When does ANACHASTROPA take place?

The second performance takes place on Sunday, November 29, 2026, at 4:30 PM.

When is entry or meeting point?

The distribution of headphones and the meeting point starts at 4:00 PM at the parking lot at the corner of Castroper Straße and Gersteinring.

Where does the performance take place?

The performance combines an audiowalk along Castroper Straße with a street opera performance at the Prinz Regent Theater Bochum.

What can the audience expect?

The audience will experience a connection of audiowalk, music theater, acting, singing, urban sounds, and stories from different Bochum communities.

How long does the event last?

The exact duration and further information on the format will be provided by the organizers before the event date.

What does admission cost?

A confirmed ticket price is not specified in the available event information.

ANACHASTROPA turns Bochum's streets into a stage for voices, sound, and shared experiences

Name: ANACHASTROPA - An Audiowalk & Street Opera Performance
Start: 2026-11-29T16:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-29T16:30:00+01:00
Location: Prinz Regent Theater

ANACHASTROPA: When Bochum's Castroper Straße becomes a sounding stage

On November 29, 2026, Bochum transforms into a multifaceted experiential space: ANACHASTROPA combines audiowalk, music theater, and street opera into an extraordinary performance between public urban space and Prinz Regent Theater. The meeting point and distribution of headphones start at 4:00 PM at the parking lot at the corner of Castroper Straße and Gersteinring; the second performance begins at 4:30 PM.

A street as a stage, an accident as an oracle

At the center of the production is an imaginary accident in the middle of Castroper Straße. Who was on the bus? Football fans, musical attendees, refugees, prisoners, or travelers from distant worlds? From this mysterious event unfolds a theatrical journey through different life realities that coexist in everyday life yet rarely communicate with one another.

The dramaturgy leads through an urban cosmos, where the Ruhrstadion, the Jewish community, the planetarium, the correctional facility, the initial reception center, and the musical theater Starlight Express become stations of a shared narrative. ANACHASTROPA questions belonging, freedom of movement, and the voices that are heard or overlooked in public space.

Audiowalk and Street Opera in dialogue

The production by kainkollektiv and Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue combines individual listening through headphones with the collective energy of a street opera. Music, acting, singing, sounds, and narrative voices overlap into an open sound landscape. The city does not merely serve as a backdrop, but becomes part of the set and a performer.

Ancient myths meet Brecht's epic street theater, fan chants meet arias, flight stories meet cosmic concepts. The musical direction and composition by Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue create a space where past, present, and future intertwine. The uniquely developed title ANACHASTROPA connects anarchy, anachronism, astronomy, Europe, and the Bochum phrase anne Castroper.

Multifaceted acting art and urban acoustics

The performance thrives on its polyphonic structure. Voices from the neighborhood, acting, singing, violin, viola da gamba, piano, video, and costume design shape a stage experience that constantly shifts between intimacy and public assembly. The street's acoustics become part of the composition; every step changes the perspective on the place, and every voice expands the social stage set.

Director Mirjam Schmuck, author and librettist Fabian Lettow, as well as the ensemble around Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue, Michael Taylor, Helge Salnikau, Kerstin Pohle, and other participants develop a production at the intersection of music theater, performance, and urban research. The audience's reaction is immediate: the audience listens, moves, observes, and becomes a witness to the events.

An evening of theater about coexistence

ANACHASTROPA focuses on the question of who owns the street and how shared public space can be shaped. The audiowalk makes hidden stories audible and brings different social realities together in a musical-theatrical vision. This creates a theater atmosphere that does not set distance but enables encounters.

Those experiencing this special Bochum stage event will not witness a conventional performance with a clear separation between audience and stage. Instead, a mobile experiential space of sound, movement, city, and memory opens up. ANACHASTROPA invites you to hear Bochum anew and to look at your surroundings with different eyes.

Conclusion: A city listens to itself

ANACHASTROPA promises an unusual connection of audiowalk, street opera, and contemporary music theater. The performance turns Castroper Straße into a sounding dramaturgy and brings together different voices in a shared theater moment. Those who appreciate urban stage art, experimental music, and socially conscious productions will experience a theatrical event beyond the ordinary.