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Strong pieces in Wiesbaden

In 2026, the Department of Culture and the Department of Social Work will once again be inviting exciting plays for children and young people to Wiesbaden as part of Starke Stücke.

A doll in the shape of an elderly woman in a green woollen coat sits on a park bench and stretches up her right arm. Where her arm is pointing, six yellow-blue birds are flying towards her. The background is black. The woman looks as if she wants to greet the birds. — A scene from "On the bench"

For 32 years, the International Theater Festival for Young Audiences Rhine-Main "Starke Stücke" has been creating spaces for experience, networking, amazement and change. From 20.2. - 3.3.2026, 23 national and international productions from eleven countries can be experienced throughout the Rhine-Main region.

The Cultural Office and the Office for Social Work have invited four productions to Wiesbaden that showcase the diversity and quality of international children's and youth theater.