Tag des offenen Denkmals - Theaterführung durch Haus und Werkstätten

In the organizer's words:

WERT-voll: Priceless or irreplaceable? This is the motto of the German Foundation for Monument Protection for this year's "Open Monument Day 2025" on September 14.

For over 30 years, this day has been an opportunity to discover monuments that are otherwise inaccessible. The Theater an der Ruhr is no exception.

Every visitor can enter the theater hall, which was set up in the historic Kurhotel building, with a theater ticket for the Theater an der Ruhr. However, it is rare to get an insight into the costume shop under the roof, the workshops in the basement, the stage itself and the other working areas of the historic building: for example, on this guided tour of the theater!

In the historical monument of the old spa hotel of the Solbad at Raffelbergpark - a building ensemble from the beginning of the 20th century - theater art has been created for over 40 years: fleeting and ephemeral and nowhere near as monumental as large buildings made of stone and yet no less "VALUABLE". In our opinion, theater art as well as stone monuments must be affordable because they are irreplaceable: as important markers of our inner and outer maps, they shape us. On our guided tour of the Haus am Raffelbergpark on September 14 at 3 p.m., we will provide insights into both the history of the building itself and the workshops of stage art that have been in operation here for over 40 years.

The Theater an der Ruhr is also a polling station on September 14. In order not to disturb the election, we meet on the theater forecourt in front of the glass entrance to the foyer. We have to climb stairs on our way through the building. Barrier-free access is possible to a limited extent by appointment info [at] theateranderruhr.de.