Laboratories & Workshops

We offer you various labs and workshops in which you can playfully try yourself out on and behind the stage. While the workshops offer you the opportunity to get a taste of different areas of theater work, in the labs we work together to create a play that will be performed in front of an audience. The rehearsals of the labs take place at least once a week and include intensive rehearsal blocks. Participation is free of charge.

Labor I

Labor I is Back!

In Labor I, we want to create something together again, discover new sides of you, and tell stories that touch people’s hearts.
Over the course of an entire season, we’ll develop a play together using your ideas, your questions, and your energy.

You don’t need any stage experience. Just curiosity, imagination, and the courage to give it a try.

Starting in October, new participants can join and get to know the group during three open rehearsals:

Thu, Oct. 1, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Thu, Oct. 8, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Thu, Oct. 15, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Interested? Then get in touch at Sarah.Kranenpoot [at] theateranderruhr.de

Lab II

n Laboratory II, 17 young people aged between 15 and 23 are currently rehearsing Eugène Ionesco’s play *Rhinoceros*. The premiere is scheduled for November 2026.

The group is not currently accepting new members.

Anyone interested in acting is welcome to contact Julia Meschede at any time.

Open lab

For all from 16 years

For all who want to get to know the theater, in all its angles and facets. Pure theater air! Here you can participate in everything from joint visits to plays/conversations with theater experts to exciting acting courses and creative workshops in make-up and costume. The individual dates with topics are always announced early among the course participants. This course is open and you can join at any time.

Direction & Registration: Julia Meschede