Current trends in children’s and youth theatre

You can read articles here by journalists and theatre experts about current trends, major festivals and outstanding children’s and youth theatre productions in Germany.
Second Symposium on Contemporary Music Theatre for Children at the Oldenburg State Theatre (22.-24. November 2012); © Andreas J. Etter

With Ears To See and Eyes To Hear – Contemporary Music Theatre for Children

In November 2012, the Second Symposium on Contemporary Music Theatre for Children brought together about one hundred professionals.More ...
„Schlafen Fische?“ (Do Fish Sleep?) by Jens Raschke, Theater im Werftpark in Kiel, awarded with the 2012 Children’s Play Prize in Mülheim; © Olaf Struck /struck-foto

Plays That Fit – New Theater Texts for Children

In May 2012, “Children’s Plays 2012”, the festival for new German-language drama for children, took place. Here an overview of the most important German children’s plays of the 2011/2012 season.More ...
Volker Ludwig and Stefan Fischer-Fels; © Andy Rumball

Groping and Trying Things Out – The Grips Theater under New Leadership

After 42 years, the founder of the Grips Theater in Berlin, Volker Ludwig, has passed on the artistic directorship to Stefan Fischer-Fels.More ...
The logo of the festival Panoptikum 2012

Dance and Theater Stories: Panoptikum, the Festival for Children’s Theatre

In February 2012, the Seventh Festival for Children’s Theatre from Bavaria and Europe took place in Nuremberg.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 ...
„Pizza senza Mamma“, Direction: Brigitte Dethier, Young Ensemble Stuttgart; Photo: Young Ensemble Stuttgart

Deep Valleys, High Peaks, Wide Open Spaces: Directors of Children’s Theatre in Germany

In Germany, directors of children’s theatre take up deep subjects, expand horizons and are as innovative as the nature of performing art itself.More ...
ASSITEJ – International Association of Theatre for Children and Young

Of Petrol Stations, Backpacks and Fertile Clashes – The ASSITEJ Conference “Theatre and School”

At the Munich Schauburg, researchers presented projects with which federal states, cities and individual theatres hope to woo the audiences of tomorrow.More ...
„Dr. Seuss’s ABC“ by the artistitic collective Cheap at the Theater an der Parkaue (2005); photo: Christian Brachwitz

The Open and Its Limits – Dance and Performance in Theater for Children and Young People

Dance and performance groups from the independent scene fructify children’s and young people’s theater with new forms of acting.More ...
'Der Raeuber Hotzenplotz' (Robber Hotzenplotz), Augenblick mal! 2009; copyright: Christian Brachwitz

Tell rather than teach – Trends in Children’s and Young People’s Theatre

What themes are of interest to the section of the German theatre that attracts the largest audiences, children's and young people's theatre? The children's and young people's theatre meeting in May 2009 at the Berlin Theater an der Parkaue highlighted that it is no longer just "what" is staged that matters, but more and more "how" it is done.More ...
Photos taken at the former Theaterpädagogisches Zentrum (Center of Applied Drama), Stuttgart; Copyright: Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrum/Photo: Peter Galka

Applied Drama (Theaterpädagogik)

What is an Applied Drama teacher in fact? Something similar to a music teacher? A drama teacher who teaches theatre acting?More ...