Veranstaltungsarchiv

Sonntag
1. März 2026
14:30 Uhr
leuchter-saal

Von Booten und Meer

Führung in der Bootshalle

Schon mal am Neckarmünzplatz ausgestiegen oder vorbei gefahren und sich gewundert, was das ist?
Diese Bootshalle gehört zu unserem Museum und ist üblicherweise nicht offen. Am Sonntag gibt es wieder eine unserer seltenen Bootshallenführungen!

Sonntag
15. Februar 2026
14:30 Uhr
Haus Frühling

Architekturführung „Das Palais Weimar“

durch das Völkerkundemuseum vPST
Samstag
14. Februar 2026
17:00 Uhr
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Guided tour: Heidelberg & South Asia – Trails of Taste

Guided Tour and City walk in English
The walking tour starts at Völkerkundemuseum and guides the visitors to different stations in the old town of Heidelberg.
Freitag
13. Februar 2026
17:00 Uhr
Hip-Hop

Inspirationen

Was das Hip-Hop Feuer in Heidelberg entfachte
Führung des Freien Hip-Hop Instituts
Sonntag
8. Februar 2026
14:30 Uhr
SacredDirt1000x1000_comp

Sacred Dirt – Führung

mit Joost Brokke
Freitag
6. Februar 2026
18:00 Uhr
bis 19:30 Uhr
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José Rizal – Weltbürger und Nationalheld? – Vortrag

Versuch eines Porträts
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Dietrich Harth

Weltbürger und Nationalheld, diese Zuschreibungen schließen einander eigentlich aus. Warum und von welchem Standpunkt aus sie im Fall des philippinischen Intellektuellen Sinn machen können, darauf sucht Harths Vortrag nach Antworten. Dabei hält er sich vor allem an die Schriften Rizals. Dessen Romane, Essays, Gedichte spiegeln nicht nur die persönliche Haltung des Autors, sie sind auch Zeugnisse des Widerstands gegen den menschenverachtenden Kolonialismus des späten 19. Jahrhunderts.

Sonntag
1. Februar 2026
14:30 Uhr
Plakat-Halo

Der Halo als Heiligenschein – Führung

Das europäische Mittelalter und der Buddhismus
Zwölf außergewöhnliche Objekte zeigen überraschende Verflechtungen zwischen buddhistischer Kunst und der lateineuropäischen Welt.

Die Ausstellung eröffnet einen bislang kaum beleuchteten Blick auf ein global vernetztes Mittelalter – offen, neugierig und im Austausch mit den Religionen Asiens.

Grundlage dazu bietet das von der VW-Stiftung mitfinanzierte Buchprojekt „The Buddha and the Medieval West“ von Romedio Schmitz-Esser (Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg). Die grundlegende Idee, Asien und Europa nicht getrennt zu sehen, entspricht dabei ganz den ursprünglichen Ideen der von Portheim-Stiftung.

Allerdings sind die Lücken, die die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der ursprünglichen Sammlung hinterlassen haben, dramatisch und betreffen gerade die mittelalterlichen Bestände, die fast komplett in der NS-Zeit veräußert worden sind.

Sonntag
1. Februar 2026
15:30 Uhr
ECSASSquare

Rivers connect – in South Asia and in Heidelberg

Guided tour and photowalk in english
With Yash Gurbani. This tour explores how nature, community, stories, and poetry flow together. Poems by Friedrich Hölderlin and Muhammad Iqbal accompany you along the way.
Samstag
31. Januar 2026
16:00 Uhr
Plakat-Halo

Der Halo als Heiligenschein – Vernissage

Das europäische Mittelalter und der Buddhismus
Zwölf außergewöhnliche Objekte zeigen überraschende Verflechtungen zwischen buddhistischer Kunst und der lateineuropäischen Welt.

Die Ausstellung eröffnet einen bislang kaum beleuchteten Blick auf ein global vernetztes Mittelalter – offen, neugierig und im Austausch mit den Religionen Asiens.

Grundlage dazu bietet das von der VW-Stiftung mitfinanzierte Buchprojekt „The Buddha and the Medieval West“ von Romedio Schmitz-Esser (Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg). Die grundlegende Idee, Asien und Europa nicht getrennt zu sehen, entspricht dabei ganz den ursprünglichen Ideen der von Portheim-Stiftung.

Allerdings sind die Lücken, die die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der ursprünglichen Sammlung hinterlassen haben, dramatisch und betreffen gerade die mittelalterlichen Bestände, die fast komplett in der NS-Zeit veräußert worden sind.

Donnerstag
29. Januar 2026
18:15 Uhr
leuchter-saal

Vortrag und Diskussion: Die königlichen Schätze Kameruns aus der Kolonialzeit

Herausforderungen und Probleme bei der Rückgabe
Vortrag von Prince de Bangoua Legrand Tchatchouang, mit anschließender Diskussion mit Studierenden.

Mit einer 2019 unterzeichneten Charta hat die deutsche Bundesregierung die historische Verantwortung für ihre koloniale Vergangenheit übernommen.  Die Behandlung und Zukunft kamerunischer Kulturgüter, insbesondere der königlichen Schätze, stehen im Mittelpunkt der Gespräche zwischen der kamerunischen Regierung, vertreten durch den interministeriellen Ausschuss für die Rückführung illegal ins Ausland verbrachter Kulturgüter, und deutschen Museen.

Über seinen Ansprechpartner in Deutschland, den Prinzen von Bangoua, steht der interministerielle Ausschuss in Kontakt mit Museen in Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Leipzig, Köln, Stuttgart, Hannover, Bremen, Frankfurt, München, München Hamburg, und sogar in anderen europäischen Ländern, darunter das Museum von Angoulême in Frankreich, das Weltmuseum in Wien und Museen in der Schweiz, die kamerunische Sammlungen beherbergen.  Die traditionellen Führer fordern die Rückgabe der königlichen Schätze und der Schätze ihrer Vorfahren. Diese Stimmen werden gehört, die Museen lernen dazu und wenden nach und nach traditionsbewusstere Praktiken an, wobei einige bereits die Herkunftsgemeinschaften in die Provenienzforschung einbeziehen. Aber was blockiert den Rückgabeprozess?

Der interaktive Vortrag von Prinz Bangoua Legrand, Mitglied einer Königsfamilie und Vertreter Kameruns in der Frage der Rückgabe in Deutschland, bietet eine neue Perspektive auf die Frage der Rückgabe und die damit verbundenen Hindernisse.

Eine Veranstaltung des ZEGK - Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte der Universität Heidelberg.

Freitag
23. Januar 2026
16:00 Uhr
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Philippinische Märchen

gelesen von Irmela Kopp
Lesung für Kinder von 6-12 Jahren. Teilnahme begrenzt auf 15 Kinder, daher bitten wir um: anmeldung@vkm-vpst.de
Mittwoch
21. Januar 2026
20:00 Uhr
bis 21:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Mittwoch
21. Januar 2026
17:30 Uhr
bis 19:00 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Dienstag
20. Januar 2026
20:00 Uhr
bis 21:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Dienstag
20. Januar 2026
17:30 Uhr
bis 19:00 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Montag
19. Januar 2026
17:30 Uhr
bis 19:00 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Montag
19. Januar 2026
20:00 Uhr
bis 21:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Sonntag
18. Januar 2026
16:00 Uhr
bis 17:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Sonntag
18. Januar 2026
18:30 Uhr
bis 20:00 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Sonntag
18. Januar 2026
14:30 Uhr
Hip-Hop

Inspirationen

Was das Hip-Hop Feuer in Heidelberg entfachte
Führung des Freien Hip-Hop Instituts
Sonntag
18. Januar 2026
21:00 Uhr
bis 22:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Sonntag
18. Januar 2026
14:30 Uhr
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Sacred Dirt

mit Joost Brokke
Führung
Samstag
17. Januar 2026
21:00 Uhr
bis 22:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Samstag
17. Januar 2026
18:30 Uhr
bis 20:00 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Samstag
17. Januar 2026
16:00 Uhr
bis 17:30 Uhr
Screenshot 2026-01-12 143947

Stone Tape Sonata

a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland
The English Drama Group of the PH Heidelberg presents "Stone Tape Sonata", a free-roam*, site-specific theatre experience by Ed Hartland. Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more information.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.