program

Do 01.10.

20:00

Spaniol Nardi

Masse in C-Moll

Mass in C Minor
Performance

Kathrin Spaniol and Morgan Nardi develop works between social practice tests and installational experimental arrangements. In Masse in C-Moll, the audience becomes part of a system of seduction, resonance, and subtle manipulation: What happens when people start to align with one voice, one gesture, one will?


Fr 02.10.

20:00

Spaniol Nardi

Masse in C-Moll

Mass in C Minor
Performance

Kathrin Spaniol and Morgan Nardi develop works between social practice tests and installational experimental arrangements. In Masse in C-Moll, the audience becomes part of a system of seduction, resonance, and subtle manipulation: What happens when people start to align with one voice, one gesture, one will?


Sa 03.10.

20:00

Spaniol Nardi

Masse in C-Moll

Mass in C Minor
Performance

Kathrin Spaniol and Morgan Nardi develop works between social practice tests and installational experimental arrangements. In Masse in C-Moll, the audience becomes part of a system of seduction, resonance, and subtle manipulation: What happens when people start to align with one voice, one gesture, one will?


Mi 07.10.

19:00

Jacques Tilly

Wer hat Angst vor Pappmaché?

Who is afraid of papier mâché?
as part of Humanist Salon
Talk

Jacques Tilly has politicised carnival. He uses the framework offered by Carnival Monday to stage his sharp and pointed ideology critique. In his picture presentation, he talks about his activities as well as about the most current political occurrences surrounding his work. Simultaneously, he will introduce his new book Wer hat Angst vor Pappmaché? during the evening.


Fr 09.10.

20:00

Genetik Woyzeck

Video conferencing with deadly results, after Georg Büchner
Performance

Genetik Woyzeck by Harriet Maria & Peter Meining aka norton.commander.productions. translates Büchner’s classic into the media age in a genius manner: On stage, only a sofa. Actor Lars Rudolph sits down on it. He plays Woyzeck in a sensational solo performance – raw, eccentric, in conflict with himself and a star-studded video machinery.


Sa 10.10.

20:00

Lars Rudolph and Thilo Schölpen

How to Hypnotize a Snake

Concert

At first, Lars Rudolph will be on the FFT stage as Woyzeck and will then go on to play a concert the next day. The music he creates together with Thilo Schölpen is described by the two of them as “a creature that can swallow a room”. The works for trumpets and piano combine openness and compositional precision.


Mo 12.10.

10:00

Zwei Personen knien sich gegenüber auf Bühne, umgeben von großen bunten Formen aus Stoff vor dunklem Hintergrund. Bühne I

from 10 years

Tülvistas

Zuckerwatte in Echt

Cotton Candy in Real
as part of Spielarten 2026
Dance theatre for everyone aged 10 and up

Together with Luka – a character between childhood and adult age –, the audience explores what identity crises, lust, and shame have in common – honest, humorous, and playful.


Di 13.10.

10:00

Drei Personen auf Bühne um eine Nebelmaschine, kleine Diskokugel hängt über Köpfen, Hintergrund dunkel, bunte Lichterkette. Bühne I

from 9 years

echtzeit-theater

Fiesta

as part of Spielarten 2026
Acting, Performance, Interaction for everyone age 9 and up

Even when he was small, Nono always used to say: “When I celebrate my tenth birthday, we will have a titanic party, the party of parties, the absolute best fiesta!” What do we do when life suddenly tosses all plans overboard? Can we still party – maybe even especially then?


18:30

Julia Von Lindern, Tim Lukas

(Nicht-).Wohnen. (Nicht-).Teilhaben. Düsseldorfer Perspektiven - Dialogreihe zur Überwindung der Wohnungslosigkeit bis 2030

(Non)Residing. (Non)Participating. Düsseldorf Perspectives Dialogue series to overcome homelessness by 2030
Talk

The needs and perspectives of homeless and unsettled people are often lost from sight when discussing questions of security, the use and claiming of public spaces. This event joins different perspectives together and invites the audience to discuss.


Mi 14.10.

10:00

Drei Personen mit Perücken und Halskragen stehen auf Bühne vor glitzerndem Vorhang, tragen Kostüme und Accessoires. Bühne I

from 8 years

COMEDIA

Der fabelhafte Die

His Fabulous Hers
as part of Spielarten 2026
Theatre for everyone aged 8 and up

Sergej Gößner turns binary gender identity on its head with his piece, creating a world between fairground and revue – writing, how could it be any differently, in rhyme.


Do 15.10.

10:00

Drei Personen mit Perücken und Halskragen stehen auf Bühne vor glitzerndem Vorhang, tragen Kostüme und Accessoires. Bühne I

from 8 years

COMEDIA

Der fabelhafte Die

His Fabulous Hers
as part of Spielarten 2026
Theatre for everyone aged 8 and up

Sergej Gößner turns binary gender identity on its head with his piece, creating a world between fairground and revue – writing, how could it be any differently, in rhyme.


Fr 16.10.

09:00

Person steht auf Bühne zwischen Möbeln und Geräten, hält kleines Objekt, trägt Kittel vor Tisch mit Gegenständen und Ballon. Bühne II

from 5 years

TOBOSO

Der Geräuschehändler: nach dem Buch von Kathrin Rohmann

The Sound Trader: based on Kathrin Rohmann’s book
as part of Spielarten 2026
Performance and live audio play for everyone aged 5 and up

The sound trader is a specialist for the most melodious wishes. With inventive wit and poetry, he takes the audience into his shop. Here, sounds for just about any occasion are stored in countless jars and boxes, tins, caskets and bottles.


11:00

Person steht auf Bühne zwischen Möbeln und Geräten, hält kleines Objekt, trägt Kittel vor Tisch mit Gegenständen und Ballon. Bühne II

from 5 years

TOBOSO

Der Geräuschehändler: nach dem Buch von Kathrin Rohmann

The Sound Trader: based on Kathrin Rohmann’s book
as part of Spielarten 2026
Performance and live audio play for everyone aged 5 and up

The sound trader is a specialist for the most melodious wishes. With inventive wit and poetry, he takes the audience into his shop. Here, sounds for just about any occasion are stored in countless jars and boxes, tins, caskets and bottles.


Sa 17.10.

20:00

Thomas Ebermann & Thorsten Mense & Flo Thamer

Normal – Eine Besichtigung des Wahns

Normal – An Inspection Tour of Delusion
Lecture Performance

Crises everywhere, fantasies of deliverance delivered on the same note: Between conspiracy myths, performance dogma, and a longing for authority, Thomas Ebermann, Thorsten Mense and Flo Thamer examine the abyss of our present.


Mo 19.10.

19:30

In cooperation with Literaturbüro NRW, Literaturtage Düsseldorf

Şeyda Kurt: Zeit der Monster

Şeyda Kurt: A Time of Monsters
Reading

Following her bestsellers “Radikale Zärtlichkeit” (“Radical Tenderness”) and “Hass” (“Hate”), Şeyda Kurt submits her first novel. The FFT presents her reading as a part of the Düsseldorfer Literaturtage in cooperation with Literaturbüro NRW.


Fr 23.10.

19:00

Seniorentheater SeTA

Altweiberfrühling (A Spring for Old Hags)

A tragicomedy in nine images by Stefan Vögel Based on the screenplay for Sabine Pochhammer’s & Bettina Oberli’s film “Die Herbstzeitlosen”
Theatre

A village, an inherited shop in a prime location – and a surprising comeback! Widow Martha rediscovers an old passion and opens a lingerie store with her friends. Together, the women reinvent themselves, finds ways to leave their mourning behind, and get in the way of men.


Sa 24.10.

19:00

Seniorentheater SeTA

Altweiberfrühling (A Spring for Old Hags)

A tragicomedy in nine images by Stefan Vögel Based on the screenplay for Sabine Pochhammer’s & Bettina Oberli’s film “Die Herbstzeitlosen”
Theatre

A village, an inherited shop in a prime location – and a surprising comeback! Widow Martha rediscovers an old passion and opens a lingerie store with her friends. Together, the women reinvent themselves, finds ways to leave their mourning behind, and get in the way of men.


So 25.10.

15:00

Seniorentheater SeTA

Altweiberfrühling (A Spring for Old Hags)

A tragicomedy in nine images by Stefan Vögel Based on the screenplay for Sabine Pochhammer’s & Bettina Oberli’s film “Die Herbstzeitlosen”
Theatre

A village, an inherited shop in a prime location – and a surprising comeback! Widow Martha rediscovers an old passion and opens a lingerie store with her friends. Together, the women reinvent themselves, finds ways to leave their mourning behind, and get in the way of men.


Mi 28.10.

19:00

Soundcinema 2026

Acceleration

Sound-Festival

Focusing on Acceleration, the Recorded Sound Festival presents electronic and electro-acoustic audio productions. On the darkened stage, an acousmatic space-sound-environment emerges, inviting the visitors to fully concentrate on listening.


Fr 30.10.

20:00

miu

Poetry of Moving Lights

Performance

Every performance of Poetry of Moving Lights sounds differently: With the mobile sound machines of Japanese sound artist miu, the audience choses between different languages and thus create their personal version of this performance. A multisensory performance for a blind, visually impaired, and seeing audience.


Sa 31.10.

18:00

miu

Poetry of Moving Lights

Performance

Every performance of Poetry of Moving Lights sounds differently: With the mobile sound machines of Japanese sound artist miu, the audience choses between different languages and thus create their personal version of this performance. A multisensory performance for a blind, visually impaired, and seeing audience.


20:00

miu

Poetry of Moving Lights

Performance

Every performance of Poetry of Moving Lights sounds differently: With the mobile sound machines of Japanese sound artist miu, the audience choses between different languages and thus create their personal version of this performance. A multisensory performance for a blind, visually impaired, and seeing audience.