program
Mi 01.10.
20:00
train train 3/3
as part of Nippon Performance Nightsmiu lets the theatre audience not only hear and see the urban space but really feel it. The audience will be accompanied through an imaginary urban scene. Tiny music machines develop their own rhythms. They begin a dialogue with literary fragments and the voices of the performers and interpreters who share their memories.
Do 02.10.
19 – 21 Uhr
Stadt(T)Räume-Bilder-Schaukasten
(Urban Spaces/ Dreams – Images – Showcase) as part of Nippon Performance NightsAt dusk, a mobile film installation shows up at various locations within the city. All the required technical elements are mounted onto a bicycle. On a screen, a hand-drawn animation film by Naoko Tanaka appears. A fleeting theatre experience in public space.
20:00
Webscapes
The Recorded Sound Festival seventh edition, with its thematic focus on “Webscapes”, presents electronic audio productions that gauge and survey the internet’s fabric of digital space acoustically, exploring its musicality. During the evening, a spectacular space-sound-environment emerges, foregoing visual impulses, inviting the visitors to just listen.
Fr 03.10.
19 – 21 Uhr
Stadt(T)Räume-Bilder-Schaukasten
(Urban Spaces/ Dreams – Images – Showcase) as part of Nippon Performance NightsAt dusk, a mobile film installation shows up at various locations within the city. All the required technical elements are mounted onto a bicycle. On a screen, a hand-drawn animation film by Naoko Tanaka appears. A fleeting theatre experience in public space.
Sa 04.10.
19 – 21 Uhr
Stadt(T)Räume-Bilder-Schaukasten
(Urban Spaces/ Dreams – Images – Showcase) as part of Nippon Performance NightsAt dusk, a mobile film installation shows up at various locations within the city. All the required technical elements are mounted onto a bicycle. On a screen, a hand-drawn animation film by Naoko Tanaka appears. A fleeting theatre experience in public space.
20:00
train train 3/3
as part of Nippon Performance Nightsmiu lets the theatre audience not only hear and see the urban space but really feel it. The audience will be accompanied through an imaginary urban scene. Tiny music machines develop their own rhythms. They begin a dialogue with literary fragments and the voices of the performers and interpreters who share their memories.
So 05.10.
16:00
Was für ein (schönes) Chaos (What a [nice] chaos)
Play development by Manuel Moser and ensemble as part of Spielarten 2025Chaos everywhere. Outside, on stage, in the head. What is beautiful about it, and what could we do without? Two chaotic slobs attempt to stage a play, and we watch them fail again and again. They dance, they sing, narrate, and at the end, something new, something beautiful, something hopeful emerges from all this mess.
18:00
train train 3/3
as part of Nippon Performance Nightsmiu lets the theatre audience not only hear and see the urban space but really feel it. The audience will be accompanied through an imaginary urban scene. Tiny music machines develop their own rhythms. They begin a dialogue with literary fragments and the voices of the performers and interpreters who share their memories.
19 – 21 Uhr
Stadt(T)Räume-Bilder-Schaukasten
(Urban Spaces/ Dreams – Images – Showcase) as part of Nippon Performance NightsAt dusk, a mobile film installation shows up at various locations within the city. All the required technical elements are mounted onto a bicycle. On a screen, a hand-drawn animation film by Naoko Tanaka appears. A fleeting theatre experience in public space.
Mo 06.10.
10:00
Was für ein (schönes) Chaos (What a [nice] chaos)
Play development by Manuel Moser and ensemble as part of Spielarten 2025Chaos everywhere. Outside, on stage, in the head. What is beautiful about it, and what could we do without? Two chaotic slobs attempt to stage a play, and we watch them fail again and again. They dance, they sing, narrate, and at the end, something new, something beautiful, something hopeful emerges from all this mess.
Mi 08.10.
10:00
Mädchenschrift (Girl’s Script)
A Monologue by Özlem Özgül Dündar as part of Spielarten 2025Mädchenschrift is simultaneously description, (self)exploration, and manifesto – the rebellion of a young woman against the ascriptions and impositions, the evaluations and the harassment that are all supposed to keep her small, strangling her.
Do 09.10.
09:00
Chiffonnade
as part of Spielarten 2025The audience experiences how a dancer undergoes a metamorphosis: Flourishing, breaking free, discovering, and, finally, flying. CHIFFONADE speaks of emancipation, of a child’s pupa, growing without losing the inquisitive gaze upon the world surrounding them.
11:00
Chiffonnade
as part of Spielarten 2025The audience experiences how a dancer undergoes a metamorphosis: Flourishing, breaking free, discovering, and, finally, flying. CHIFFONADE speaks of emancipation, of a child’s pupa, growing without losing the inquisitive gaze upon the world surrounding them.
Fr 10.10.
10:00
Fighters for Future
as part of Spielarten 2025Global warming, pollution, tipping points – Earth is burning, everybody knows that. Maja, Knut, and Nemo cannot get past the climate catastrophe. Because it seems as if the world is doomed soon, the three throw a birthday party for everything that is bound to get lost. But is it really already too late?
11:00
Cultural Breakfast
Welcome to the Culture Breakfast at FFT Düsseldorf. This free offer is aimed at anyone who would like 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 meet artists and other guests, current topics and new plays in our foyer.
20:00
Die Vier im roten Kreis (The Four in the red circle)
Four electronic musicians – YurkE, Harmonious Thelonious, Pondskater und Selyst –present four live sets ranging from club to experiment and ritual. An evening for ears, bodies, and open frequencies. Let us trust the Four in the red circle!
Fr 17.10.
19:00
Leonce und Lena
A comedy after Georg BüchnerLeonce und Lena are supposed to be wed in an arranged marriage. They flee to Italy, undetected and independently of each other. There, they meet, do not recognise each other, and fall into undying love. Senior citizen’s theatre SeTA approaches this classic with hip hop and teenage slang in a reworking by its new director Nicola Glück. In it, the ensemble looks back on the love story in retrospect.
Sa 18.10.
19:00
Leonce und Lena
A comedy after Georg BüchnerLeonce und Lena are supposed to be wed in an arranged marriage. They flee to Italy, undetected and independently of each other. There, they meet, do not recognise each other, and fall into undying love. Senior citizen’s theatre SeTA approaches this classic with hip hop and teenage slang in a reworking by its new director Nicola Glück. In it, the ensemble looks back on the love story in retrospect.
So 19.10.
15:00
Leonce und Lena
A comedy after Georg BüchnerLeonce und Lena are supposed to be wed in an arranged marriage. They flee to Italy, undetected and independently of each other. There, they meet, do not recognise each other, and fall into undying love. Senior citizen’s theatre SeTA approaches this classic with hip hop and teenage slang in a reworking by its new director Nicola Glück. In it, the ensemble looks back on the love story in retrospect.
Sa 25.10.
19:00
(Re)Moving Stories
The young performers in Ingo Toben’s new performance recall moments in which talking about emotions changed the action. The audience discovers how free expression of inner movement can become the starting point of an alert, critical consciousness – and how often this consciousness must withstand manipulation.
So 26.10.
17:00
(Re)Moving Stories
The young performers in Ingo Toben’s new performance recall moments in which talking about emotions changed the action. The audience discovers how free expression of inner movement can become the starting point of an alert, critical consciousness – and how often this consciousness must withstand manipulation.
Mo 27.10.
19:00
(Re)Moving Stories
The young performers in Ingo Toben’s new performance recall moments in which talking about emotions changed the action. The audience discovers how free expression of inner movement can become the starting point of an alert, critical consciousness – and how often this consciousness must withstand manipulation.
Mi 29.10.
19:00
Autos zu Schiffen (Cars to Ships)
A Conversation with Mobility Researcher Andreas Knie as part of Die ArgonauseIn this edition of Die Argonause, we will be in conversation with mobility researcher Andreas Knie. He will present his book “Wo kommen bloß die vielen Autos her und wie werden wir sie wieder los?” (“Where do all these cars come from, and how will we get rid of them again?”).











