DUO:DONNERSTAG

›DUO:DONNERSTAG‹ is the perfect way to kick off the weekend early, with inspiring lyrics and electrifying sounds! With the event format, we host readings and concerts in the foyer four times a year. Look forward to the next edition with BRACHE and Nova Materia.

BRACHE is a magazine for new literature from the Ruhr region, founded in the summer of 2025. It offers a new platform for literary voices from the Ruhr region, is published twice a year, and is available free of charge. Each issue is dedicated to a theme that invites readers to paraphrase or get to the heart of the matter, to view it microscopically or from a wide-angle perspective, to sow new seeds, or to dig themselves out of history. Detailed information about their contribution will follow shortly.

Following the reading, the stage belongs to Nova Materia. The sound of the Franco-Chilean duo, comprising Caroline Chaspoul and Eduardo Henriquez, moves between electronic music, post-punk, and industrial, remaining hypnotic and danceable at the same time. The music duo is renowned for its intense live performances and innovative approach: Using pieces of metal, iron plates, steel pipes, stones, and found objects as unconventional instruments, they craft immersive, experimental soundscapes. No one leaves a Nova Materia concert unscathed – it’s a true “sound mass.”