Grey skies and rain showers have been the order of the day for open-air theaters in Saxony so far this summer. Many spectators have not been put off by this, but the weather has been a challenge for the theaters - sometimes there has been no choice but not to open the curtain at all.
So far, two performances in the summer program of the Felsenbühne Rathen in Saxon Switzerland have had to be cancelled due to the weather: One was the family play "Little Red Riding Hood" and the other was the stage version of Sabine Ebert's novel "The Midwife's Trail".
"For an open-air stage in the middle of nature, such weather-related cancellations are not unusual, but nevertheless regrettable - both for the audience and for the ensemble," said the Landesbühnen Sachsen in response to a dpa inquiry.
