“I, Antigone” at the Staatstheater Mainz: Tragedy all-inclusive

Can you drink your way to the theater? It’s hard to say whether the Mainz audience has become more lenient since they were given free drinks before performances and during the intervals, alcoholic and non-alcoholic in unlimited quantities, as much as they can manage and want. What sounds like an open day and a promotional campaign to acquire subscribers has been common practice at the Mainz State Theater since the start of this season with the introduction of a combination ticket. Combination ticket, that is: theater all-inclusive. Anyone who buys a theater ticket is purchasing a complete catering package that includes food, drinks, pretzels and Meenzer Spundekäs (a local cream cheese preparation) as well as the fees for the program and cloakroom. All of this for a ticket price that is only seven euros higher, shown on the ticket as a catering flat rate; for premieres it is twelve euros.