About
The Ruhrfaust is a Ruhr-area adaptation of Urfaust, co-produced with Schauspiel Essen. It plays at GRENDTheater, Essen, on Sunday, 13 December 2026 at 15:30.
What to expect
After old Faust dies, Faust junior, a perpetual student, must decide whether to take over the family pub „Zum kernigen Pudel“ in Essen-Eiberg, while Mephis Topheles fights a possible sale and Grete Gützel and Marthe Majowski arrive with an offer.
- Goethe meets Ruhrpott
- Ruhr-area adaptation of Urfaust
- Co-production with Schauspiel Essen
- Text: Gordon Strahl
- Direction: Tabea Nora Schattmaier
- Dramaturgy: Florian Heller
- Set and costumes: Gesa Gröning
- Duration: approx. 1 hr 45 min incl. break
- Organizer: Frank Fuchs
Questions
When does The Ruhrfaust start and end?
The Ruhrfaust is on Sunday, 13 December 2026, 15:30 until 17:15.
Where is The Ruhrfaust?
The Ruhrfaust takes place at GRENDTheater, Westfalenstr. 311, Essen.
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Getting there
GRENDTheater, Westfalenstr. 311, 45276 Essen, DE
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