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Geldlauf am Main

Audiowalk by VOLL:MILCH along the infrastructure of money The GELDLAUF leads right through the...

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Weaving

You are invited to join a collective process: over the coming months, we will weave a camouflage...

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Im Vordergrund eine weiße Blume, dahinter grüne Pflanzen und eine Terrasse mit Biertischen.

Rehearsals in October

Now that the F°LAB Festival (Oct 1–4) is over and the Frankfurt LAB has been tidied up, we look...

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Thank you!

The F°LAB Festival is over. It was amazing! Many thanks to all the artists, cooperation partners,...

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Programme

The Bald Soprano

by Eugène Ionesco
Ensemble Project Acting HfMDK

Sold out, there might be rush tickets at the box office

 

Hall 2

Electrifying Sadness

Mikosch Loutsenko and partners-in-crime

Pay what you can

 

Hall 2

The Magic Flute

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony Orchestra & Project Choir HfMDK

Tickets in the HfMDK ticket shop

 

Hall 1

Skizzenfestival

Projects by Directing and Dramaturgy Students

Admission free (subject to availability)
There will be a new re-admission for every showing.

 

Hall 2

Angst / Fressen / Männerherzen

Performance by Auerbach, Boyny, Hoz-Klemme and the Choir of Melancholic Men

Solidarity Pricing System (you choose):
8 € / 12 € / 21 € / 36 €

 

Hall 1

Strass und Stolz in (4/4)

by anne-kathrin hartmann

Solidary pricing system: 5€/ 10€/ 15€
Frankfurt Pass holders enjoy free admission

 

Hall 2

Sonic Synergies

Ensemble Modern & IEMA-Ensemble
Cresc... Biennale für aktuelle Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main

Tickets: 24,- € | reduced 14,- €
Get a 25 % discount for three shows.

 

Hall 1

Turbulenzen

Concert by the 7th graders
Bettinaschule Frankfurt

Admission free

 

Hall 1

Krieg & Bilder [War & Images]

four scenic encounters
by students of HfMDK

You can reserve a ticket in advance for 1 Euro.
Please exchange your online ticket for an admission ticket at the venue. Online advance sales until 1 p.m. on the day of the event, for weekend shows until 1 p.m. on Friday.
Any remaining tickets will be available at the box office.

 

Hall 2

Preview BÄM BÄM BÄM

Justice Wins oder Tappen im Dunkeln
ASJA

Please sign-up at: Reservierung@asja.works

 

Hall 1

under construction!

An hommage to the unfinished
by cie. los

Solidarity Pricing System: 5€/ 10€/ 15€

 

Hall 1

BÄM BÄM BÄM & Emigrant Songs

Double Feature ASJA & Nastya Dzyuban

Solidarity Pricing System: 10/15/20 €
Payment in cash at the box office.

 

Hall 1

We Weave

Collaborative Project by Nastya Dzyuban

 

Foyer

Thinking in Clouds

ChrisTina Maria Ulrich

 

Hall 2

What’s Love Got to Do with It

3 pieces on Love
by the directing department of HfMDK

Please exchange your online ticket for an admission ticket at the venue.

 

Hall 2

The Lonesome West

by Martin McDonagh

Donations welcome

 

Hall 2

Le Paradoxe de John

Philippe Quesne / Vivarium Studio

Solidarity Pricing System (you choose):
8 € / 12 € / 21 € / 36 €

 

Hall 1

Good Morning Gießen

Three short plays by Hannah Rumstedt, Denise Lim, Azahara Sanz Jara

3 - 5 €
Payment in cash at the box office

 

Hall 1

Porträtkonzert George Lewis

Institute for Contemporary Music

8 € (normal), 6 € (reduced), 1 € (1-Euro-ticket)

 

Hall 1

Dream on

Independet Work by Simion Martin
HfMDK Schauspiel

Admission free (Reservation 1 €)

 

Hall 2

How To Make A Film Fast

How to Make a Film Under Minimal Conditions / International film premiere 2026
By and with: Dominika Hebel and Daniel Krimsky
HfMDK Schauspiel

Admission free (Reservation 1€.)

 

Hall 2

Lei­der live

Independent Work by Noémie Ney
HfMDK Acting

Admission free (Reservation 1€.)

 

Hall 2

SABA Festival of Creative Projects

A programme by Crespo Foundation in cooperation with beramí

Admission free

 

Hall 1 / Hall 2

Alle[s] Pro oder was?!

Relaxed DIY-workshop by noprokollektiv

Admission free

 

Hall 2

Listen! Percussion X

Percussion Class of HfMDK
With Guests from Stella Vorarlberg Feldkirch and HfM Karlsruhe

8 € (normal), 6 € (reduced), 1 € (1-Euro-ticket)

 

Hall 1

ensemble in transition

Contemporary music, Deaf poetry and Dance

Solidarity Pricing System: 5/10/15 € (you choose)

 

Hall 1

Electronic Music Jam

Electronic Music Jam

Admission free

 

Foyer

Open Studio

ID_Tanzhaus

 

Hall 1

Piece pour X

Guillaume Chevet / Charlotte Pfingsten

Admission Free

 

Hall 2

Yonder

Maren Ada Küpper, Joey Mehling, Felix Schwarzrock

5-15 € (pay as you can)

 

Hall 1

CAMPUS LAB

Exhibition by the B.A. in Architecture program at Frankfurt University of Applied
Sciences
F°LAB Festival

Admission free

 

Main Entrance Kommunikationsfabrik

Festival opening: Boccalero

Dance performance by Laura Stellacci
F°LAB Festival

Solidarity-based pricing system € 8/12/21/36

 

Hall 1

Caramelized

Dance performance by Micaela Odriozola Maglie
F°LAB Festival

Solidarity-based pricing system € 8/12/21/36

 

Hall 2

Vexing

Party with DJ Laura Stellacci

Admission free

 

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Spuren

Performance by Ben Denke
F°LAB Festival

No admission fee, but a valid RMV ticket is required.

 

RMV Zone 1 / City Area

Floor on Fire

Dance Battle
A cooperation between Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, ID_Tanzhaus Frankfurt Rhein-Main, The Saxonz and HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste
F°LAB Festival

Solidarity-based pricing system € 8/12/21/36

 

Hall 1

Critical Cake

Critique & Cake with ASJA & Nora Schneider
F°LAB Festival

Admission free, no reservation necessary

 

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China Box

Installation by Yinfu Gao
F°LAB Festival

Admission free, no reservation required

 

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In der Pelle die Zeit

Performative installation by Emmi Esefeld
F°LAB Festival

Solidarity-based pricing system € 8/12/21/36

 

Z-Zentrum

Emigrant Songs

Performance by Nastya Dzyuban, Olen Mamai, Hanna Launikovich & Andrii Punko
F°LAB Festival

Solidarity-based pricing system € 8/12/21/36

 

Hall 2

Epoche f international

Closing Concert of the IEMA Master Class in Contemporary Music for Winners of German and European Youth Music Competitions
F°LAB Festival

Admission free, we recommend to reserve a ticket.

 

Hall 1

In der Pelle die Zeit

Performative installation by Emmi Esefeld
F°LAB Festival

Free admission; reservations for the next showing will be accepted on-site by the staff.

 

Z-Zentrum

Weaving

Participatory Project by Nastya Dzyuban
F°LAB Festival

Admission free, no reservation required

 

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China Box

Installation by Yinfu Gao
F°LAB Festival

Admission free, no reservation required

 

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BA Tanz meets Percussion

Walking performance by HfMDK Frankfurt
F°LAB Festival

Admission free

 

Meeting point: Frankfurt LAB

Community Dance

Dance workshop by the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company for everyone ages 14 and up
F°LAB Festival

Free participant tickets are available on the day of the event at the DFDC info desk.

 

DFDC Studio

Rhythm is a Grandmother

Lecture Performance von Anna Lublina & Yasmeen Al-Qaisi
F°LAB Festival

Admission free

 

Hall 2

Pionieren – Eine Zukunftsmusik

Participatory installation by Matthias Schönijahn & Constantin von Thun
F°LAB Festival

Admission free

 

Hall 2

DFDC Dance Showing

Original works by the DFDC dancers
F°LAB Festival

Admission free

 

Hall 1

Geldlauf am Main (Vorpremiere)

Audiowalk by VOLL:MILCH along the infrastructure of money

Admission free, no reservation necessary

 

Starting Point: Börsenplatz

Moving Portals

Performance by Béatrice Steimer, Chufan Luo, Javier Gutierrez

Admission free, donations welcome

 

Hall 2

Erstolpern

A Lecture Series on the Cemetery of Clowns by Lea Brückner, Johannes Bienefeld, Emmi Esefeld

Admission free, donations welcome

 

Hall 2

Sonst gute Nacht

An Evening in Three Parts
Akademie Musiktheater heute

By invitation only

 

Hall 1

Atomic Joy

Ana Pi / Na Mata Lab
Tanzfestival RM

25 € / 12 € reduced

 

Hall 1

The Weight of Tending

Patscharaporn Distakul
World Premiere
Tanzfestival RM

17 € / 8 €

 

Hall 2

Manifesto transprofágico

Renata Carvalho
Tanzfestival RM

17 € / 8 €

 

Hall 2

The Wheelie Show

Eng Kai Er & Team
Tanzfestival RM

17 € / 8 €

 

Hall 1

When I Saw the Sea

Ali Chahrour
Tanzfestival RM

25 € / 12 €

 

Hall 1

Inanna

Dance Performance by Verena Götsch
Work-in-Progress Showing

Admission free / Donations welcome

 

Hall 2

Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing*

or *„The very last Time“ without end, with footnotes
Play by Josephine Nahrstedt after motifs by Joseph von Eichendorff

Solidarity Pricing System 5€/ 10€/ 15€ (you choose)

 

Hall 2