The word suggested a seamless unity and interdependence of two forms of knowledge, theoretical and practical, which have since been compartmentalised. International in remit, the project extends from and puts to work the specificity of Stuttgart as a region of technology and industry, whilst also extending and subverting this identity. Theater Rampe is a platform for supra-regional, off theatre, dance, performance, and live art. We bring together theatre and discourse, performance, research, science, and citizens.
The stage shall become a hybrid site for artistic communication between art and public, an opportunity for political discourse and for theatrical experiments. We open up the boundaries of stage, event and genre. The program encompasses: New plays, guest performances, as well as residencies, bringing together artists and researchers.
Bound to this tradition we want to focus on authorship anew. A space, where a temporary community not only forms but also formulates itself. We focus on theatre as a process of communication. Theater Rampe has been founded in It has an open stage with a capacity of to seats, placed in the depot of a rack-and-pinion railway. It is located nearby Marienplatz in the south of Stuttgart.
Since , artistic directors Marie Bues and Martina Grohmann and their team have been building up an international network of interdisciplinary partners from the arts, science, the humanities and a socio-cultural context to establish a regional and international exchange. Focal points of the exhibition and event programming include the mediation of current tendencies in genres of art, architecture, design and theory, as well as the conjunction of local and international debates.
It has four levels with sq meters of exhibition space. Central to the exhibition and events programming is the presentation of young international artists as well as historical positions that are significant for current discourses.
