Theatre - Institutions, Stages, Festivals

The house of Berlin Festival; © Burkhard Peter

Love of Adventure and Urgency of Perspective – An Interview with Thomas Oberender

Thomas Oberender, newe head of the Berlin Festival, formulates his demands on the Festival: it should be open to the world and present new perspectives.More ...

Explorations of the Alien – the 8th Politics in Independent Theater Festival in Dresden

The 8th Politics in Independent Theater Festival is taking place in Dresden from October 27 to November 6, 2011.More ...

Annemie Vanackere, artistic director at Hebbel am Ufer from September 2012; © Bresadola/drama-berlin.de

Hebbel am Ufer has opted for a strong international profile

In September 2012 the Flemish Annemie Vanackere will be succeeding the current manager Matthias Lilienthal at Hebbel Am Ufer.More ...

„Off to Swabia, Children!“ by the Stuttgart Young People’s Ensemble; photo: Tom Pingel

Children’s and Young People’s Theater in 2011: “Augenblick mal” and “KinderStückePreis”

In May 2011, the 11th German Children’s and Young People’s Theater Meeting, Augenblick mal and the 2nd KinderStückePreis took place.More ...

All awardees at the award ceremony of the Impulse Theatre Festival 2011. photo: Robin Junicke

Major Transgressions – the Impulse Theatre Festival 2011

The North Rhine-Westphalian festival is the most important showcase of the German-language independent scene. It has been around for 20 years and become more and more international.More ...

“Verrücktes Blut”, Ballhaus Naunynstraße | © Ute Langkafel www.flickr.com

Africa, Migration, Precarious Working Conditions – The Political Dimension Is Back in Contemporary German Drama

Every year the state of contemporary German-language drama can be read off from the Mülheim Theatre Festival.More ...

Triumph of the Small and the Independent – The Berlin Theatre Meeting 2011

For the 48th time, the Berlin Theatre Meeting presented in May 2011 the “ten most notable performances” of the season from German-speaking countries, selected by a jury of critics.More ...

Ballhaus Naunynstraße: Full Steam against Clichés

The small backyard theatre Ballhaus Naunynstraße in the Berlin immigrant district of Kreuzberg is conceptually unique in Germany.More ...

Heidelberg Theater – „Play Market“ / Teatron Beit Lessin, Tel Aviv: „They call me Jeckisch“ by Nina Gühlstorff and Nina Steinhilber, with: Hadas Kalderon, Michael Hanegbi; photo: Markus Kaesler

The Art of Conflict – Israeli-German Theatre Cooperation

At the Berlin Schaubühne, at the Heidelberg Play Market: At present it seems that German and Israeli theatre are working intensively with one another.More ...

From Every Corner of Europe – The 2010 Theatre Biennial of the Wiesbaden State Theatre

The 2010 Theatre Biennial in Wiesbaden and Mainz gathered together new European plays and celebrated a round anniversary.More ...

Jesus on the Mount of Olives; photo: Brigitte Maria Mayer / Passionsspiele Oberammergau 2010

Theater as Tradition – The Passion Play in Oberammergau

Every ten years, the Passion Play Festival takes place in Oberammergau. Director Christian Stückl has freed the play from its anti-Semitic stance.More ...

Uwe Gössel, Forum director since 2006; Photo: Piero Chiussi

Stages with Wanderlust – The International Forum at the Berlin Theater Meeting

At the International Forum, renowned theater makers handed down their experience to those starting their careers.More ...

Tobias Philippen and Marc Schäfers, the two heads of schaefersphilippen; photo: Walter Meyer

Brokers Not Only of the Word – German-speaking theater publishers

There is hardly a theatrical profession that has recently been so fostered, celebrated, loaded with prizes and grants as young dramatists.More ...

The Impulse Prize goes to “Othello c´est qui”, directed by Monika Gintersdorfer and Knut Klaßen. Photo: Knut Klaßen

Bad Outlook for Do-Gooders: A Look at the Impulse Theater Festival 2009

At the fifteenth Impulse Festival projects triumphed that work on changing life into art.More ...

Frie Leysen, Program director of the Theater of the World Festival 2010; Foto: Ilja Höpping.

A No Man’s Land on World Tour – The Programme of the Theatre of the World Festival 2010

Program director Frie Leysen will bring avant gardists and border crossers between the disciplines to the Ruhr region in order to dispel clichés.More ...

European debut performance at the International Summerfestival in Hamburg of 'Mi Vida después' of the argentinian director Lola Arias; Foto: Lorena Fernández

Between Bathing Lake and Stage – A Survey of Summer Festivals

The festival idea flourishes, and festivals sprout up everywhere, but essentially there seems to be something rotten here.More ...

Berlin Theatre Meeting 2006; © Jason Kassab-Bachi

Theatre Criticism – Festival Newspapers as a Means of Promoting Young Talent

Interesting for everyone who wants to become a theatre critic are theatre festivals that grant scholarships for the production of a festival newspaper.More ...

'Captain Berlin vs. Hitler', Joerg Buttgereit 2007; copyright: David Baltzer / bildbuehne.de

Hebbel am Ufer: A Pioneer of the Boards and a Venue for Debate

Consisting of three stages, Kreuzberg’s theatre trust, the Hebbel am Ufer, also abbreviated as HAU (“Hit” in German), brings the most contemporary theatre, dance and performance trends to Berlin from around the world.More ...

'Das Mond-Ei', Coproduction by Theaterhandlung and Junges Schauspielhaus Duesseldorf, 2008; copyright: KJTZ / Theater von Anfang an!; photo: Sebastian Hoppe

Big Theatre for Little People: The Children’s and Young People’s Theatre Centre celebrates 20 years

"Children need theatre!" – with this slogan the Children’s and Young People’s Theatre Centre in Frankfurt is making it known that young audiences need professional theatre.More ...

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