Come! Be amazed! See the last, real, still-living Mirja Boes! Only Mirja Boes is a mother, a tormentor of bands, and above all, she has gotten even older since her last tour! Crazy! That's why, from now on, the Queen of Nonsense says: "carpfe diem – Lutsche den Tag!" That makes absolutely no sense, but plenty of fun. Experience Mirja Boes trapped in the horrifying telephone hold queue. If you want to hang yourself, press 1. Also on offer: the epic struggle of a brave housewife against the absolutely evil final boss of civilization: The shower squeegee!

carpe diem

Ringlokschuppen

After Georg Büchner. A dreamlike evening through the world of Georg Büchner, directed by Roberto Ciulli and Dijana Brnić, with Eva Mattes.

Lenz – Carnival of the Lost

Theater an der Ruhr

On November 7, 2026, there will be laughter once again in Mülheim an der Ruhr! Once again, a fantastic mix of cabaret and comedy awaits you! Host: Ole Lehmann. Guests: HG. Butzko, Vera Deckers, Roger Stein, Nektarios Vlachopoulos.

2nd Mülheim Night of Laughs

Play in three acts by Eugène Ionesco. New translation by Frank Heibert and Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel. Labor II of the Jungen Theater an der Ruhr. Direction: Julia Meschede. A theatre evening about transformation, resistance and the search for one's own voice.

Rhinoceros (Rhinocéros)

An unsuccessful comedian searches for love and accidentally finds himself. Comedian Lutz van der Horst has written his first novel: funny, tragicomic and full of wisdom.

Confetti Blues

After Georg Büchner. Directed by Roberto Ciulli and Dijana Brnić, with Eva Mattes. A dreamlike evening through the world of Georg Büchner.

Third solo program by comedian Jonas Greiner: stand-up comedy and satire about the madness of everyday life and modern times.

Jonas Greiner – Auf Augenhöhe

Stand-up comedy about social norms, traditions and rules. A new show from David Kebekus.

David Kebekus – Sensible Content

Klaus Hoffmann live: new album „Ich bin“ performed live, combined with a selection of older songs and spoken interludes spanning 50 years of his career.

Ich bin

New solo show by Kai Magnus Sting. A necktie-wearing humor avant-gardist from the Ruhr region, with fast-paced, quirky comedy.

JA, WIE?! TACHELES UND WURSTSALAT

Following the successful tour "Kulturschock," Abdel Boudii launches brand-new shows for his new solo program "Hause geht!" starting in 2026. Stand-up comedy with parodies, everyday observations, and character impressions.

Hause geht!

Musical cabaret with Nessi Tausendschön. Guitar: William Mackenzie.

Rumeiern

Ringlokschuppen Musikkabarett

Reading with Clara Leinemann. In her debut novel "Gelbe Monster," Clara Leinemann tells, with lightness and wit, of a relationship that seems perfect, until it no longer is, and of traditional ideals of love, female violence and emotional dependence.

Gelbe Monster

Stadtbibliothek im Medienhaus

Let's be honest: cabaret is more important than ever these days! The perceived density of assholes and concentration of idiots ... And so Malmsheimer sets off on a journey to Venice, the birthplace of the Renaissance and of humanism.

Dogensuppe Herzogin – a Stew with Something Extra

Simon Stäblein's new program is an absolute outrage.

Absolute Audacity

A dreamlike evening through the world of Georg Büchner. After Georg Büchner. Directed by Roberto Ciulli and Dijana Brnić, with Eva Mattes.

Lenz – Fairground of the Lost

HARTMANNMUELLER are angry. Really wild. Fuchsteufelswild, so to speak! For their Singspiel, they have invited an ensemble to sing together about life experiences, failure, abandoned dreams and new beginnings. The result is a choir that celebrates the power of community. An experimental composition of music, sound and movement.

FUCHSTEUFELSWILD – a Singspiel

A Christmas program by René Steinberg: satire, columns and comedy with interactive audience involvement about holiday stress, consumer excess and family conflict at Christmas.

„Ach, du fröhliche…“ the Christmas Program

A dreamlike evening through the world of Georg Büchner. Its starting point is the novella Lenz.

Ute Lemper's new programme telling the story of Marlene Dietrich, drawing on a 1988 telephone conversation between the two artists and Marlene's songs from across her life.

Rendezvous with Marlene

A comedy and knowledge show with Dr. Pop about the musical highs and lows of the year.

Chart-Worthy: The Musical Year in Review

Guest performance by the Hessisches Landestheater Marburg. Raphaela Bardutzky, invited to the Mülheimer Theatertage in 2025, takes a linguistically virtuosic and playful look at the subject of care and care work in her multiply awarded play "Fischer Fritz," questioning society's treatment of old age and the often difficult and exploitative working conditions to which foreign care workers are subjected. Under the direction of Angelika Zacek, the team at HLT Marburg has developed a Ukrainian-German version.

Fischer Fritz

Reading with Peggy Mädler. In her novel "Selbstregulierung des Herzens," author and theater maker Peggy Mädler unfolds a varied panorama of life in the GDR and in the newly reunited Germany.

Self-Regulation of the Heart

Boomers – these are not garden furniture or endangered cuddly toys, but millions of people born around 1960. Lars Reichow points his finger at the largest and most powerful group in our society. Colorful wordplay meets a black concert grand piano.

Lars Reichow – BOOMERLAND

In his new program "Andererseits" ("On the Other Hand"), Rüdiger Hoffmann celebrates the small and large catastrophes of everyday life: laconic, subtle, and with a fondly ironic eye. Between shamanic couples therapy, an influencer daughter-in-law, and a do-it-yourself apocalypse.

Andererseits

Germany's best-known stand-up comedy show: one host and four comedians deliver an unforgettable evening.

Die Live Show Comes to Mülheim

Felix Krakau, director and author, has many times adapted classic theatre texts. Now he brings perhaps the greatest story in the world into a compact format: after war and wandering, two heralds from Odysseus' retinue announce the return of the great hero. But he keeps them waiting, and so the two take up the telling themselves: about cyclopes, sirens and the underworld – humorous, moving and again and again surprising. From memories they piece the story together anew.

The Odyssey (XS)

A song recital with Bernd Stelter: A life told in songs, sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, sometimes cheerful and then melancholic again.

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Nov 14, 2026

Lenz – Carnival of the Lost

Nov 15, 2026

Jonas Greiner – Auf Augenhöhe

Nov 21, 2026

David Kebekus – Sensible Content

Nov 21, 2026

Ich bin

Nov 26, 2026

JA, WIE?! TACHELES UND WURSTSALAT

Nov 8, 2026

carpe diem

Nov 7, 2026

Lenz – Carnival of the Lost

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