Many people know protagon from the summer shipyard on the banks of the Main in Frankfurt. With the Winterwerft, we are also realising “culture for all” in winter. We are organising a special festival format on the cultural grounds of our association for international performing arts: for three weeks, we invite artists and groups to live, rehearse, train and research together in the protagon performance and production space. Every weekend, as part of the festival programme, we also show the results of this theatre laboratory and want to engage in an exchange with you. We have also invited other regional and international artists to show their work.

The Winterwerft site provides a magical setting for the festival. During the day, there will be theatre, dance and other workshops open to everyone. The site and our exhibition will then open from 18:30. The yurt, the Babushka Café and the foyer invite you to linger and exchange ideas with concert sounds, dialogue formats, warm drinks and treats. Theatre and performances take place in the hall, and if we need it, there is also space for dancing. And on Sundays we have a programme for the little ones in the afternoon: Imaginative workshops in the cosy yurt and theatre for young and old.

We want to create a peaceful and safe environment at the Winterwerft where everyone can feel comfortable, regardless of gender and gender identity, sexual identity, disability, ethnic origin, nationality, age, language, religion or ideology. It is now up to all of us to create such a space and to take values such as consideration, solidarity and tolerance seriously. For this reason, we have set up an awareness team at the festival, which is always present. Our care team is also always present at the festival and can be contacted for all issues relating to hygiene and safety. We try to make access to the festival as barrier-free as possible. The event rooms and toilets are wheelchair accessible. This year, for the first time, we will have a sign language interpreter translate the evening presentations and selected events into German sign language. This is made possible by funding from Aktion Mensch. Most of the events, such as dance and physical theatre, contain little or no language, while others will be subtitled or surtitled. Further information can be found in the programme.

All theatre events, performances, concerts and other cultural offerings are financed in solidarity through donations (amount at own discretion).