Theatre is alive
Apart from the main Theater Basel, there are 25 small theatre groups of all types and genres.
Theater Basel
The Theater Basel is the centre piece of theatre life in Basel. It is run as a threefold stage, with some thirty opera, drama, and ballet productions a year. In order to build a new central stage, a private group of theatre-loving ladies collected the funds needed. In 2002, the new Schauspielhaus was opened, so that Theater Basel has now three stages to perform.
Fringe Theatres
There are around 25 other theatres of various sizes in Basel. Among them the Kaserne, several children’s and young people’s theatres, the dialect theatres of Fauteuil and Häbse Theater, the Vorstadt-Theater, a puppet theatre and a whole range of free theatre companies. Big events are regularly staged at the Musical Theater in Basel.
Guest Performances
The Theater Basel regularly invites foreign theatre companies for guest performances. And so does the Musical Theater Basel, where big shows are staged and the festival “Basel tanzt” is held every year.
