Death on the Throne – The Loosical at the Upstairs at the Gatehouse

The musical will run from 27 March to 13 April

A simple bedtime story swirls into a surreal tale of four flawed souls stuck in purgatory—a celestial bathroom—in this irreverent yet warmhearted new musical with songs by German pop-rock star Tobias Künzel (Die Prinzen) and Mark Underwood.

With four new arrivals but only three spots in the afterlife, St. Peter is barely keeping his head above water. As each soul pleads their case for a second chance on Earth, ‘help’ arrives in the form of (puppet) Elvis and, you guessed it, (puppet) former leader of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker.

With hints of Avenue Q, this toe-tapping romp through the absurdity of bureaucracy, the search for meaning in utter chaos, and the hope that even the most flawed among us can find redemption promises to be anything but bog-standard.

Death on the Throne – The Loosical is written by Mark Underwood and Tobias Künzel.

MEWES Entertainment Group, event-net GmbH and Puppentheater Halle produce the musical.

Cast and creatives are yet to be announced.