THEATERNATUR FESTIVAL

We live next door to one another, opinion alongside opinion, often even side by side—but what actually connects people anymore?

un|connected? – The 12th THEATERNATUR FESTIVAL of the Performing Arts

In 2026, the THEATERNATUR FESTIVAL invites you tojoin the search for the glue that holds our time together. For three weeks, the WALD|BÜHNE Benneckenstein will become a gathering place for stories, surprising perspectives, and everything that happens when people come together. What holds us together when our worlds, truths, and realities drift further and further apart? Do we need new stories? New rituals? Or simply more opportunities to encounter one another? Join us on a quest to discover the “glue” of our time.

Featuring:seven dwarfson a true-crime treasure hunt, kindnessas a high-risk sport, secret files fromLauchhammer,a dress rehearsal for lifeat 80, a journey into infinite expanses withAljoscha Stadelmann (known, among other roles, as Frank Koops in “Harter Brocken”), dances with too much and too little distance, people with (too) high hopes and even bigger dreams between spruce-lined beaches and sweeping vistas. Look forward to anunusual programfeaturing acting, performance art,bratwurst, dance, children’s theater, live music, and much more. Dramatic. Funny. Musical. Relaxing. Comeon by. Stick around.We’re looking forward to seeing you!

By the way: Our beer garden, RAST|STÄTTE, opens 90 minutes before the start of each performance on all show days. So: feel free to come early, stay late, and enjoy cold drinks, grilled food, an after-work vibe, good conversation, and open-air theater. And for those who don’t want to leave at all: For the first time, you cancamp right on the festival grounds or stay overnight at the school camp(bookings starting at 12.50 €/night viahttps://www.schullandheim-benneckenstein.de).