fachbetrieb rita grechen // Via Regia: SOFT PERFORMANCE WELCOME PARTY

In the organizer's words:

specialist company rita grechen
Via Regia: SOFT PERFORMANCE WELCOME PARTY

June 21, 2025, 15:00

A meal, a celebration, a travel report, a concert, an arrival with heavy legs after a long journey.

A meal, a celebration, a travel report, a concert, an arrival with heavy legs after a long journey.

PROJECT

fachbetrieb rita grechen and MFK Bochum
Via Regia

The three-part project brings together the interdisciplinary artistic collective fachbetrieb rita grechen from Dresden and the artist group MFK Bochum along the old trade route Via Regia . The two groups invite you to experience actions, interventions and performances at various locations: digitally during the "NO SPEED NO LIMIT" bicycle tour along the Via Regia with fachbetrieb rita grechen, live in the park at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr for their "SOFT PERFORMANCE WELCOME PARTY" to mark the arrival of cyclists in Mülheim an der Ruhr, and finally in Cologne in the Gremberger Wäldchen on the A4 for the performance "SONIC HIGHWAY" by MFK Bochum.

This three-part project brings together the interdisciplinary artistic collective fachbetrieb rita grechen from Dresden with the group of artists MFK Bochum along the ancient trade route the Via Regia. Both groups invite the public to experience actions, interventions and performances at a variety of locations: digitally during the 'NO SPEED NO LIMIT' cycle journey along the Via Regia with fachbetrieb rita grechen, live in the park at Ringlokschuppen Ruhr for the 'SOFT PERFORMANCE WELCOME PARTY' to celebrate the cyclists' arrival in Mülheim an der Ruhr, and finally in Cologne at Gremberg woods by the A4 mortorway for MFK Bochum's performance 'SONIC HIGHWAY'.

IMPULSE FESTIVAL FOR PERFORMANCE, THEATER & DANCE

On three long festival weekends - one each in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Cologne and Düsseldorf - outstanding productions of the independent scene from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be presented. This showcase will be supplemented by positions on the relationship between East and West Germany as part of a post-West focus as well as views from and on the host region of NRW.

We are looking forward to our first joint festival season!

During three long festival weekends - one each in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Cologne and Düsseldorf - outstanding productions from the independent theater scene from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be presented. This showcase will be complemented by positions on the relationship between East and West Germany as part of a Post-West focus as well as views from and on the host region of NRW.

We look forward to our first festival season with you!

LOCATION // VENUE

Park at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr
Am Schloß Broich 38
45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr