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Around five aspiring arts journalists provide critical on-site coverage of Theatertreffen. Qualifications will be honed, journalistic writing skills will be developed and new formats will be tested. Applications for participation in the Theatertreffen-Blog can be submitted in the context of an open call which will be published on 3 December 2024.

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“Reviews are the worst thing about this job,” comments director Jette Steckel, invited to the 2024 Theatertreffen with “Die Vaterlosen”, in a guest article written for the Theatertreffen-Blog. Here young art journalists took a critical look at the 10 productions and themes all around the Theatertreffen. Reviews, essays and interviews were published continuously throughout the festival. You can read, for example, about “Lord of the Rings” fan Leonard Haverkamp’s experience of the accessible installation “Riesenhaft in Mittelerde”™ or Marta Ivkić’s review of “Bucket List”. And you can also learn more about the creative interactions of the 29 participants in the International Forum in Elliot Douglas’s article “The power of collaborative theatre”.

The 2024 Theatertreffen-Blog

The Theatertreffen-Blog has developed into its own independent digital brand, and was linked by Guardian Online, nachtkritik.de and the feminist blog maedchenmannschaft.net, among others, as an original source. The Theatertreffen-Blog’s media partners included the Berliner Zeitung, EXBERLINER, 3sat/Kulturzeit, kultiversum.de, Theater der Zeit, ZEIT ONLINE and blogger Mary Sherpe from stilinberlin.de as well as Johanna von St&uuml;lpnagel from redenswinger.de/blog. These partners have given staff support to the blog editorial team and its work by releasing journalists from work to act as mentors, media support in terms of linking, and content support through their own reviews and postings.From 2011 to 2015 the Theatertreffen-Blog was funded by the Rudolf Augstein Foundation. Since 2016 the Theatertreffen-Blog has been funded by Stiftung Presse-Haus NRZ.The Theatertreffen-Blog was founded in 2009 by Nikola Richter, who was its head until 2013. In 2014 and 2015, Bianca Praetorius took over this position. From 2016 to 2021, Janis El-Bira was head of the Theatertreffen-Blog. In 2022, Antigone Akg&uuml;n and Ozi Ozar took over the conception and editing of the project. The 2023 Theatertreffen-Blog was headed by Antigone Akg&uuml;n in close cooperation with Zofia nierodzińska.&nbsp;In 2024, Grete G&ouml;tze and Tamara Marszalkowski took over responsibility for the concept and editing.

Relocating the festival newspaper – which was produced from 2005 to 2008 in cooperation with the Berliner Zeitung – to the internet expanded the reach and transparency of the festival’s coverage: discussions on the productions invited to the festival could be followed independently of time or place, and audiences were able to contribute their views via the comments section. The expansion of the call for submissions to include not only German but also English-speakers participants led to a more international tenor in the debates. And not least of all, requiring participants to have their own blog produced a selection of contributors who were already active online.&nbsp;

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The relationship between art and criticism has always been fraught. Goethe’s 18th century quote is well-known: “Strike him dead, the dog! He is a critic!” In the early 20th century, Virginia Woolf described her own unease with criticism and her wish for a different approach in more detail: “If behind the erratic gunfire of the press the author felt that there was another kind of criticism, the opinion of people reading for the love of reading, slowly and unprofessionally, and judging with great sympathy and yet with great severity, might this improve the quality of his work?”Both the creators of art and their critics claim that they love art. But the opinions of what this means specifically for criticism differ widely. It’s about love, but also about insults, the freedom of art, power. This was made evident not least by the events at Staatstheater Hannover last year, where the former ballet director Marco Goecke smeared the feces of his dachshund into the face of the FAZ-newspaper’s dance critic after a short verbal altercation. The choreographer paid the price for letting his feelings run away with him: He was suspended, dismissed and banned from the premises. This story is the basis of this year’s production “Die Hundekot-Attacke” from Theaterhaus Jena.What can we do to place the equally hostile and symbiotic relationship of theatre and criticism into a new light? I think: We can present different perspectives on theatre criticism. That is why this edition will feature several guest contributions: Claude de Demo, company member at Berliner Ensemble, will write about how she perceives theatre criticism from an actor’s point of view. Jette Steckel, whose production of “Die Vaterlosen (Fatherless)” has been invited to this year’s Theatertreffen, looks at it from the position of a director. And how do authors feel when their plays are written about and judged, perhaps not even in their original version? Nis-Momme Stockmann will tell us about it when he visits our editorial team.Of course, the fact that conditions of theatre criticism have changed also comes into play. Newspaper circulations are decreasing; cultural television and radio programmes are becoming rarer or are moved into the late hours of the evening. Online sites have to find financing somewhere, and of course it matters who provides the funding. In addition, all interest – and all decrease of interest – is made measurable by technical devices. Two members of the web portal nachtkritik.de and Simon Strau&szlig;, theatre critic of the daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, will give us an impression of their everyday editorial work.And finally: Of course it matters who criticises theatre. That is why it would have been even better to be able to invite emerging journalists from across the world. The reality of financial capabilities results in a perspective limited to Europe. But even so, and look at this. Our critics do have different points of view: They look at theatre from the perspectives of Switzerland, Austria, East Germany, the Anglo-Saxon region and with a Bosnian-German perception. How cool will it be to have them report on their view of the theatre world for two and a half weeks? Committed to the audience, the readers and the art. But with a keen eye for what matters to theatre makers with whom they, after all, share their love of the theatre. And with strong arguments for their aesthetic judgements.

Art and criticism: They need each other and they squabble. Knowing your opponent’s standpoint can help to hone your own point of view. &nbsp;

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Perspectives on Theatre Criticism

Five bloggers are invited to cover Theatertreffen in a variety of journalistic and artistic formats and to provide critical reflection.

The Bloggers

This Open Call of the Theatertreffen-Blog is aimed at aspiring arts journalists, authors and theatre enthusiasts who would like to attend and critically reflect the 2024 Theatertreffen.Applications are no longer possible. The bloggers will be announced in March.

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Five bloggers were invited to cover Theatertreffen in a variety of journalistic formats and to provide critical reflection.

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The 2025 Open Call

This Open Call for the International Forum is addressed at artists at the beginning of their artistic practice who have already gathered some initial professional experience. They may be from all sectors of the performing arts, especially from the fields of directing, acting, set and costume design, dramaturgy, text production, music, video, performance, media, choreography, production management and theatre education.Around 35 artists from around the world will be invited to come to Berlin, to watch theatre together, to talk, to (re-)consider, to experiment and to make connections. The fellows will have the opportunity to attend the festival, to take part in intensive workshops with international artists, to reflect together the productions invited to Theatertreffen and theatre in general and to exchange ideas.Deadline for applications: 5 December 2024 (23:59, CET)

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On 26 January, the Theatertreffen’s jury of critics announced their selection of 10 remarkable productions for the 2024 Theatertreffen at a press conference. Our congratulations go to the nominated production teams and all participants!

The 10 Remarkable Productions 2024

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A new edition of “BURNING ISSUES x Theatertreffen” is in planning under the title “PERFORMING ARTS &amp; SOLIDARITY”, in co-operation with Szenografie-Bund as well as with Deutsches Theater Berlin and Sophiensaele. The Theatertreffen-programme, which will feature a range of discursive formats and keynotes, is being developed by Nora Hertlein-Hull together with dramaturgs Aljoscha Begrich and Sima Djabar Zadegan with reference to the ten selected productions.&nbsp; Nele Hertling will receive the Theatre Prize Berlin of Stiftung Preu&szlig;ische Seehandlung for her services to the theatre. As Theatertreffen’s long-standing media partner, 3sat will present especially produced TV-recordings of productions invited to the festival in its programme. This year’s “Starke St&uuml;cke” are: “Bucket List” (Schaub&uuml;hne am Lehniner Platz), “Laios. ANTHROPOLIS II” (Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg) and “Macbeth” (Schauspielhaus Bochum).&nbsp; The programme schedule of the 2024 Theatertreffen will be published on 5&nbsp;April; ticket sales begin on 19&nbsp;April.&nbsp;

Preparations Are Underway for the 2024 Edition of the Festival

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The Theatertreffen invites 30 exciting artists from all parts of the world to attend and reflect the festival and to exchange ideas and experiences across artistic and national boundaries. We are very much looking forward to welcoming all participants and thank everyone for their applications! More than 700 artists from 75 countries responded to the Open Call published in the autumn of 2023.

The 2024 International Forum Participants

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“Reviews are the worst thing about this job,” comments director Jette Steckel, who was invited to the 2023 Theatertreffen with “Die Vaterlosen”, in a guest article written for the Theatertreffen-Blog. Here young art journalists took a critical look at the 10 productions and themes all around the Theatertreffen. Reviews, essays and interviews were published continuously throughout the festival. You can read, for example, about “Lord of the Rings” fan Leonard Haverkamp’s experience of the accessible installation “Riesenhaft in Mittelerde”™ or Marta Ivkić’s review of “Bucket List”. And you can also learn more about the creative interactions of the 29 participants in the International Forum in Elliot Douglas’s article “The power of collaborative theatre”.

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Playing, laughing, making noise, letting off steam, doing nothing – all in an exhibition venue! With BAUBAU, the artist Kerstin Br&auml;tsch designed an admission-free play space for kids at the Gropius Bau. Here, the everyday rules of art institutions don’t apply: children have free reign and can have fun.

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Simple, almost sparse movements – fluid and highly dynamic, with countless repetitions and variations – characterise “Dance”. This piece by choreographer Lucinda Childs premiered in 1979 and amalgamates dance, music by Philip Glass and projections by Sol LeWitt into a meditative rapture. &nbsp;

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“MOMO” has two souls. One sends long roots to the depths of the earth – a soul that embodies archetypes and myths of hardened, raw masculinity, and the other is in a constant search for an individual and distinct DNA. A shared passion of deep sorrow and beauty unfolds on stage.

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MaerzMusik 2025 opens with “MELENCOLIA”, an experimental music theatre show by Brigitta Muntendorf and Moritz Lobeck. In immersive soundscapes, musicians from Ensemble Modern and the Apollo Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden invite the audience to explore the creative and transformative power of melancholic worlds. Tickets are available now. &nbsp;

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The selection of prizewinners for the Treffen junger Autor*innen has been announced. From almost 400 applications, a jury has selected 20 young writers whose texts deal with the big themes of being human, feminist freedom and trauma, among others. The programme has been published and tickets are available now.

Treffen junger Autor*innen

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In an austere landscape, a droll group of travellers discovers “The Garden of Delights” (Le jardin des délices) by French director and set designer Philippe Quesne and his Vivarium Studio. They recollect fragments of past culture and imagine themselves in the utopia of a different life in uncertain times.

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The recordings of “Bucket List”, “Laios. ANTHROPOLIS II” and “Macbeth” – the three 2024 “Starke St&uuml;cke” of 3sat – will be accessible in the 3sat Media Library and the Media Library of Berliner Festspiele from 2 May to 30 August 2024 (“Bucket List” until 2 May 2027). Selected events, texts and archival material are also available in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library.

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Each year, 10 remarkable productions are selected by a jury of critics from up to 600&nbsp;shows within the German-language region and the viewing period.

The 10 Productions

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The topics addressed in the selection inspire us to engage with the urgent issues of our times.

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The International Forum is the initial spark for global collaboration, alliances and actions as well as the platform for collective dialogue on global issues from diverse, local perspectives.&nbsp;

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Aspiring arts journalists, authors and theatre enthusiasts will attend and critically reflect the Theatertreffen with the support of experienced mentors.

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This Open Call of the Theatertreffen-Blog is aimed at aspiring arts journalists, authors and theatre enthusiasts who would like to attend and critically reflect the 2024 Theatertreffen.Deadline for applications: 11 February 2024

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Each year, the 10 most remarkable productions are selected by a jury of critics from up to 600&nbsp;shows within the German-language region and the viewing period.

The International Forum is an initial impetus for collaboration, the search for diverse local perspectives on global issues, and a free space for developing artistic ideas together.

Aspiring arts journalists with a keen interest in the theatre&nbsp;will attend and critically reflect the Theatertreffen with the support of experienced mentors.

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The next Theatertreffen will take place from 2 to 18 May 2025. The 10 most remarkable productions, selected by a <a href="${link:{uuid:{1c495102-7d10-43fc-b87c-f22293697438},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/theatertreffen/das-festival/ueber-die-10-inszenierungen/jurys/jury-2025}}}">jury of critics</a>, will be announced in a press conference on 21 January. The programme schedule will be published in April.

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The 10&nbsp;remarkable productions, selected by a <a href="${link:{uuid:{48cb521b-4064-44ff-8f92-f1c6581d87af},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/theatertreffen/das-festival/ueber-die-10-inszenierungen/jurys/jury-2024}}}">jury of critics</a>, will be announced in a press conference on Friday, 26&nbsp;January 2024, 11:00. The press confence will be available as a&nbsp;live stream in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library.

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The next Theatertreffen will take place from 2 to 19&nbsp;May 2024. The 10&nbsp;remarkable productions, selected by a <a href="${link:{uuid:{48cb521b-4064-44ff-8f92-f1c6581d87af},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/theatertreffen/das-festival/ueber-die-10-inszenierungen/jurys/jury-2024}}}">jury of critics</a>, will be announced in a press conference on Friday, 26&nbsp;January 2024, 11:00. The press confence will be available as a&nbsp;<a href="https://mediathek.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/theatertreffen/2024/pressekonferenz-theatertreffen">live stream in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library</a>. The programme schedule will be published in April.

Theatertreffen 2024

Two award ceremonies, the traditional concluding jury discussion and more performances from among the ten remarkable productions concluded Berliner Festspiele’s Theatertreffen on Monday 20th May. Nearly all 40 events of the 61st festival edition were sold out.“A good atmosphere, intensive participation in all formats, full houses: The remarkable productions as well as the strong interest of both audience and experts made the 2024 TT into a true celebration of the theatre.”— Nora Hertlein-Hull, Director of Theatertreffen

A True Celebration Of The Theatre

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43 productions were suggested and discussed for nomination for the 2024 Theatertreffen by the jury members.

The 2024 Shortlisted Productions

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Seven theatre critics determine the festival’s 10 remarkable productions.&nbsp;

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Each year, the Theatertreffen brings the 10 most remarkable productions from the German-language region as well as the works of emerging artists to Berlin.