October 25

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19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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19:30
With Andreas Jahncke, Sam Michelson, Nora Solcher
Performance as part of MADE.DATE 2025 It is August 2, 2018, around noon. At the 1st Frankfurt police precinct, a person sits down at a computer in the duty room, opens one of the police information systems, and types a name into the search field. Ninety minutes later, a Frankfurt lawyer receives a threatening letter signed “NSU 2.0.” It will…
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19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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time:
 
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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time:
 
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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time:
 
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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November 25

time:
 
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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18:00
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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time:
 
19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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19:00
Freie Produktion
Concept Malin Harff
Have you rested today? In their new work, Malin Harff and Collaborators explore survival in the endless storm—what happens when crisis becomes the norm?The mixed-abled team searches for multi-species solidarities within systems that were never designed for them: investigating the entanglement of the climate crisis, Long Covid (ME/CFS), the planet’s breathing, and the extraction of the world’s most sought-after raw…
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19:30
Theater Willy Praml
Direction, Text Adaptation, Stage: Michael Weber
THE PAIN. Marguerite Duras 80 years after the end of the war – there remain things in the world that are unforgivable. Things that a country like Germany should never forgive itself for, never claim the mercy of forgiveness.Because only then can there be no forgetting. In the 1980s, it was still painful to travel as a German to France,…
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16:00
Freie Produktion
Concept Malin Harff
Have you rested today? In their new work, Malin Harff and Collaborators explore survival in the endless storm—what happens when crisis becomes the norm?The mixed-abled team searches for multi-species solidarities within systems that were never designed for them: investigating the entanglement of the climate crisis, Long Covid (ME/CFS), the planet’s breathing, and the extraction of the world’s most sought-after raw…
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20:00
From and with: Simon Möllendorf, Camilla Fiumara, Björn Fischer
Proof that even inadequate, even childish means can serve as rescue In a time of border controls and boundless technology, we search for other paths into the future.Can the inadequate, the childlike, become a force for salvation? In the middle of the Naxoshalle, a white room. Inside, dancer Camilla Fiumara simply begins: somersault, cartwheel, stumble. Dot, dot, comma, line… From…
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18:30
neco_nart
An artistic work by neco_nart Björn Fischer, Elisabeth-Marie Leistikow, Antonia Kessler
Our attention span measures only a few seconds, like the hands of the Doomsday Clock. A goldfish, it was once said, forgets after three seconds and sees the world anew—a freedom alien to us as we grow accustomed to the world’s end in the endless feed. Not everyone. Some have grown quieter, withdrawn. According to the WHO, one in six…
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20:00
From and with: Simon Möllendorf, Camilla Fiumara, Björn Fischer
Proof that even inadequate, even childish means can serve as rescue In a time of border controls and boundless technology, we search for other paths into the future.Can the inadequate, the childlike, become a force for salvation? In the middle of the Naxoshalle, a white room. Inside, dancer Camilla Fiumara simply begins: somersault, cartwheel, stumble. Dot, dot, comma, line… From…
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19:30
25 Years of Occupying the HallNaxoshalle: Tear It Down! The crazy path from the last working day of the Naxos-Union workers in 1990 to the first premiere of THEATER WILLY PRAML in 2000. The Naxoshalle almost didn’t survive. Lift the monument protection status and finally let the investor build—that was the hope of some.No more destruction of urban history that…
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17:00
Freie Produktion
Artist, Director Venera Kazarova
A physical performance about the choice—to listen or not to listen. We live in a world flooded with information. At some point, shutting down seems like the only way to survive. Yet behind this protective mechanism, something else often hides—indifference. What happens when people stop listening? Where is the boundary between distancing and apathy? And doesn’t deafness eventually become a…
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time:
 
18:30
neco_nart
An artistic work by neco_nart Björn Fischer, Elisabeth-Marie Leistikow, Antonia Kessler
Our attention span measures only a few seconds, like the hands of the Doomsday Clock. A goldfish, it was once said, forgets after three seconds and sees the world anew—a freedom alien to us as we grow accustomed to the world’s end in the endless feed. Not everyone. Some have grown quieter, withdrawn. According to the WHO, one in six…
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time:
 
20:00
From and with: Simon Möllendorf, Camilla Fiumara, Björn Fischer
Proof that even inadequate, even childish means can serve as rescue In a time of border controls and boundless technology, we search for other paths into the future.Can the inadequate, the childlike, become a force for salvation? In the middle of the Naxoshalle, a white room. Inside, dancer Camilla Fiumara simply begins: somersault, cartwheel, stumble. Dot, dot, comma, line… From…
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time:
 
17:00
Freie Produktion
Artist, Director Venera Kazarova
A physical performance about the choice—to listen or not to listen. We live in a world flooded with information. At some point, shutting down seems like the only way to survive. Yet behind this protective mechanism, something else often hides—indifference. What happens when people stop listening? Where is the boundary between distancing and apathy? And doesn’t deafness eventually become a…
Infos & Tickets
time:
 
18:30
neco_nart
An artistic work by neco_nart Björn Fischer, Elisabeth-Marie Leistikow, Antonia Kessler
Our attention span measures only a few seconds, like the hands of the Doomsday Clock. A goldfish, it was once said, forgets after three seconds and sees the world anew—a freedom alien to us as we grow accustomed to the world’s end in the endless feed. Not everyone. Some have grown quieter, withdrawn. According to the WHO, one in six…
Infos & Tickets
time:
 
20:00
From and with: Simon Möllendorf, Camilla Fiumara, Björn Fischer
Proof that even inadequate, even childish means can serve as rescue In a time of border controls and boundless technology, we search for other paths into the future.Can the inadequate, the childlike, become a force for salvation? In the middle of the Naxoshalle, a white room. Inside, dancer Camilla Fiumara simply begins: somersault, cartwheel, stumble. Dot, dot, comma, line… From…
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19:00
Naxos Hallenkonzerte
At the 91st Naxos Hall Concert, the Ensemble New Music Tallinn (ENMT) makes its Frankfurt debut with the calling card of its two faces—on the one hand closely connected with avant-garde contemporary music, and on the other hand boldly experimental in the realm of performative electronic music: Part 1 – The bagpipe Torupill is renowned in Estonia for its distinctive…
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14:00
Theater Willy Praml
Dauer 3 hours
AL HAKAWATIThe Art of Storytelling between Damascus and Frankfurt For centuries, storytelling has held a central place in the collective memory of the Levant, and the Hakawati was the undisputed master of evening gatherings. The Hakawati was not only a storyteller but also opened doors to other worlds, bridging history and fiction, reality and legend. Theater Willy Praml renews this…
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20:00
ELEGANZ AUS REFLEX
With: Mariann Yar, Judith Altmeyer
I Am Not a CaseThe Lives of Anna O., Bertha Pappenheim, and P. Berthold How much adaptation to society is necessary, and at what point do I lose myself? The exploration of the history of antisemitism and the lives of German Jewish women, begun by Eleganz aus Reflex, is continued with the work I Am Not a Case. At the…
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20:00
ELEGANZ AUS REFLEX
With: Mariann Yar, Judith Altmeyer
I Am Not a CaseThe Lives of Anna O., Bertha Pappenheim, and P. Berthold How much adaptation to society is necessary, and at what point do I lose myself? The exploration of the history of antisemitism and the lives of German Jewish women, begun by Eleganz aus Reflex, is continued with the work I Am Not a Case. At the…
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time:
 
14:00
Theater Willy Praml
Dauer 3 hours
AL HAKAWATIThe Art of Storytelling between Damascus and Frankfurt For centuries, storytelling has held a central place in the collective memory of the Levant, and the Hakawati was the undisputed master of evening gatherings. The Hakawati was not only a storyteller but also opened doors to other worlds, bridging history and fiction, reality and legend. Theater Willy Praml renews this…
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time:
 
20:00
ELEGANZ AUS REFLEX
With: Mariann Yar, Judith Altmeyer
I Am Not a CaseThe Lives of Anna O., Bertha Pappenheim, and P. Berthold How much adaptation to society is necessary, and at what point do I lose myself? The exploration of the history of antisemitism and the lives of German Jewish women, begun by Eleganz aus Reflex, is continued with the work I Am Not a Case. At the…
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December 25

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20:00
ELEGANZ AUS REFLEX
With: Mariann Yar, Judith Altmeyer
I Am Not a CaseThe Lives of Anna O., Bertha Pappenheim, and P. Berthold How much adaptation to society is necessary, and at what point do I lose myself? The exploration of the history of antisemitism and the lives of German Jewish women, begun by Eleganz aus Reflex, is continued with the work I Am Not a Case. At the…
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time:
 
20:00
ELEGANZ AUS REFLEX
With: Mariann Yar, Judith Altmeyer
I Am Not a CaseThe Lives of Anna O., Bertha Pappenheim, and P. Berthold How much adaptation to society is necessary, and at what point do I lose myself? The exploration of the history of antisemitism and the lives of German Jewish women, begun by Eleganz aus Reflex, is continued with the work I Am Not a Case. At the…
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time:
 
14:00
Theater Willy Praml
Dauer 3 hours
AL HAKAWATIThe Art of Storytelling between Damascus and Frankfurt For centuries, storytelling has held a central place in the collective memory of the Levant, and the Hakawati was the undisputed master of evening gatherings. The Hakawati was not only a storyteller but also opened doors to other worlds, bridging history and fiction, reality and legend. Theater Willy Praml renews this…
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time:
 
20:00
ELEGANZ AUS REFLEX
With: Mariann Yar, Judith Altmeyer
I Am Not a CaseThe Lives of Anna O., Bertha Pappenheim, and P. Berthold How much adaptation to society is necessary, and at what point do I lose myself? The exploration of the history of antisemitism and the lives of German Jewish women, begun by Eleganz aus Reflex, is continued with the work I Am Not a Case. At the…
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20:00
Theater Willy Praml
Cast: Reinhold Behling, Irene Buresch, Gisela Eiffert, Jakob Gail, Mulawia Harb, Birgit Heuser, Johannes Christopher Maier, Maria Niesen, Anna Staab, Michael Weber
JESUS D’AMOUR, GEB.OThe Christmas Story according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John The Theater Willy Praml has created its very own nativity play. Based on the four Gospels, director Willy Praml retells the well-known story in a new way. The birth of two boys, Jesus and John, leads to political chaos, and the state threatens to collapse. King Herod learns…
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20:00
Gastspiel
Choreography/Concept- Stage + Sound design performers: Quindell Orton
Making of a ManLecture Performance in English with German surtitles A dancer, a projection screen, a live camera, a pair of silicone abs, and the question:How does a body “make” masculinity? Who is allowed to make masculinity, and what potential lies in shaking the seemingly carved-in-stone codes of masculinity? Through pop culture, politics, and personal interviews, Making of a Man…
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20:00
Theater Willy Praml
Cast: Reinhold Behling, Irene Buresch, Gisela Eiffert, Jakob Gail, Mulawia Harb, Birgit Heuser, Johannes Christopher Maier, Maria Niesen, Anna Staab, Michael Weber
JESUS D’AMOUR, GEB.OThe Christmas Story according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John The Theater Willy Praml has created its very own nativity play. Based on the four Gospels, director Willy Praml retells the well-known story in a new way. The birth of two boys, Jesus and John, leads to political chaos, and the state threatens to collapse. King Herod learns…
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