Black Table · Aachen
The special evening lies in the other direction
Close-up magic at the black table — and tomorrow you’ll be telling the story.
The promise
Planning an evening out from Düren usually means looking towards Cologne. It works the other way too: in Aachen there is a theatre with 62 seats where magic happens in your own hands rather than on a distant stage. An evening you won’t quite be able to explain afterwards — that is explicitly part of the offer.
For the evenings in between
Not the highlight of the year. Just a very good Tuesday.
A theatre evening is quickly treated as something that needs an occasion: a birthday, an anniversary, visitors from out of town. The Black Table plays on more than 240 evenings a year, right across the week — and some of the programmes are deliberately built as after-work formats, short enough for an ordinary weekday.
That changes the calculation. This is not about the one big evening a year you travel far for and plan long in advance, but about an evening you can slot in on impulse. The bar opens before the performance, and how long an evening runs is listed with every show.
What remains is the same in every case: you sit close enough that no explanation survives your own scrutiny. Coming from Düren, Aachen is no further than the other direction — there is simply something different at the end of the drive.
How an evening unfolds
Arrive
A glass of sparkling to welcome you — warm light, quiet laughter, reality turns a little softer.
Enjoy
Good food and drinks; at the big shows, tarte flambée in the interval.
Marvel
Close-up magic within reach — right at the black table, in the middle of you all.
Why Black Table
on Google — from guests who have been here
seats — no seat more than four metres from the table
evenings a year — a permanent house, not a guest run
In guests’ own words
Two sentences that say it all.
„A firework of magic tricks.“
„To this day I can’t work out how any of it is done.“
Practical
Right in Aachen, easily found.
Borngasse 30, 52064 Aachen — inside the Cineplex (Kapuziner Karree, 1st floor), step-free by lift. Car parks are a short walk away.
An evening usually lasts around two hours; doors normally open 20 minutes before the start with a glass of sparkling. The exact time is shown with each date.
Frequently asked
Questions about magic show Düren
Where does the theatre play?
In Aachen, Borngasse 30 inside the Kapuziner Karree — first floor of the Cineplex building, step-free by lift.
Are there weekday dates as well?
Yes, we play on more than 240 evenings a year, right across the week. You can see which dates are free in the listing.
How long does an evening last?
An evening usually lasts around two hours; at the big shows with an interval serving tarte flambée and drinks.
One of the 62 seats still has your name on it tonight.
Over 240 evenings a year — but only 62 seats each night.