Since 1991, figuren theater tübingen has been devising theatre that melds visual arts, music, literature, film, and dance in an unmistakable style – with theatre puppets at the centre: Visual theatre for adults, involving all the senses, and internationally accessible.
Invitations to theatre festivals have taken the group working with puppeteer and director Frank Soehnle to more than 50 countries. Since 2016, the rehearsal stage in Tübingen has been open for productions prepared especially for that theatre space and for public rehearsals.
International collaborations, directorial work for other theatres, and teaching assignments at various universities complement the group’s own theatre work.

NEWS

  • Our production “night.flowers” ​​can be seen on February 8, 2025 in the program of the International Festival IMAGINALE in the Theater Phönix. More Details here.
  • The new puppet theater museum KOLK 17 in Lübeck will be showing the “suitcase bird” from our production “Night Concert” including film recordings in the current exhibition from March 2025. At the opening we will perform excerpts from the  “Night Concert".
  • Our new show “kafkabagage” was received with great enthusiasm by the audience and can be seen again in Tübingen from February 20th to 23rd and 8th to 11th. May 2025. Guest performances will take us to the FITZ in Stuttgart from March 13th to 16th and to the Ludwig Forum in Aachen on May 16th.
  • April 2025 will be dedicated to family audiences: Christian Glötzner will present his premiere of “Im Café zur grünen Katz”, “Räuberjammer” will return for two performances and we are looking forward to guest performances by Theater Kumulus from Stuttgart and Maren Kaun from Mannheim.

The figuren theater tübingen is supported by regular funding from the university town of Tübingen. Since 2022, the venue SCHLACHTHAUSSTRASSE 15 receives support from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Research, Science and the Arts.