Faust auf die Fresse 01 – Eröffnungszeremonie und Wettkampf #Tauziehen

A Punch in the Face

A Feminist Sports Festival  

by zweifrauentanzen

From October 1 to 3, 2026, the women artists’ collectivezweifrauentanzenwill transform Munich into a venue forFaust auf die Fresse, a feminist festival that brings together athletic competition and theater.

The starting point is the canon: those predominantly male-dominated stories from literature, theater, and the visual arts. Actresses, athletes, and the audience will challenge these narratives during a weekend loosely modeled after the Olympics, in which mythological, fictional, and real figures of patriarchy become athletic opponents.

The competitions are based on specially developed theatrical texts about physicality that engage with feminist history and contemporary discourses on power and gender. In place of traditional narratives of victory, the focus shifts to the question of how communication, intuition, and empathy enable new forms of winning and how we can form stronger alliances.

The program ranges from workshops and an immersive opening ceremony at the PATHOS theater to cycling sessions, a “Faust” competition at Boxwerk, and an immersive city tour.

The festival concludes on October 3 with the After-Sport Party at Bahnwärter Thiel. Live coverage by the festival team will be available throughout, and can be followed via a live ticker on the website in October.

The PATHOS theater will host the first two events. The full program can be foundHERE.

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01: Opening Ceremony 

Opening Ceremony / Competition #tauziehen

We’re kicking off the first feminist sports games in Munich and the world, and you can be there live to watch our torchbearer literally hatch from an egg! In the first competition, the president of our feminist games, Helene Weigel, faces off against a frenzied mob in a tug-of-war. Who will win? The many or the one? And will you join in? In any case, she’ll finally step out of the shadows and into the spotlight to kick off three days of athletic competition. 

Featuring:Matti Konfetti as the runner hatching from the egg, Kriemhild Hamann as Helene Weigel, Roland Schulz & the Glockenbach Choir

Date: Thu, Oct. 1 | 7:00 p.m.
Location:PATHOS theater
Duration:approx. 90 min.
Language: German
Tickets:€40Support Ticket |€25Regular |€15Reduced |€10 Minimum Price|€284-Show Pass 

All prices include a climate impact fee. Ifthis optionisnot selected, the price per ticket is reduced by 2 € each, or by a total of 8 € for the 4-show subscription. Information about the climate impact fee is availablehere.

You can purchase the 4-pack onlinehere.It is not available on the same page as individual tickets. After purchase, you’ll promptly receive a code that you can use four times on the ticket portal to purchase an admission ticket.

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02: Learn the Rules. Break the Rules.

Workshopby Sophie Haydee Colindres Zühlke /#tanzen Competition 

First, we learn the rules. Then we break them. We’ll learn a choreography and explore through improvisation whether restrictions stifle our creativity—or actually get it going. Instead of classic “winner’s narratives,” we’ll explore how communication, intuition, and empathy enable new ways of winning—and how we can form stronger alliances. Dancing, experimenting, rethinking, and breaking a few rules—for everyone, with or without dance experience.

Date:Fri, Oct. 2 | 11:00 a.m.
Location: PATHOStheater
Duration:approx. 60 min.
Language: German
Tickets:€10 minimum price|€8without climate impact fee

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Production: zweifrauentanzen| Directed by Jennyvon Reiche and Malin Kraus| Costume Designer:Gabor Barbulszki| Makeup: FelixLoeffelholz von Colberg| Music: AlexEickhoff| Marketing: LeonBrugger| Production Assistant: Nina Neparidze | Photography by MonaShatry| Graphic design by MaraWeyel