Events in Frankfurt

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My Uncle David: A Walk-in Memory

My Uncle David: A Walk-in Memory
Until Thu, Oct 22
Shows
Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt

A walk-through theatre performance that traces a family's silenced Shoah history through live music and personal testimony.

Blade Runner

Blade Runner
Until Fri, Oct 23
Shows
Exzess-Halle

An AI-driven theatre adaptation of 'Blade Runner' where the audience votes live on how the story unfolds.

Extrawurst

Extrawurst
Until Sat, Oct 24
Shows
Die Komödie

A satirical comedy where a tennis club’s vote on a new barbecue spirals into a culture war over pork, identity, and coexistence.

Sculpture Lab Show

Sculpture Lab Show
Until Sat, Oct 24
Exhibitions
Städelschule

A pop-up show of sculpture, installation and performance by Städelschule students and alumni, folded into the workshops of the Daimlerstrasse.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Until Sat, Oct 24
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

A visually stunning, satirical take on Brecht's parable of fascism, blending live film, comic-book aesthetics, and live music.

Fritz Scholder

Fritz Scholder
Until Sun, Oct 25
Exhibitions
TOWER MMK

A deep dive into the artist's unflinching look at power, identity, and image-making in Native American representation.

Sister Weather — The Glenkeen Variations

Sister Weather — The Glenkeen Variations
Until Sun, Oct 25
Exhibitions
Open Space Frankfurt

Four artists who spent time at Ireland's Glenkeen Garden turn a Dublin gallery into a car boot sale of works inspired by West Cork's rainy landscape and community rituals.

Wolfgang Hollegha: Don’t Think, Look!

Wolfgang Hollegha: Don’t Think, Look!
Until Sun, Oct 25
Exhibitions
Museum Reinhard Ernst

A sweeping display of the Austrian abstract painter’s richly coloured canvases, paired with guided tours, performances, and a seven-part film series at the Caligari cinema.

Photo by Wolfgang Hollegha · Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

I Am Like You, I Love Apples

I Am Like You, I Love Apples
Until Sun, Oct 25
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

Three dictators' wives meet for a press conference to promote the filming of their lives in this darkly comic satire by Theresia Walser.

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing
Until Sun, Oct 25
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

Shakespeare’s witty battle of the sexes, staged by director Tina Lanik as a sharp look at love and gender politics in threatening times.

15th Korean Film Festival Frankfurt

15th Korean Film Festival Frankfurt
Until Sun, Oct 25
Festivals
Frankfurt am Main

Six days of Seouth Korean cinema ranging from blockbusters to indies, accompanied by workshops, performances and Korean food – including free admission to the Koreea Culture Day.

Das Deutschlandherz

Das Deutschlandherz
Until Mon, Oct 26
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

A group of young friends waiting for the last train at a desolate station notice that something is deeply wrong in this new horror play by Bonn Park.

Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise
Until Wed, Oct 28
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

The Junge Schauspiel Frankfurt’s young ensemble asks urgent questions about hope, fear and solidarity in a wondering generation.

Photo by JJ Harrison · Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Long Day's Journey into Night

Long Day's Journey into Night
Until Thu, Oct 29
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

A single day uncovers buried addictions and old wounds in the Tyrone family in Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical masterpiece.

NSU 2.0

NSU 2.0
Until Thu, Oct 29
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

A documentary theatre piece by Nuran David Calis tracing the NSU 2.0 death threats and the network of right-wing extremism within the Frankfurt police.

Gaudí and the Urban Resonance Space

Gaudí and the Urban Resonance Space
Until Fri, Oct 30
Exhibitions
Instituto Cervantes (Amerika Haus)

A walk-through Gaudí-inspired sculpture in the garden of the Instituto Cervantes

Photo by Alex on Unsplash

The Evening Before the Day After

The Evening Before the Day After
Until Fri, Oct 30
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

Four people come together for a dinner that quickly turns into a night of reckoning, where business, money, and buried secrets collide.

SCHIRN-O-WEEN

SCHIRN-O-WEEN
Until Sat, Oct 31
Festivals
SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt

A family Halloween festival at the SCHIRN with workshops, spooky guided tours, and a kids’ disco amid exhibitions by Anna Hulačová and Leonor Fini.

Zirkus Kafka

Zirkus Kafka
Until Sat, Oct 31
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

Kafka's final story characters come to life as an absurd circus troupe, merrily sending up the entire theatre world.

Meet Asian Art: The Awakened

Meet Asian Art: The Awakened
Until Sun, Nov 1
Exhibitions
Museum Angewandte Kunst

A cabinet exhibition of Buddhist stone and bronze sculptures from China, Thailand, Tibet and Korea, drawn from the museum's own collection.

Frankenstein Halloween

Frankenstein Halloween
Until Sun, Nov 1
Festivals
Burg Königstein

A Halloween horror experience with live actors, themed scare zones, and a stage show inside the ruins of Königstein Castle.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Until Sun, Nov 1
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

A visually striking, queer adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic about vanity, desire, and our image-obsessed age, with a modern commentary by Marcus Peter Tesch.

The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk

The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk
Until Sun, Nov 1
Shows
Schauspiel Frankfurt

A satirical theatre trilogy following the anarchic wit of Schwejk through WWI, WWII, and the battle of Bakhmut.

60 Years of Good Book Design

60 Years of Good Book Design
Until Sun, Nov 1
Exhibitions
Museum Angewandte Kunst

The exhibition presents an exclusive selection of the Best German Book Designs from six decades, celebrating the art of book design.