Junges Theater Bonn, Children's theater in Bonn, Germany

Junges Theater Bonn is a professional theater in Bonn dedicated to performances for children, young people, and families. The program covers adaptations of well-known stories as well as original plays written for this audience.

Founded in 1969 by Helmut Tromm and Heidi Scholz-Tromm as Theater der Jugend, it premiered with Joachim Jomeier's Die phantastische Reise des Kim van Dong at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium. It moved in 1979 into the former Rheingold cinema on Hermannstraße, a 19th-century building seating up to 400. Renamed Junges Theater Bonn in 1994, it was awarded in 2007 in the Deutschland – Land der Ideen competition by President Horst Köhler.

The theater works closely with local schools, offering workshops where children can step onto the stage themselves. Many shows are developed with school groups in mind, so theater becomes part of everyday life for younger audiences.

Students from the University of Bonn can get discounted tickets, which makes attending shows more accessible for young adults. For school performances, booking in advance is a good idea since they tend to fill up quickly.

Some performances at this theater combine spoken German with sign language, so deaf audience members can follow the full show. These are not separate events but regular productions open to all.