StageMülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim Theatre Days 2025: Here are the nominees! The Mülheim Theatre Days are celebrating an anniversary! For 50 years, the festival has been awarding the best German-language plays. Who was nominated in 2025 can be found in our overview.
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "And or or or or and and respectively and or respectively or and respectively simply and" by Nele Stuhler 24.05.2025 As a "Festival Plus" guest performance, the play created in the Mülheim StückeWerkstatt now returns to its place of origin during the theater days.
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "The exemplary life of Samuel W." after Lukas Rietzschel 14.05.2025 At an election meeting, politicians and voters, press, party colleagues, and political opponents come together. The tension is high, as there are two promising candidates.
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "Ms. Yamamoto is still there" by Dea Loher bis 18.05.2025 A child asks where someone goes who has died. In loosely intertwined scenes, the play depicts snapshots, associative spaces, and sketches of people whose paths cross.
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "Ashes" by Elfriede Jelinek bis 21.05.2025 What happens when death suddenly takes away the loved one? When the connection to the world is lost and one feels like the last person on the planet out of sheer loneliness?
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "They Them Okocha" by Bonn Park bis 29.05.2025 An evening that juggles the nostalgia of life. A wistful retrospective on the privilege of youth, when being alive was still cool and the look into the future was interesting and frightening.
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "Old Building in Central Location" by Raphaela Bardutzky bis 29.05.2025 In the horror opera, Zoey not only wants to drive the owners out of their small old apartment on Morris Street, but also recently wants to get rid of musically inclined ghosts from the 19th century.
StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage: "The Dog Poop Attack" by Walter Bart and Ensemble 31.05.2025 As a "Festival Plus" guest performance, the acclaimed play development "The Dog Poop Attack" humorously addresses themes that are also central to the Mülheim Theatre Days.
StageMülheim an der Ruhr 1981 - The Theater an der Ruhr is founded in Mülheim The Mülheim Theatre Days gather the most important novelties of German-speaking drama year after year. Their birthplace is the Theater an der Ruhr.
StageMülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim Theatre Days 2025: Jury Debate Mülheim Drama Prize 2025 31.05.2025 At the end of the festival, the jury decides in a public debate who will receive the Mülheim Drama Prize 2025, which is endowed with 15,000 euros.
StageMülheim an der Ruhr In the portrait: Theater an der Ruhr "Attention: No city theater!" This is how the Theater an der Ruhr advertised itself. Because it has always been primarily about art. This is also represented by its unconventional founder Roberto Ciulli.
Stagehistory 1976 - The Mülheim Theatre Days are founded. The festival is unique in the German-speaking theater landscape, as it deals with the plays, less with their productions. The direction takes a back seat to the signature of the author.
StageDramaKinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage Children's Plays: "Tidying Up" by Tina Müller bis 19.05.2025 The piece for everyone aged 6 and up demonstrates the relativity of orders. And leads into astronomical realms. But: Isn’t the chaos also an opportunity?
StageDramaKinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage Children's Plays: "Erik*a" by Theresa Seraphin bis 14.05.2025 The sibling duo Erika and Klaus Mann was cringe and at the same time cool – even 100 years ago. As a guest performance, the revue for young people aged 15 and over dives into the LGBTQ* world.
StageDramaKinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheim Theatre Days Children's Plays: "Pembo. Half and half makes double happy" by Ayşe Bosse bis 20.05.2025 When Pembo learns that her father wants to move with the family from Turkey to Germany, her world collapses. Germany, the land of potatoes! A children's play for ages 8 and up.
StageDramaKinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage Children's Plays: “T-Rex, are you sad? (Does your T stand for tears?)” by Fayer Koch bis 21.05.2025 The big questions about the world. The children's play for ages 6 and up reads as an entertaining mirror of our current fears and simultaneously proves to be a hymn to friendship.
StageDramaKinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage Children's Plays: "Week – Week" by Lara Schützsack bis 22.05.2025 Since the parents' separation, Nunu has everything in double: two homes, two house keys, two birthday parties. But he feels halved. A children's play for everyone aged 6 and up.
StageDramaKinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr 50. Mülheimer Theatertage Children's Plays: "Freddie and the Whole Catastrophe" by Ensemble Mummpitz bis 23.05.2025 In the children's play for ages 6 and up, Freddie is at the center. And she is an expert on world disasters and knows everything about the sinking of the Titanic.
KinderkramMülheim an der Ruhr Mülheimer Theatertage 2025: Opening of the children's plays 18.05.2025 Even swing your dancing leg instead of just watching? The Ballet on the Rhine makes it possible: "Dance with!" invites you to perform with the professionals at regular events.
StageMülheim an der Ruhr Mülheimer Theatertage 2025: Award Ceremony 10.05.2025 The award winners 2024 will be honored.
MusicMülheim an der Ruhr Mülheimer Theatertage 2025: Play Sound bis 24.05.2025 In 1950, Krefeld and Mönchengladbach came together and founded the "United Municipal Theatres". For the 75th anniversary, there is a special program.