Guided tours
We offer public guided tours of Theater Basel on the first and third Saturday of every month. Take a look behind the stage, into our workshops and up to the theatre floor.
- Start: 14:00
- Duration: approx. 90 minutes
Behind the scenes at Theater Basel the clocks keep ticking day and night. People often forget how complicated a theatre production really is. How are performances organised? How long do rehearsals for a production last? What happens in the costume department? And what do the workshops look like where all the stage sets are not only designed, but also built?
In our guided tour you can experience everyday life of a theatre. We take a look at our workshops and reveal the secrets of stage machinery.
Theater Basel is pretty big. So big that you could easily get lost in the many corridors, between doors, stages and floors. On our guided tour, we set off together on a playful expedition behind the scenes. We ride the giraffe lift, walk through a hidden tunnel and much more. The guided tours are aimed specifically at children aged 6 and over and can also be attended without an accompanying person.
- Start: 14:00
- Duration: 60 minutes
We walk a path through the Theater Basel. We hear, see, feel and smell. In the carpentry workshop we smell wood and glue. In the painting room we touch various tools. There are huge brushes. It's loud in the metalworking shop. What do you hear? We touch metal parts that will later go on stage. We lift huge stones that are as light as a feather. We touch cacti that don't prick at all. We drop snow that isn't cold and doesn't melt. We feel different costumes and clothes. We touch a dirty costume that doesn't make us dirty. We move through long corridors, like in a labyrinth. We emerge on a stage. We imagine we are playing in a theatre. I am a king, an animal, a ghost, ...
This event is in simple language, accompanied by Metacom symbols and PORTA signs. If you require sign language (DSGS), please notify us at a.frei@theater-basel.ch up to one month before the event . Theater Basel has developed the 'Sensory Tours' together with the Mosaik Foundation, Sonnenhof and the UK Network NWS.
Book a guided tour on the day of your choice. The tour can start between 8:00 and 17:00. Bookings for groups of up to 20 people must be made no later than the previous month. Combine your look behind the scenes with the gastronomic offer of our theatre café.
- Duration: approx. 90 minutes
- per group CHF 300.-
Guided tours in foreign languages (English and French) or for people with visual or hearing impairments and mobility restrictions are also available on request.
We also offer guided tours for school classes. Possible in different languages and with different thematic focuses: On a specific play. On different professions. On architecture. Or playfully for primary school pupils.
- CHF 100 per group
- 60-90 minutes
- Maximum 25 people per tour
- Conducted by our theatre educators
You can find more information about our programme for schools here.
Carina Winter
+41 (0)61 295 14 07
anlass@theater-basel.ch