Cul­tu­re, lei­su­re and sport

The Volks­thea­ter Ros­tock (Peop­le's Theat­re) 

Pas­sio­na­te, mo­ving, sur­pri­sing, amu­sing, con­tem­pla­ti­ve, en­ter­tai­ning… the Volks­thea­ter Ros­tock’s pro­gram­me is all of the­se things. The com­plex’s main ve­nue is the theat­re buil­ding on Do­be­ra­ner Stras­se, which, in ad­di­ti­on to its show­piece known as the Gros­ses Haus (Big Hou­se), is al­so home to the Ate­lier­thea­ter and the Bal­lett­saal (bal­let hall). The Klei­ne Ko­mö­die War­ne­mün­de, as a ve­ry small branch ve­nue in the sea­si­de re­sort town, of­fers a par­ti­cu­lar­ly in­ti­ma­te at­mo­s­phe­re and set­ting for ca­ba­ret and chan­son nights.

Eve­ry May, the Volks­thea­ter clo­ses the doors of its main ve­nue and heads to the his­to­ric ship­buil­ding hall 207 at the for­mer Nep­t­un­werft dock for the ‘Volks­thea­ter sum­mer’. It’s the per­fect pla­ce for au­di­en­ces to en­joy ela­bo­ra­te sum­mer­ti­me spect­a­cles. In win­ter, me­an­while, the tra­di­tio­nal Christ­mas fairy­ta­le on the big sta­ge is a per­ma­nent fix­tu­re on all Ros­to­ckers’ ca­len­dars. As a clas­sic ci­ty theat­re of­fe­ring dra­ma, mu­si­cals, dance and con­certs, the ve­nue con­siders it its du­ty to ca­ter to all of the ci­ty’s ci­ti­zens – with a broad re­per­toire ran­ging from en­ter­tain­ment to ex­pe­ri­men­ta­ti­on. All four di­sci­pli­nes pro­du­ce so­phi­sti­ca­ted and en­joya­ble per­for­man­ces for adults, as well as pro­jects for child­ren and ado­le­s­cents, in­clu­ding work­shops and play clubs pro­mo­ting in­ter­ac­tion, lear­ning and ex­pe­ri­men­ting.