A father was just thinking about a name for the city's new children's and youth theatre when at that very moment his son shouted to him 'Daddy, come here'. That’s it! The perfect name! Kom'ma - it is then: 'Come here'! (In German they sound virtually the same.) There is no other title which would be more appropriate for the building on the Schwarzenberger Straße in Rheinhausen where, for more than ten years, children's theatre of the highest quality has been performed.

The 'ReibeKuchenTheater', one of the oldest free children's and youth theatres in Germany, has ensured that it has remained an attraction. With three self-produced plays a year, more than 200 performances, lots of festivals and other events, the 'Kom'ma' is a free, critical, independent theatre taking a real delight in performing and where professional producers put on plays for children and young people.

But it is also more than 'just' a theatre. In the midst of Rheinhausen's culture and leisure centre, it is also a drop-in centre for the people in the surrounding area. The children in the neighbourhood drop in during performances for a glass of water or a poster for their room. Adults use the leisure centre too and it would seem to be a support and advice centre - at least that’s how people use it.

So the 'KOM'MA' Theatre is all of those things and it has firmly coalesced with the city district of Rheinhausen and has no intention of ever leaving. Its strong ties to the place were evident, for example, in a play about the town's history and the Rheinhausen steel workers' great struggle. Thus it has been welded to its home town, and its national tours have carried a piece of Duisburg to all four corners of Germany.