Fidena 2026: The Game brings festival magic to the Bochum Art Museum
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Fidena Festival: The Game - a clever, sensual festival experience at the Bochum Art Museum
With Fidena Festival: The Game, international puppet theatre meets a playful thought experiment at the Bochum Art Museum. The interactive performance by the Ticinese artist duo trickster-p invites you on May 16, 2026, to a special multi-day program of the Fidena festival, bringing together culture, discussion, and festival atmosphere in an unusually intense way.
A festival with history, attitude, and international radiance
FIDENA has been one of the defining festivals for puppet theatre in Bochum and the surrounding area since 1958. Over decades, the festival has developed into a meeting point for outstanding productions from many countries. The current edition runs from May 13 to May 21, 2026, and brings art, city, and audience into a lively dialogue. In 2026, Fidena is also, for the first time, under the new leadership of Helene Ewert and Christofer Schmidt, while the citizen jury shapes the program in public space. This provides the festival with a fresh perspective and at the same time the depth of a grown tradition.
The Game: When decisions suddenly become stage action
In The Game, the audience itself becomes part of the artistic event. On a playing area, small economies are created with lifelike miniature figures, rules, and scenic inserts that are continuously adjusted. Cow, pasture, and barn become a poetic experiment setup, where economic actions, environmental issues, and collective decisions meet. It is this connection of interactive performance, thinking space, and theatre experience that makes it so appealing: here, puppet theatre becomes a sensual thinking format.
Family-friendly, barrier-free, and close to the audience
The event is aimed at children aged 9 and up and families. The venue at the Bochum Art Museum offers a protected, indoor setting for concentrated experiences and clear views of the performance. With barrier-free access, multiple performance dates, and a solidarity pricing system, an open cultural offer is created that combines low-threshold access with high artistic quality. For festival visitors, this means: a compact, well-planned cultural date with a special character.
Why the visit is worthwhile
Fidena Festival: The Game is not an ordinary theatre date but a cleverly composed festival experience between play, society, and participation. Those who love puppet theatre or want to discover new forms of performance and festival culture will experience here a production that appeals to both the mind and the senses. This is exactly where Fidena's strength lies: international quality, intelligent curation, and a distinctive community feeling right in the heart of Bochum.
Conclusion: Fidena Festival: The Game combines art, interaction, and festival atmosphere into a special afternoon in the heart of Bochum. Anyone who wants to experience puppet theatre in a new way should attend this event live at the Bochum Art Museum.
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