When does How I Met The Internet take place?

The performance takes place on Friday, December 11, 2026, at 8:30 PM.

Where will the event be performed?

The event will take place on Stage II at the Forum Freies Theater, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 40210 Düsseldorf.

How much does a ticket cost?

The regular admission costs €17. A reduced ticket is available for €11.

In which language will the performance be shown?

The performance will be presented in English.

Is the event accessible?

The FFT offers early boarding for this performance. Registration is not required; seats are generally assigned based on the principle of first come, first served.

What is How I Met The Internet about?

Olga Karaseva deals with the audience's first encounters with the internet and the relationship between physical reality and digital spaces.

Olga Karaseva turns the Internet into a poetic stage show full of surprises

Name: Olga Karaseva: How I Met The Internet
Start: 2026-12-11T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-11T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Forum Freies Theater (FFT), Bühne II

When the Internet suddenly takes the stage

Do you remember your first contact with the Internet? The loading bars, clunky computers, and the exciting certainty that somewhere in the digital void a new world awaits? Olga Karaseva transforms these memories into the interactive performance How I Met The Internet, creating a smart, poetic, and wry theater evening at FFT Düsseldorf.

Between modem sounds and digital bombardment

Karaseva combines irony, sentimental memory, and poetry in a performance about the encounter between physical reality and digital spaces. The piece looks back at the first steps online and simultaneously questions how much our everyday life has changed due to screens, platforms, and constant connectivity.

Interaction instead of theater on autopilot

Here, the audience does not simply lean back in their seats while someone meaningfully gazes into the stage light. How I Met The Internet focuses on interaction and open engagement with digital culture. Stand-up energy meets performance art, poetic moments meet precise timing, and a stage aesthetic where technology is not merely a backdrop.

A performance with irony and feeling

Olga Karaseva studied in Moscow and Dortmund and works on interdisciplinary formats between dramatic writing, physical theater, and choreography. For this production, she takes on the concept and performance. The staging is supported, among other things, by light design, creative coding, visual contributions, sound design, and composition. The result promises a sensual laughter experience with digital images, surprising perspectives, and that subtle comedy that often hides exactly where everyday life seems to look merely for an update.

An evening as part of west off 2026

The event is part of the program of west off 2026, a theater network that presents various artistic signatures and contemporary forms of theater and performance. On Friday, December 11, 2026, the performance begins at 8:30 PM on Stage II of the Forum Freies Theater.

Conclusion: The Internet looks back

Those who want to connect digital culture, contemporary theater, and humorous social observation will experience an unusual stage evening with How I Met The Internet. Olga Karaseva turns internet history into a lively performance between memory, poetry, and interaction. So: set your device to silent, put everyday life on pause, and be there live.