Oversized face of a young woman on a screen in front of dark blue lighting

Theatre Week Korbach

Theatre Week Korbach

The Korbach Theatre Week is the oldest amateur play festival still in existence in Germany and has been organised by the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg in the Hanseatic and district town of Korbach every May since 1949 - and brings together young actors from all over Germany.

The festival is supported by the Förderverein Theaterwoche Korbach, which actively works to preserve the traditional event - also financially, because it has an enormous influence on the school and amateur theatre scene in Germany.


Four youths dressed in white and illuminated in blue with distorted faces in a stooped posture.

Theatre Week 2025

In 2025, the theatre week will take place from 26 to 31 May - for the 76th time.

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Impressions of the past years

  • Half-length portrait of three laughing middle-aged women
  • Jumping jack with tousled red hair and red overalls, colourfully dressed youths in the background
  • Four colourfully dressed youths with colourful wigs sit on the floor in front of a tilted huge chair
  • Portrait of a human puppet with red hair speaking into a microphone
  • Red-lit harlequin people standing loosely in a circle, leaning into the centre
  • Group of harlequin people from the front looking to the right
  • Harlequin man hanging in a pole position and looking to the left
  • Bust portrait of a sad girl dressed in white with a tight pink cap
  • Bust portrait of a talking girl in black top with braided pigtails
  • Orange illuminated group of people, blurred, half hidden behind a frame on the right
  • Four youths dressed in white and illuminated in blue with distorted faces in a stooped posture.
  • Bust portrait of a laughing girl dressed in white with a blond ponytail