Theatre Week 2023

Theatre Week from 15 to 20 May

The Korbach Theatre Week - the oldest amateur play festival still in existence in Germany - is taking place again this year. The performances this year will take place in the Korbach town hall, the community centre and one in the Kulturhalle Frankenberg.


Programme & Events

  • Monday, 15 May

    5 pm
    Street theatre in the Korbach pedestrian zone


    7.30 p.m.
    Opening of the Korbach Theatre Week by District Administrator Jürgen van der Horst
    followed by a small reception hosted by the Friends of the Korbach Theatre Week
    Stadthalle Korbach (foyer)


    8.00 p.m.
    "Rhapsody in Blue"
    Strong Together, musical group of the Protestant Youth Church District Eder
    Korbach Town Hall

    afterwards
    "Nach-Denken" with Aeham Ahmad, pianist from the ruins

  • Tuesday, 16 May

    11.30 a.m.
    "Heroes"
    DS class 10 of the Landgraf-Ludwig-Gymnasium, Gießen
    Korbach town hall


    8 pm
    "Hamlet"
    Ensemble ARTIG, Marienschule Münster
    Stadthalle Korbach

  • Wednesday, 17 May


    10 am & 3 pm
    "The Secret of the Wild Goose    "
    AGORA, St. Vith/Belgium
    Stadthalle Korbach
    At 10 am the performance is for primary school classes or kindergartens (ages 5 to 12) and at 3 pm for anyone interested.


    10 pm
    "Dworzec / Train Station - Bahnhof    "
    Teatr Prawdziwy, Nowa Bielawa/Poland
    "Loch"/ Berndorfer Tor-Platz


  • Thursday, 18 May

    11 a.m.
    "Colourful mouse stories" and "Colours for winter    "
    Project group Lebenshilfe Weimar/Apolda and Korbach
    Community centre Korbach

    8 p.m.
    "Clothes make the man    "
    Theatre group of the Edertal School Frankenberg
    Kulturhalle Frankenberg (bus transport for all theatre enthusiasts)

  • Friday, 19 May

    8 pm
    "memento mori - living farewell    "
    rohestheater, theatre group of the Mies van der Rohe School Aachen
    Korbach Town Hall

  • Saturday, 20 May

    10 a.m.
    Presentation of the workshop results
    Pedestrian zone Korbach/Loch or in case of bad weather in the Hauerturnhalle Korbach