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Insights into the Theater der Welt Festival - monthly talk series

Monthly series of talks

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Chemnitz, Hartmannfabrik
Fabrikstr. 11, 09113 Chemnitz
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After stops in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and most recently Frankfurt am Main, the Theater der Welt festival is coming to Chemnitz from 18 June to 5 July 2026. Since 1981, the festival has travelled to a different German city every three years - the only edition in Saxony to date took place in Dresden in 1996. An individual programme is created at each location. Chemnitz Theatre is responsible for the upcoming edition together with Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH and the Festival Academy Brussels.

Over the past few months, nine international curators have been travelling on behalf of the festival management. They come from Australia, Canada, Argentina, South Africa, Greece, Jordan, India, China and Senegal. They have tracked down the currently most exciting plays in their regions in order to bring them to Chemnitz in summer 2026.


How does a festival programme like this actually come about? What can the audience expect during the three festival weeks? And how do the city's theatres prepare for the numerous guest performances?

The monthly talk series takes a look behind the scenes, tells of artistic discoveries, encounters and preparations - and arouses curiosity about a unique festival.

You can find more information about the festival here.

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Organizer

Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH

Sponsoring

Theatre of the World is a festival of the German Centre of the International Theatre Institute e.V. and is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Free State of Saxony and the City of Chemnitz.

Theater der Welt Chemnitz 2026

Vom 18. Juni bis 5. Juli 2026 steht Chemnitz im internationalen Rampenlicht: Deutschlands größtes internationales Theaterfestival „Theater der Welt“ kommt nach Chemnitz – direkt im Anschluss an das Kulturhauptstadtjahr 2025. Drei Wochen lang wird Chemnitz zum Treffpunkt für Künstler:innen, Zuschauer:innen und Theaterbegeisterte aus aller Welt. Auf Bühnen, im Stadtraum und an außergewöhnlichen Orten entsteht ein lebendiges Fest der darstellenden Künste, das Grenzen überwindet und Geschichten aus allen Teilen der Welt zusammenbringt.

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City of Chemnitz The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.