Impulse 2025

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Joana Tischkau: „Ich nehm dir alles weg – Ein Schlagerballett“

The Impulse festival has established itself as the most important festival of the independent scene for performance, theater, and dance. From June 18 to July 6, there will be productions in Mülheim, Cologne, and Düsseldorf.

Neue Leitung: Franziska Werner Foto: Katja Renner

StageDrama

The Impulse Theater Festival has a new artistic director.

Following the current festival edition 2024, the dramaturge and curator Franziska Werner will take over the artistic direction of the Impulse from 2025 to 2027.

StageMülheim an der Ruhr

Impulse 2025: "Tyrannosaurus Regina" by hannsjana

bis 20.06.2025

What do the women's movement in the GDR and dinosaurs have in common? This will be pondered during an audio walk by the artist group hannsjana.

StageDramaKöln

Impulse 2025: "Ouch – Why do I feel so terrible?"

bis 28.06.2025

True crime performance by Simone Dede Ayivi and the accomplices: capitalism, climate crisis, pandemic – or maybe the menopause after all?

StageDanceKöln

Impulse 2025: "blue nile to the galaxy around olodumare"

27.06.2025

A poetic journey through the past, future, and present with a stopover in the galaxy of Jeremy Nedd & Impilo Mapantsula.

StageMülheim an der Ruhr

Impulse 2025: "Haribo Kimchi"

bis 21.06.2025

The food performance of Jaha Koo / Campo takes you on a heartwarming journey through kimchi culture and the contradictions of cultural assimilation.

StageMülheim an der Ruhr

Impulse 2025: “[EOL]. End of Life”

bis 06.07.2025

Performative installation of a ruins landscape as virtual reality by Victoria Halper and Kai Krösche (DARUM) in Düsseldorf and Mülheim Ruhr.

StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr

Impulse 2025: "Four Walls and a Roof"

21.06.2025

In 1947, Bertolt Brecht was summoned before the Committee for "Un-American Activities." The artists Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué connect this event with their experiences.

StageDanceDramaDüsseldorf

Impulse Festival: "ElseWhere Rhapsody"

bis 06.07.2025

With her performance in the Western setup, Jen Rosenblit raises virulent questions about consent and boundary setting in text and exchange, movement, and changing actions.

StageDanceKöln

Impulse 2025: "The Cloud"

bis 29.06.2025

Multimedia performance by Arkadi Zaides / Institute of Crossroads between forensic, documentary, and choreographic practice.

StageDüsseldorf

Impulse 2025: "Somewhere there's war"

bis 06.07.2025

The performance/audio installation by Studio Urbanistan questions what place real experiences of war and their invisible consequences have in our present society.

StageDramaMülheim an der Ruhr

Impulse 2025: "Hair Arrival"

bis 21.06.2025

Hendrik Quast knows that full hair is status and class! He stages his hair transplant as a classism stand-up.

StageDanceMülheim an der Ruhr

Impulse 2025: "I’ll Take Everything Away from You – A Schlager Ballet"

bis 19.06.2025

In this "hit ballet," the ensemble wants to travel shalala-lallingly through the annals of dance music: Joana Tischkau dissects the German entertainment industry with performers.