program

Mi 01.04.

19:00

Dr. Alicia Baier

Das Patriarchat im Uterus

The Patriarchy in the Uterus
as part of Humanistischer Salon
Lecture, Reading, Discussion

In her book Das Patriarchat im Uterus (“The Patrirachy in the Uterus”), physician Alicia describes the grave consequences of the fact that abortion remains anchored in Germany’s penal code. In this lecture, she demonstrates: Abortion is not a “women’s topic” but rather a key social question: Who gets to decide about the female body?


So 12.04.

15:00

Zwei Hände liegen ineinander verschränkt auf einer Jacke mit Tarnmuster, die Ärmel sind mit Klettverschlüssen versehen. Bühne I

from 14 years

Elbers/Zhukov

We need you

Dance performance for everyone ages 14 and up

Young people in Bundeswehr uniforms smile at us from billboards in city centers. You are needed. In WE NEED YOU, the artist duo Elbers/Zhukov, together with young performers, explores the impact of images and narratives about the military on everyday life.


Mo 13.04.

10:00

Zwei Hände liegen ineinander verschränkt auf einer Jacke mit Tarnmuster, die Ärmel sind mit Klettverschlüssen versehen. Bühne I

from 14 years

Schulvorstellung

Elbers/Zhukov

We need you

Dance performance for everyone ages 14 and up

Young people in Bundeswehr uniforms smile at us from billboards in city centers. You are needed. In WE NEED YOU, the artist duo Elbers/Zhukov, together with young performers, explores the impact of images and narratives about the military on everyday life.


Di 14.04.

10:00

Zwei Hände liegen ineinander verschränkt auf einer Jacke mit Tarnmuster, die Ärmel sind mit Klettverschlüssen versehen. Bühne I

from 14 years

Schulvorstellung

Elbers/Zhukov

We need you

Dance performance for everyone ages 14 and up

Young people in Bundeswehr uniforms smile at us from billboards in city centers. You are needed. In WE NEED YOU, the artist duo Elbers/Zhukov, together with young performers, explores the impact of images and narratives about the military on everyday life.


Sa 18.04.

20:00

Acht Personen in Kostümen stehen und sitzen auf einer Wiese am Fluss; im Hintergrund Gebäude und ein Schiff.ticket Bühne I

im Anschluss Publikumsgespräch + Premierenparty

La Fleur

La Langue de Molière

Performance

“Molière’s language”, in Ivory Coast, signifies the influence of French colonisation; perfectly enunciated French is a byword for education, success, and power. Transnational ensemble La Fleur adapts Molière’s ballet comedy “The Bourgeois Gentleman” and explores its transferability onto (post)colonial situations.


So 19.04.

18:00

La Fleur

La Langue de Molière

Performance

“Molière’s language”, in Ivory Coast, signifies the influence of French colonisation; perfectly enunciated French is a byword for education, success, and power. Transnational ensemble La Fleur adapts Molière’s ballet comedy “The Bourgeois Gentleman” and explores its transferability onto (post)colonial situations.


Fr 24.04.

19:00

Julia Bee, Philipp Hohmann

Was tun gegen Plattformmacht? (How to Take Action Against Platform Power)

Protest, Education, and Hacking on Social Media
as part of ON/LIVE 2026
Lecture + Talk

Julia Bee and Philipp Hohmann examine the democracy-threatening potential inherent in commercial digital platforms. In their lecture, they demonstrate how functions in social media promote toxic, misogynist and queer-hostile spaces and which civil society and artistic strategies counteract this.


Sa 25.04.

11:00 - 13:00

onlinetheater.live

Künstlerische Deradikalisierungsstrategien auf Social Media

(Artistic Strategies in Deradicalisation on Social Media)
as part of ON/LIVE 2026
Workshop

Why are right-wing and antifeminist actors so effective on social media? And how can we oppose them? This workshop by onlinetheater.live analyses target demographics, languages and aesthetics and develops proprietary content that positions positive, mindful messages against the TikTok manosphere.


14:00

Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre

Afterlives

as part of ON/LIVE 2026
Performance

How can we meet each other to feel connection? AFTERLIVES connects audiences in Bangkok and Düsseldorf, the smartphone becomes a portal into parallel realities. Collectives Henrike Iglesias and Miss Theatre search for queer policies of dying and new forms of community.


16:00

Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre

Afterlives

as part of ON/LIVE 2026
Performance

How can we meet each other to feel connection? AFTERLIVES connects audiences in Bangkok and Düsseldorf, the smartphone becomes a portal into parallel realities. Collectives Henrike Iglesias and Miss Theatre search for queer policies of dying and new forms of community.


So 26.04.

14:00

Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre

Afterlives

as part of ON/LIVE 2026
Performance

How can we meet each other to feel connection? AFTERLIVES connects audiences in Bangkok and Düsseldorf, the smartphone becomes a portal into parallel realities. Collectives Henrike Iglesias and Miss Theatre search for queer policies of dying and new forms of community.


16:00

Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre

Afterlives

as part of ON/LIVE 2026
Performance

How can we meet each other to feel connection? AFTERLIVES connects audiences in Bangkok and Düsseldorf, the smartphone becomes a portal into parallel realities. Collectives Henrike Iglesias and Miss Theatre search for queer policies of dying and new forms of community.


Mo 27.04.

19:00 - 21:00

Chez Company

Open Choir training

with Katrin von Chamier
as part of The Argonause
Workshop

An open choir and myth training for everybody: Over two dates, a choir for the climate will be formed which will wrap new narratives into choral manners of speaking. No previous experience needed – simply join, raise your voice, and become part of a collective experiment.


Di 28.04.

19:30

Goran Vranešević

The World to Come, The World to Mourn

In cooperation with Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
as part of Strange Planet
Lecture + Talk

Goran Vranešević is a researcher and professor tackling the philosophical dimensions of war and apocalypse. In this lecture, he ponders how to mourn a world that seems lost and how to say farewell to worlds that never existed and may never exist.


Mi 29.04.

20:00

Me & Mithu

Stories – Record Release
Concert

Mithu Sanyal is not only a journalist and a cultural scholar. She is also a musician. She has already performed at FFT numerous times, together with Matti Rouse (Monkeys With Tools, Heavy Gummies, Black Airoplanes). Now, they release their first album as duo Me & Mithu.