program
Do 01.06.
10:00
Drunter und Drüber
Drunter und drüber is a story about friendship and the power of fantasy.Two friends discover a treasure map during a pillow fight. It leads them into a fantastic world. A wondrous, adventurous treasure hunt unfolds before the audience’s eyes, without any spoken language.
19:30
do white ex
animated reading in three languages with a Papersound EnsembleIn collaboration with three dancers, miu has developed a scenic lecture that forms the fifth instalment within his “Ex” series: A landscape of acoustic, literary, and choreographic elements. miu invites the audience to a shared journey based on the examination of in_visibility, therein creating a language that involves visually impaired people.
Fr 02.06.
10:00
Drunter und Drüber
Drunter und drüber is a story about friendship and the power of fantasy.Two friends discover a treasure map during a pillow fight. It leads them into a fantastic world. A wondrous, adventurous treasure hunt unfolds before the audience’s eyes, without any spoken language.
Sa 03.06.
15:00
Drunter und Drüber
Drunter und drüber is a story about friendship and the power of fantasy.Two friends discover a treasure map during a pillow fight. It leads them into a fantastic world. A wondrous, adventurous treasure hunt unfolds before the audience’s eyes, without any spoken language.
17:00
EXPOSED GREEN – THE CITY’S STONY VALLEYS AND GREEN HILLS
as part of RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC LIFEThe 20th century built using exposed concrete, the 21st century builds exposed greens. Hauke Heumann and Jan Lemitz have developed an urban walk that confronts text and imagery with specific locales in urban space.
So 04.06.
11:00
EXPOSED GREEN – THE CITY’S STONY VALLEYS AND GREEN HILLS
as part of RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC LIFEThe 20th century built using exposed concrete, the 21st century builds exposed greens. Hauke Heumann and Jan Lemitz have developed an urban walk that confronts text and imagery with specific locales in urban space.
14:00
Table Talk on the Transformation of Cities and the Public Sphere
as part of RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC LIFEThe table talk gathers artists, scientists, and protagonists from architecture and urban development to discuss current transformations in the relation between cities and the public sphere.
Di 06.06.
16:00
The Studio: Baustellengespräche (THE STUDIO: CONSTRUCTION SITE TALKS)
Over the coming months, a group of performance artists, architects, musicians, and engineers from the Rotterdam Presenta performance platform context will construct a new stage in a former garage. The participants will ask themselves, the audience, and outside experts: What should this space look like that determines our gathering?
18:00
Bar Night +
The FFT Foyer is not only a splendid space to wait for the start of a theatre performance. Starting now, you can also use it to simply meet people here for a drink, gather with friends, letting your day wind down. In May, and by way of exception, we will invite you to the bar on the second Tuesday of the month.
Do 08.06.
20:00
JUSTITIA! IDENTITY CASES
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Can it be an advantage to belong to a group that faces discrimination? For some jobs and subsidies, yes. But matters become heated when people from the majority community claim to be part of a group facing discrimination. Is that a case for the courts? Or the online pillory? And what is at stake in the theatre? Four activists discuss these questions in a fast-paced show about the relationship between theatre, court and social media.
Fr 09.06.
11:00
KULTUR-FRÜHSTÜCK (Cultural Breakfast)
Welcome to the Cultural Breakfast at the FFT Düsseldorf. This free offer is for everyone who wants to take a look behind the scenes of independent theater and talk about it with others! Every 2nd Friday of the month we invite you to our foyer to meet artists and other guests, current topics and new plays.
19:00
FIGURING AGE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023A touching evocation of ghosts: using video recordings and precise impersonations created by the young choreographer, three dancers who have passed away are brought back to life – and with them their moving life stories reflecting the freedom of modern dance and the oppression of 20th century ideologies.
19:00
DUDES HALTEN ENDLICH DIE KLAPPE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Finally – a play about old white men! Featuring two examples of the species and two twelve-year-old girls. Only this time the usual order of things has been reversed. The girls say what’s what and the dudes keep their mouths shut.
20:30
EXPECT A TIGER
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Within the dark space stands a brightly lit kitchen with a long table in front of it for the audience. On the menu: four courses together with stories about the hard work in the kitchens of top restaurants. How can the evening be made unforgettable and everyone’s efforts be recognised in equal measure?
21:00
MI VIDA EN TRÁNSITO
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023‘MI VIDA EN TRÁNSITO’ documents an involuntary return to Argentina and the distress that follows. caruso + avila mould this into an affectionate dialogue about depression and hope that bridges thousands of kilometres of separation and the borderline between the real and the virtual.
Sa 10.06.
16:00
FIGURING AGE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023A touching evocation of ghosts: using video recordings and precise impersonations created by the young choreographer, three dancers who have passed away are brought back to life – and with them their moving life stories reflecting the freedom of modern dance and the oppression of 20th century ideologies.
18:00
DUDES HALTEN ENDLICH DIE KLAPPE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Finally – a play about old white men! Featuring two examples of the species and two twelve-year-old girls. Only this time the usual order of things has been reversed. The girls say what’s what and the dudes keep their mouths shut.
18:00
MI VIDA EN TRÁNSITO
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023‘MI VIDA EN TRÁNSITO’ documents an involuntary return to Argentina and the distress that follows. caruso + avila mould this into an affectionate dialogue about depression and hope that bridges thousands of kilometres of separation and the borderline between the real and the virtual.
19:30
MAGDA TOFFLER. Versuch über das Schweigen
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Boris Nikitin’s grandmother came from a Jewish family but kept this secret to herself until she died. Her grandson goes in search for the origins of silence. A captivatingly simple and direct monologue.
21:00
JUSTITIA! IDENTITY CASES
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Can it be an advantage to belong to a group that faces discrimination? For some jobs and subsidies, yes. But matters become heated when people from the majority community claim to be part of a group facing discrimination. Is that a case for the courts? Or the online pillory? And what is at stake in the theatre? Four activists discuss these questions in a fast-paced show about the relationship between theatre, court and social media.
So 11.06.
12:00
FIGURING AGE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023A touching evocation of ghosts: using video recordings and precise impersonations created by the young choreographer, three dancers who have passed away are brought back to life – and with them their moving life stories reflecting the freedom of modern dance and the oppression of 20th century ideologies.
20:00
EXPECT A TIGER
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Within the dark space stands a brightly lit kitchen with a long table in front of it for the audience. On the menu: four courses together with stories about the hard work in the kitchens of top restaurants. How can the evening be made unforgettable and everyone’s efforts be recognised in equal measure?
Mo 12.06.
19:00
EXPECT A TIGER
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Within the dark space stands a brightly lit kitchen with a long table in front of it for the audience. On the menu: four courses together with stories about the hard work in the kitchens of top restaurants. How can the evening be made unforgettable and everyone’s efforts be recognised in equal measure?
Di 13.06.
19:00
FLAMES TO DUST
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Inspired by the Death Positive movement and based on their own experiences, the collective Henrike Iglesias has created a show about mortality and grief from a consciously young perspective. With two performers and the audience’s telephones in the leading roles.
21:00
FLAMES TO DUST
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Inspired by the Death Positive movement and based on their own experiences, the collective Henrike Iglesias has created a show about mortality and grief from a consciously young perspective. With two performers and the audience’s telephones in the leading roles.
Mi 14.06.
17:00
FIGURING AGE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023A touching evocation of ghosts: using video recordings and precise impersonations created by the young choreographer, three dancers who have passed away are brought back to life – and with them their moving life stories reflecting the freedom of modern dance and the oppression of 20th century ideologies.
19:00
FLAMES TO DUST
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Inspired by the Death Positive movement and based on their own experiences, the collective Henrike Iglesias has created a show about mortality and grief from a consciously young perspective. With two performers and the audience’s telephones in the leading roles.
21:00
FLAMES TO DUST
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Inspired by the Death Positive movement and based on their own experiences, the collective Henrike Iglesias has created a show about mortality and grief from a consciously young perspective. With two performers and the audience’s telephones in the leading roles.
Do 15.06.
18:30
VIELLEICHT
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Street names form a collective history. Cédric Djedje and Safi Martin Yé report on the 40-year struggle to re-name three streets in Berlin’s “African Quarter”. Video interviews with activists, stories of historic events and personal experiences coalesce into a clear political message.
21:00
SZENARIO
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023The most important genre of contemporary art is the funding application. In ‘SZENARIO’, this becomes the absurd book for a musical. Four forestry workers in a snowy landscape sing about “activities to achieve their objectives,” their “budget for funding and costs” and their individual struggles with work, poverty and personal fulfilment.
Fr 16.06.
18:00
FIGURING AGE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023A touching evocation of ghosts: using video recordings and precise impersonations created by the young choreographer, three dancers who have passed away are brought back to life – and with them their moving life stories reflecting the freedom of modern dance and the oppression of 20th century ideologies.
18:30
VIELLEICHT
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Street names form a collective history. Cédric Djedje and Safi Martin Yé report on the 40-year struggle to re-name three streets in Berlin’s “African Quarter”. Video interviews with activists, stories of historic events and personal experiences coalesce into a clear political message.
20:00
STEINERNE GÄSTE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023On stage the artist can be seen with an empty podium. Orphaned plinths like this are the subject of ‘STEINERNE GÄSTE’ which is concerned with the afterlife of toppled statues – after they have fallen, are they genuinely gone? A production that shifts between a sober lecture and bombastic opera music.
21:00
SINFONIE DES FORTSCHRITTS
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Picking cucumbers, delivering packages, cleaning bloody abattoirs – three performers tell of people from Eastern Europe working in the West under degrading conditions. Repurposed jigsaws and cordless drills create the carpet of sound for this spoken concert.
Sa 17.06.
17:00
FIGURING AGE
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023A touching evocation of ghosts: using video recordings and precise impersonations created by the young choreographer, three dancers who have passed away are brought back to life – and with them their moving life stories reflecting the freedom of modern dance and the oppression of 20th century ideologies.
18:30
VIELLEICHT
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023Street names form a collective history. Cédric Djedje and Safi Martin Yé report on the 40-year struggle to re-name three streets in Berlin’s “African Quarter”. Video interviews with activists, stories of historic events and personal experiences coalesce into a clear political message.
21:00
SZENARIO
as part of IMPULSE THEATER FESTIVAL 2023The most important genre of contemporary art is the funding application. In ‘SZENARIO’, this becomes the absurd book for a musical. Four forestry workers in a snowy landscape sing about “activities to achieve their objectives,” their “budget for funding and costs” and their individual struggles with work, poverty and personal fulfilment.
Mi 21.06.
20:00
ETEL ADNAN: THERE. HIER / DORT
‘There’ is a prose poem by Lebanese-American poet, philosopher, and painter Etel Adnan (1925 – 2021). Written in 1997, during the Yugoslav Wars, it deals with conflict between individuals, societies, and genders. Musician and composer Ulrike Haage transforms Etel Adnan’s poem into an open musical-tonal fabric in the here and now of thinking and speaking, live ‘at, in, and under’ the grand piano and in dialogue with an actress.
Do 22.06.
20:00
ETEL ADNAN: THERE. HIER / DORT
‘There’ is a prose poem by Lebanese-American poet, philosopher, and painter Etel Adnan (1925 – 2021). Written in 1997, during the Yugoslav Wars, it deals with conflict between individuals, societies, and genders. Musician and composer Ulrike Haage transforms Etel Adnan’s poem into an open musical-tonal fabric in the here and now of thinking and speaking, live ‘at, in, and under’ the grand piano and in dialogue with an actress.