and animals

In the Passion Play, it is not only humans who play a role. And they are not always the ones in charge.

23.05.2021

It will go on

It is still a year until the premiere of the 42nd Passion Play. Play director Christian Stückl takes time to reflect on the past months.

31.03.2021

Big world in miniature

An exhibition in the Oberammergau Museum shows stage models of past Passion Plays and the Rosner rehearsal

16.03.2021

Oberammergau wins bid from German National Tourist Board for Germany Travel Mart (GTM)

The largest incoming workshop for Destination Germany will take place in Oberammergau in 2022.

15.03.2021

Are we Jesus?

Frederik Mayet and Rochus Rückel – two main actors between melancholy and anticipation

09.03.2021

Christian Stückl awarded the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal

Deutscher Koordinierungsrat honors Stückl's commitment against anti-Semitism and racism and his fight against anti-Judaism in the Passion Play

17.02.2021

Press release for the Youth Days on May 7 and 8, 2022

On May 7 and 8, 2022, for the first time in the almost 400-year history of the Oberammergau Passion Play, Youth Days will take place.

17.02.2021

Press Release: Hair and Beard Decree on Ash Wednesday

As of today, the people from Oberammergau will have to let their hair grow.

08.02.2021

Times are getting hairy - The Hair and Beard Decree on Ash Wednesday

About growing out hair, beards in times of FFP2 masks, guys with ponytails, and all the awkward in-between stages.

18.12.2020

We will perform the Play

The beards are shaved, the Oberammergau Passion Play 2020 has been postponed by two years. But the team is already in the midst of planning.

18.11.2020

Christian Stückl wird Ehrenbürger Oberammergaus

Am gestrigen Dienstag wurde der Spielleiter vom Gemeinderat zum Ehrenbürger ernannt.

11.11.2020

A Space for Eternity

The Oberammergau Passion Play Theatre has been a listed building since October

26.10.2020

The Dramatic Moment

The Oberammergau Museum exhibits photographs of the Passion Play from 170 years

07.10.2020

The Oberammergau Passion Play Theatre is now a listed building

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation has included the theatre building in its list of monuments

01.10.2020

Advance ticket sales start for the Oberammergau Passion Play 2022

Director Christian Stückl gave an overview of the current state of planning and presented the schedule until the premiere on 14th May 2022.

07.08.2020

A village way beyond the ordinary

Growing up in Oberammergau means growing up living and breathing theatre. Some villagers even make art their profession.

27.07.2020

Award of the Abraham Geiger Prize to Christian Stückl

On 26 July 2020 Christian Stückl was awarded the Abraham Geiger Prize for his commitment against anti-Semitism and racism.

14.06.2020

What the Passion Play has to do with snowboarding

About an unusual collaboration in unusual times

27.04.2020

Is this the house of God - or a marketplace?

How 130 clay jugs are made, destroyed and glued together again in Oberammergau

21.04.2020

Halted in full swing

The Oberammergau Passion Play 2020 has to be postponed by two years