Stage festivals
Stage
The NRW season of theater festivals 2025 has begun and we can look forward to drama, dance, new discoveries, and big names from Matthias Brandt to Peter Lohmeyer to Elfriede Jelinek. Here are our tips.
wide awake: Theater festival for a young audience
Theater for all, productions from numerous countries, that is the essence of the 11th "hellwach" festival, which will be held from May 17 to 25 by the Helios Theater Hamm.
50. Mülheimer Theatre Days
For 50 years, the "Stücke" have been among the most prestigious theater festivals in the German-speaking world. We will show what the program of the anniversary edition has to offer from May 10 to 31.
dance nrw 2025: Festival of Contemporary Dance
first and further steps
The first steps are sometimes not easy. This also applies to the dance floor. With the festival "first and further steps," Krefeld supports the young scene of North Rhine-Westphalia starting from April 4th.
Ruhrfestspiele 2025
Under the motto "Doubt and Solidarity," the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen will present 220 events with 620 artists from May 1 to June 8. Here are our tips.
In the portrait: Ruhrfestspielhaus
The building itself dates back to 1965 - but the myth surrounding the festival hall on the Green Hill of Recklinghausen is older: in 1947, miners traded art for coal.
