Programme 2025
Tango del Sur
Tango del Sur
Tango Nuevo
NRW
Seebühne | Music
Festival opening
Festival opening
Festival speech by Amir Reza Koohestani and music by Desmadre Orkesta
D’haus, Großes Haus | Words
Artist Talk: Florentina Holzinger
Artist Talk: Florentina Holzinger
The 'Artist of the Year 2024' in conversation
34OST | Words
Stadtklaviere
Stadtklaviere
Music in public spaces
Site-Specific | Performance
Vox Sambou
Vox Sambou
Afrobeat / Caribbean Hip-Hop
Haiti
Seebühne | Music
asphalt Festival x THE DORF x Friends
asphalt Festival x THE DORF x Friends
Festival party with DJ Daniel Wang and DJ Robin Mario
34OST |
Vehicle/Passenger
Vehicle/Passenger
Spoken Word & New Jazz
New York / Amsterdam / Cologne
Seebühne | Music
A Doll’s House
A Doll’s House
Immersive play by Fix+Foxy
Copenhagen
Site-Specific | Theatre
War Diaries
War Diaries
Theatrical documentary by and with Uri Fahndrich & Nadia Migdal
Israel / Germany
34OST | Performance
Jesper Munk
Jesper Munk
Singer-Songwriter-Blues
Berlin
Seebühne | Music
Selbstportrait zwischen Steppe und Wald
Selbstportrait zwischen Steppe und Wald
Solo by Alexej Lochmann
Guest performance from the Deutsches Theater Berlin
34OST | Theatre
Maik Krahl
Maik Krahl
Jazz
Cologne
Seebühne | Music
Sofia und Juri Andruchowytsch
Sofia und Juri Andruchowytsch
Writing in times of war – an exchange of ideas
Ukraine
34OST | Words
Heimat, Fußball, Rockmusik
Heimat, Fußball, Rockmusik
Cabaret solo by Frank Goosen
NRW
Seebühne | Words
Ich bin Bulgare?!
Ich bin Bulgare?!
Solo by and with Vidina Popov
Vienna / Berlin
34OST | Theatre
Weeland
Weeland
Retro-Soul
Berlin / Ulm
Seebühne | Music
Decazeville – Der Berg, der brennt
Decazeville – Der Berg, der brennt
Performance by Nina Gazaniol Vérité
France
34OST | Performance
Muito Kaballa
Muito Kaballa
Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz
Cologne
Seebühne | Music
Demokratie plus X – Die Show
Demokratie plus X – Die Show
A form of government review by Annette Frier and Peter Trabner
NRW
Seebühne | Performance
Lehmanns Brothers
Lehmanns Brothers
Nu-Soul / Funk
France
D’haus, Kleines Haus | Music
One Song
One Song
Concert performance by Miet Warlop & NTGent
Belgium
D’haus, Kleines Haus | Performance
Blind Runner
Blind Runner
Chamber play by Amir Reza Koohestani / Mehr Theatre Group
Paris / Tehran
D’haus, Kleines Haus | Theatre
Nico Brandenburg Quartett
Nico Brandenburg Quartett
Jazz
NRW
Seebühne | Music
Sorvina
Sorvina
Neo-Soul / Hip-Hop
New York / Berlin
Seebühne | Music
Omer Moskovich
Omer Moskovich
Alternative Pop
Tel Aviv
Seebühne | Music
Goldstück
Goldstück
Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers
Text by Verena Güntner / asphalt co-production / Düsseldorf
Alte Farbwerke | Theatre
Ophelia’s Got Talent
Ophelia’s Got Talent
Florentina Holzinger
asphalt Coproduction
D’haus, Großes Haus | Theatre
DJ-Kollektiv Get Over It
DJ-Kollektiv Get Over It
Festival parties
NRW
34OST |
NNOA
NNOA
R’n’B-Soul-Pop
Vienna / Mannheim
Seebühne | Music
Schaf sehen.
Schaf sehen.
Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers 
A theatrical conspiracy story. Text by Juliane Hendes
34OST | Theatre
Devid Striesow liest David Foster Wallace
Devid Striesow liest David Foster Wallace
Installation by Thorsten Lensing
Berlin
D’haus Central | Words
Eva Illouz
Eva Illouz
Festival speech
Paris / Jerusalem
34OST | Words
Our Son
Our Son
A chamber play by Patrik Lazić
Belgrad
34OST | Theatre
Mouvman Alé
Mouvman Alé
Electrifying Psych Rock
La Réunion
34OST | Music
Sean Haefeli Trio
Sean Haefeli Trio
Soul-Jazz
USA / Berlin
Seebühne | Music
Florian Weber
Florian Weber
Piano solo
Hamburg
34OST | Music
Ray Lozano & Salomea
Ray Lozano & Salomea
Soul-Pop & Jazz-Electronica
Cologne
Seebühne | Music
DELPHIN oder IM FREIBAD MEINER GEFÜHLE
DELPHIN oder IM FREIBAD MEINER GEFÜHLE
undBorisundSteffi
A theatrical swimming course about L I F E and the fear of sinking
34OST | Theatre
Dionysos hat Angst
Dionysos hat Angst
Peter Trabner
NRW
34OST | Theatre
The Offering
The Offering
Spoken word concert by Omar Musa and Mariel Roberts
Australia / USA
34OST | Music
Stefanie Sargnagel 
Stefanie Sargnagel 
Reading from "Iowa"
Vienna
Seebühne | Words
VESNA & guests
VESNA & guests
"To learn from the light"
Cologne / Ukraine
Seebühne | Music
Mina Richman
Mina Richman
Folk-Pop
NRW
Seebühne | Music
Soulcrane Quartet
Soulcrane Quartet
Jazz
Cologne
Seebühne | Music
Aurora Negra / Schwarze Morgenröte
Aurora Negra / Schwarze Morgenröte
Play by Aurora Negra
Portugal
D’haus Central | Theatre
Stina Holmquist
Stina Holmquist
Indie-Pop
NRW
Seebühne | Music
Faira & Annie Blochs I DEPEND
Faira & Annie Blochs I DEPEND
Experimental Folk & Indie Folk
Cologne
Seebühne | Music
Mitzi’s Mensch
Mitzi’s Mensch
A Live Thought Experiment by and with Ariel Doron
Berlin
34OST | Theatre
است (Ist)
است (Ist)
A chamber play by Parnia Shams
Iran
D’haus Central |
Desmadre Orkesta
Desmadre Orkesta
South American Power Brass
Argentina
34OST | Music
Send me up!
Send me up!
Retzlaff / Berndt / Tremel
A live audio play with music
Seebühne | Theatre
Bia Ferreira
Bia Ferreira
Brazilian Soul, Rap & Reggae
Brazil
34OST | Music
Moscoviáda
Moscoviáda
Guest performance by Divadlo X10
based on the novel by Juri Andruchowytsch
D’haus Central | Theatre
Juri Andruchowytsch
Juri Andruchowytsch
Festival speech
Ukraine
34OST | Words
Skatepark
Skatepark
Choreography by Mette Ingvartsen
Belgium / Denmark
D’haus Central | Theatre
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