When does the performance start?

The performance starts on 11.10.2026 at 3:30 PM.

Where does the event take place?

On the Campus Golzheim stage of TheaterLabor TraumGesicht in Düsseldorf.

How much does admission cost?

Admission is free, registration is required.

Is the venue accessible?

The theater's spaces are largely barrier-free. A short call beforehand is recommended if needed.

Are there any additional notes for visitors?

The TheaterLabor notes that events are not suitable for children under 6 years old.

A collective theater piece about proximity, power, and societal breaks in Düsseldorf

Name: Out to (In)side - a collective theater process
Start: 2026-10-11T17:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-11T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Bühne Campus Golzheim

An evening that brings societal fault lines to the stage

Out to (In)side is a collective theater process that does not point to personal guilt but to the mechanics of systems that shape, constrain, and pit people against each other. At the TheaterLabor TraumGesicht on the Campus Golzheim stage, this develops into an intense theatrical experience marked by proximity, conflict, and the question of how much freedom remains possible within prescribed structures.

When experience turns into theater

The production has emerged from the XChange project of AVP Acceptance-Trust-Perspective and has been developed over a year by the participants, who also perform on stage. This is precisely what gives the evening its unique theatrical atmosphere: here, biographical experience, social reality, and precise acting meet in close quarters. The result is not a distanced lesson but a vibrant, fragile, and immediate theater process.

Two families, one social pressure, many cracks

At the center are two families, one migrant and one non-migrant. In both, injuries, illusions, and frictions grow until the surface of order dissolves. The play does not seek quick answers but examines the forces that turn people into functional beings until functioning itself meets its limits. It is this dramatic clarity that lends the production its power: it combines political sharpness with emotional precision.

Chamber theater with great impact

The TheaterLabor TraumGesicht has been based in Campus Golzheim in Düsseldorf since 2018 and is regarded as a free space for art, culture, and personal development. The spaces are largely barrier-free, the atmosphere feels intimate and direct, and this strengthens the impact of the performance. In a small chamber theater, social theater often unfolds more immediately than on a large stage: every pause, every glance, every break in language gains weight.

Why this evening resonates

Out to (In)side connects collective creativity with a clear stance. Those interested in contemporary theater, inclusive art, and social presence will experience a piece here that does not soothe but stirs. It addresses belonging, norms, power, and the question of what society does to its people. That is exactly why attending in person is worthwhile.

Conclusion: This theater evening promises a compelling stage experience between empathy and analysis, between ensemble strength and a political perspective. Anyone wishing to experience theater as a mirror of social reality should not miss this date at the TheaterLabor TraumGesicht.