David Bonk

Theatre week 2026

Theatre week 2026

In 2026, the Korbach Theatre Week - the oldest existing amateur theatre festival in Germany - will once again take place for the 77th time. The theatre festival consists of three pillars: The performances as a forum for all forms of expression on stage, the discussions, which directly follow the performances as a joint attempt to analyse what has been shown, and the workshops, in which a presentation is developed to conclude the theatre week.


Workshop theme 2026: Life Circus: Staging aphorisms and being guided by circus elements of the "New Circus" in theatre performance

In developing the theme, the aim is to play with circus forms of the "New Circus" in an experimental and testing game. This traditional form of performance has developed from a pure display of skills and dressage into an independent stage form that enriches the performing arts scene.

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Programme set, new school theatre day on offer

For the 77th time, the curtain will rise on Germany's oldest amateur theatre festival: from 11 to 16 May, members of nine school and amateur theatre groups will present their plays at the Korbach Theatre Week. There will be a school theatre day for the first time this year.

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Theatre plays and participating groups

  • "Faust II"/ adaptation after J. W. von Goethe, Theaterschule Aachen meets rohestheater
  • "Flori and Tom - Do you remember?"/ Own production, kunterbunt circus from Herzogenrath Municipal Grammar School
  • "KEIN PLAN - Das Stück, dem es scheißegal ist, dass sein Titel recht vage ist"/ Own production based on motifs from "Hamlet", youth club of the Kom'ma Theatre Duisburg
  • "Krabat"/ Otfried Preußler, DS course Q3 of the Landgraf-Ludwig-Gymnasium Gießen
  • "Velvet before our eyes"/ in-house production, Ensemble ARTIG of the Marienschule Münster
  • "seeking shelter"/own production, poco*mania theatre at Marie-Curie-Gymnasium Neuss
  • "Augenblick nochmals - Beim dritten Mal lässt man's" / in-house production, dramat:ush theatre at Carl-Orff-Gymnasium Unterschleißheim
  • "Die Wasserspieler"/ in-house production, "Die Lichtlacher" theatre group Lebenshilfe Weimar/ Apolda and theatre group Lebenshilfe Korbach
  • "Animal Farm"/ adaptation after G. Orwell, theatre group of the Edertalschule Frankenberg