program

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.

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.

Opera in the here and now! The Robert Schumann Hochschule finds the essence of a time marked by tempo and simultaneity: Hanna Werth stages three experimental chamber operas composed by students Yejun You, Bastián Jorquera, and Antoine Eden.

Opera in the here and now! The Robert Schumann Hochschule finds the essence of a time marked by tempo and simultaneity: Hanna Werth stages three experimental chamber operas composed by students Yejun You, Bastián Jorquera, and Antoine Eden.

Hypnagogia denotes an intermediate state between waking and sleeping accompanied by sensory impressions ranging to and including vivid hallucinations. The Hypnagogic session invites all those who are interested to explore states between waking and sleeping first hand on November 11.

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.

Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué take their audience back to the year 1947. Bertolt Brecht has been summoned to answer to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that was set up to fight communist machinations. Brecht has specifically drafted a declaration for this occasion, which he is ultimately not allowed to read out. Using Brecht songs, historic material and witty humour, the timeless question for the freedom and liberty of the arts is posed.

Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué take up the Christoph Schlingensieff Guest Professorship for the 2025/ 2026 winter term at the Scenic Research master programme at Ruhr University Bochum. This professorship was initiated by Kunststiftung NRW and enables students to work with internationally renowned artists and collectives on current topics in the performing arts. On the occasion of the awarding, Kunststiftung NRW and Scenic Research issue an invitation to an introduction to the work of the artist duo.

Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué take their audience back to the year 1947. Bertolt Brecht has been summoned to answer to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) that was set up to fight communist machinations. Brecht has specifically drafted a declaration for this occasion, which he is ultimately not allowed to read out. Using Brecht songs, historic material and witty humour, the timeless question for the freedom and liberty of the arts is posed.

Many things changed for women in Poland and Germany during the Interwar period: Suffrage, new professional liberties. On film and on stage, they were depicted as self-determined, strong and sensual. This evening invites us to reflect on these times: Where do we stand today? What remained – and what was lost? As part of Polish Freedom Weekend. Freedom is a Woman

At the outset of the three-part lecture series “Fremder Planet”, theatre scholar Ulrike Haß talks about the human species, the first biological species that causes mass species extinction. The image this species produces of itself has historically grown – and has been decisive for the human triumph over nature.

We are supposed to find recuperation in sleep. We spend around one third of our lives in this state. Yet, more and more people suffer from sleep problems. The Fall of Sleep is a poetic ritual that invokes a condition between waking and sleeping.

How can we maintain a pluralist, democratic exchange in the face of changed realities in the municipalities? What to do against far-right hostilities – be it in the parliaments or in social media? DIE VIELEN NRW invite all current and prospective networking partners to a solidarity exchange.

The political categories have become totally jumbled: Where is right, where is left? Where is up, where down…? In the so-called hyper politics, everyone is confused, hyperactive, and burnt out all at the same time. Berlin collective andcompany&Co. searches for the root causes.

We are supposed to find recuperation in sleep. We spend around one third of our lives in this state. Yet, more and more people suffer from sleep problems. The Fall of Sleep is a poetic ritual that invokes a condition between waking and sleeping.

The political categories have become totally jumbled: Where is right, where is left? Where is up, where down…? In the so-called hyper politics, everyone is confused, hyperactive, and burnt out all at the same time. Berlin collective andcompany&Co. searches for the root causes.

Japanese experimental band Kukangendai returns to the FFT on their European tour. They present a new, sprawling live set based on their current album “Tracks” (2023), with excursions into the world of quieter, jazzier acoustic music.

Urban Revolution denotes the everyday reality of the neoliberal restructuring of our cities since the 1990s – one of the most important points of reference for the life and thinking of critical urban sociologist Klaus Ronneberger (1950-2025), who passed away in April. We remember him in talks and contributions with and by colleagues, friends, and companions.

We are supposed to find recuperation in sleep. We spend around one third of our lives in this state. Yet, more and more people suffer from sleep problems. The Fall of Sleep is a poetic ritual that invokes a condition between waking and sleeping.

20 years of Approximation Festival! The festival celebrates its anniversary with three days packed full of new sounds, surprising encounters and energy-filled contrasts from minimalism to jazz, electronics, and improvisation in the form of DJ sets and concerts.

20 years of Approximation Festival! The festival celebrates its anniversary with three days packed full of new sounds, surprising encounters and energy-filled contrasts from minimalism to jazz, electronics, and improvisation in the form of DJ sets and concerts.

20 years of Approximation Festival! The festival celebrates its anniversary with three days packed full of new sounds, surprising encounters and energy-filled contrasts from minimalism to jazz, electronics, and improvisation in the form of DJ sets and concerts.