2026
Ocean & atmosphere
The Unterwegs Theater Festival is back!
From May 8th to 17th, 2026, the cultural association Protagon International Performing Arts is organizing a special festival tour through Hessen. In cooperation with local partners, protagon is bringing the community-building atmosphere that many know from the Sommerwerft festival to the Offenbach district in the form of a mobile festival. The tour goes from Mühlheim (May 8th-10th) via Dreieich/Offenthal (May 11th-13th) to Seligenstadt (May 15th-17th).
For three days at a time, parks and public squares are transformed into vibrant spaces for theater culture, social interaction, diversity, and dialogue. The program includes impressive theater shows addressing current social issues, interactive children's theater, live music, workshops, and a children's program. This year's theme is water, oceans, and atmosphere.
Here are some theater highlights: antagon theaterAKTion (Ashes), Ton & Kirschen Wandertheater (Es War Einmal) and KTO Teatre (Peregrinus). And live musik of Cris Cosmo, Los Amigos, Fellaws Kingdom and Limes.
Festival dates
May 8-10 Mühlheim am Main, in the Bürgerpark
May 11-13 Dreieich-Offenthal, Festplatz Friedhofstraße
May 15-17 Seligenstadt at the Hans-Memling-Haus
Open Stage
A particular highlight is the Open Stage for local contributions, which will take place at all festival locations. Do you sing in the shower, write poems in your diary, dance in front of the mirror, and secretly dream of sharing your talent with the world?
The open stage at the unterwegs theater festival offers you (or your team, as you can also perform as a group) the opportunity to perform on a stage with a microphone, speakers, and an audience.
Write to us: openstage@protagon.net
Help out
To make the festival a reality, we still need many helping hands: Would you like to bring culture to your region with a diverse, volunteer team? We are looking for help in the bar, kitchen, our crepes-stand, backstage, children space, etc.
Contact us at: sommerwerft.helfer.frankfurt@gmail.com
The festival will be held without an entrance fee – on a donation basis.
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Looking back
09-11 May Mühlheim am Main
13-14 May Offenthal/Dreieich
16-18 May Seligenstadt
In cooperation with the Frankfurt-based cultural association protagon and local partners, the unterwegs theater festival is taking place for the first time this year: open air and free admission! It creates a completely new space for large and small theater and music formats, for pieces that can be experienced with all the senses and for which a conventional stage is too small and too rectangular.
In times when hatred and aggression are becoming socially acceptable again, we want to come together and encourage an artistic exploration of the forest as a place of cooperation between different living beings. In an open cultural space, we will work with you to create a place for theater culture, social interaction, and dialogue.
Look forward to:
Theatre & Dance,
Live music,
Walk-acts,
Workshops,
Children's program,
Culinary delicacies
To get the festival off the ground, we need a lot of helping hands: Would you like to bring culture to your region with a diverse, volunteer team? Get in touch with: unterwegs@protagon.net
The mobile theatre festival is supported by the Kulturfond Frankfurt RheinMain, the Frankfurt/Main Airport Foundation and the European Union as part of the Creative Europe project TREES.
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Programm Mühlheim
Programm Offenthal
Programm Seligenstadt
To get the festival off the ground, we need a lot of helping hands: Would you like to bring culture to your region with a diverse, volunteer team? Contact us at unterwegs@protagon.net
The mobile theatre festival is supported by the Kulturfond Frankfurt RheinMain, the Frankfurt/Main Airport Foundation and the European Union as part of the Creative Europe project TREES.
