Guided Tour Puppet Theatre “Düsseldorfer Marionettentheater“

         

Pictures courtesy of Düsseldorfer Marionettentheater

Düsseldorf's marionette theater is located in Palais Wittgenstein.

Its repertoire includes 22 full-length productions. Everything that can be seen on stage is created in the theater's own workshops.

In around 150 performances a year, the five-member ensemble presents lively and contemporary puppet theater for adults and children aged 8 and older. The Düsseldorfer Marionetten-Theater is supported by the city of Düsseldorf.

There is a lot to discover backstage during the one-hour guided tour: Through the foyer and the auditorium, the tour goes backstage and continues in the theater cellar through workshops, the rehearsal stage and the large stockroom, where 500 marionettes await their big performance.

Drawings, models and stage sets convey the long, creative process of creating a production.

Notes

Please accept that eating and drinking is not permitted during the guided tour.

Directions (from IBD Hotel)

• Take the foot bridge in front of Maritim Hotel towards the airport terminal C
• Head for the local transport train station in the basement of terminal C "Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal (S)"
• Take the local train S1 or S11 towards Düsseldorf central station "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof" and get off at "Wehrhahn" (4 stops)
• Take the local subway U71 in direction "D-Rath S"
  Or the local subway U73 in direction "D-Uni Ost/Botanischer Garten"
  Ok the local subway U79 in direction "D-Wittlaer"
• Get off at "D-Benrather Straße U" (4 stops)
• Turn left relative to the train ride into "Benrather Straße"
• After a 150m turn left into "Bilder Straße".
• The destination is after 75m on the right-hand side

Directions (from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof)

• Take the local train S1 or S11 in the direction "Düsseldorf Flughafen" up to the station "Wehrhahn"
• Then proceed as indicated above
• ... or find some more direct route