Volkstheater Frankfurt, Folk theatre in Frankfurt, Germany
The Volkstheater Frankfurt is a folk theatre in central Frankfurt that performs plays in Frankfurter dialect alongside classical works and contemporary dramas. It is housed in the restored Cantatesaal, a hall with a fixed stage and an auditorium seating the audience in a traditional arrangement.
The Volkstheater Frankfurt was founded in 1971 and soon became a regular home for dialect and folk theatre in the city. Over the following decades it grew into a fixture of Frankfurt's theatrical life.
The Volkstheater Frankfurt stages plays in Frankfurter dialect, a local variety of German that has grown rarer in everyday city life. Attending a performance gives visitors direct contact with a way of speaking that survives mainly in this kind of theatrical setting.
The theatre is a short walk from Goethe House, making it easy to combine with a visit to that part of central Frankfurt. Since the programme changes regularly, it is worth checking what is on before you go.
The theatre once staged summer performances in the courtyard of the Dominican Monastery and in front of Frankfurt Cathedral, bringing productions to spaces not normally used for theatre. One of the works performed in these settings was Urfaust, Goethe's early draft of his famous play.
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