The festival newspaper aims to develop the work of young cultural journalists. These follow all the events of the Theatertreffen and publish their impressions in reviews, essays and features in their won paper: the tt festivalzeitung. They are supported by experienced critics functioning as mentors who can offer their professional guidance in theatre criticism. In this way the young editors have an opportunity to create a special form of arts section which reaches a wide readership as a supplement to the Berliner Zeitung with a print run of 200,000 copies. The festival newspaper should not appeal solely to theatre enthusiasts, it is our aim to reach readers with little experience of theatre and interest them in the Theatertreffen.
The tt festivalzeitung as a Download
One of the aims of the first edition of the tt festivalzeitung in 2005 was to promote young journalists writing about theatre. In line with our motto for this year, “Unter Freunden – Amongst Friends”, we are offering six prospective journalists, some of whom already worked on the Theatertreffen festival newspaper in 2005 or 2006, another chance to test their skills. They will look at the invited productions with a keen and critical eye, conduct exclusive interviews, glance behind the scenes, report in depth about some of the up and coming tt talents, and also cover over-arching issues relating to the festival.
The renowned theatre critic and editor Dirk Pilz will again be at hand to support the editorial team. Last year Pilz also advised the young authors and offered his experience, thus contributing to the success of the festival newspaper. Our cooperation with Berliner Zeitung will also be continued. Torsten Harmsen, as our final editor, and Stephan Lammel as layout designer will provide the support of experienced newspaper professionals.
The festival newspaper is not intended to attract only a specialist theatre audience. It is important that we appeal to non-specialist readers and gain their interest in the Theatertreffen. For this reason, the festival newspaper will appear as a supplement to Berliner Zeitung and also be available at all the Theatertreffen venues.
Our editorial team is looking forward to starting work, and you can look forward to two exciting issues of tt festivalzeitung 2007!
Project Management: Silvia Schober
In co-operation with the Berliner Zeitung