On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Theater Basel stages an exhibition across Theaterplatz, the Foyer, and the Alte Billetkasse that retraces the history of the building’s creation — from its designs and urban visions to the questions that continue to surround the building to this day.
Exhibition 'A Theater Like This Has Never Been Built' (3/–26/10/2025)
Opening: 3rd October, 5.30 PM, Alte Billettkasse
With greetings by curator Andreas Kofler and artistic director Angela Osthoff
Foyer, Alte Billettkasse, Theaterplatz
Thematic Tours
A series of special guided tours will accompany the exhibition: Andreas Ruby (8/10/), Klaus Spechtenhauser (10/10/), Jason Nicoll (11/10/), Martin Frank (15/10/), Peter Krottenthaler (16/10/), Meinrad Morger (17/10/), Cathérine Miville (19/10/), Andrea Frei (23/10/), Benedikt von Peter (24/10/), Dorothee Huber (25/10/) und Beat Aeberhard (26/10/).
18 October, 10 AM–5 PM
'Anniversary Day' Celebration
A full-day program opens the doors into the heart of the theater.
Bühne frei für Basel - Baustelle der Begegnungen
- When: 18 October 10 AM –4 PM
- Location Kleine Bühne
- Project Management: Julia Leitmeyer (Theater Education, Theater Basel), Olivia Jenni (Head of Education S AM)
Whether it's a steep slope or an arena, a proscenium or an orchestra pit, the front, back, or understage, an iron curtain or a half curtain: the architecture of the theater shapes our view of the stage. It shapes how we see, hear, and experience. To mark the 50th anniversary of our theater building, we invite you to a very special construction site. Together with the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, we are giving big questions space – and a stage. Using materials from the theater's collection and remnants of past productions, we are creating a theater of encounters: an open, transformable installation for children, adults, individuals, and groups. Here, you can design, build, play, and transform – freely, according to your desires and imagination.
Further information here
Photo:: Peter Stöckli, Archiv Theater Basel
