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  • Heike Albrecht


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    Heike Albrecht is a curator and dramaturg for dance and performance. From 1999 to 2002 she worked at the LOFFT in Leipzig. In 2004 and 2005 she ran the WESTEND Festival and in 2006 the TANZNACHT BERLIN. From 2007 to 2010 she was artistic director of the sophiensaele in Berlin. In 2011/12 she was the programme director and dramaturg for the FAVORITEN Theatre Festival. She was the curator for the Goethe Institute at the European Capital of Culture in Maribor, 2012.

    “The work which interests me is influenced by cross-disciplinary philosophy in order to connect different scenes and be able to work in society in an alert fashion. I work with cross-border formats which can change and influence theatre spaces in the areas of performance, contemporary dance and music.” (Heike Albrecht)


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  • Alexandra Luise Gesch


    Foto: Andreas Etter

    Foto: Andreas Etter

    Alexandra Luise Gesch has worked as a dramaturg and theatre pedagogue at the Young People’s theatre in Dortmund and at zwinger3, the young people’s theatre in Heidelberg, amongst others. She has been working as a dramaturg and theatre pedagogue at the Bremerhaven Municipal Theatre since August 2010. There she runs the Young Theatre in the Horse Stables (or JUP!), which she set up herself.

    “‘Theatre is like a book, only louder.’ This quote from an eight-year old is JUP’s motto. I want shows to stir up my thoughts and give me new impulses. I am open to every sort of aesthetic and artistic form, every theme and genre mix.” (Alexandra Luise Gesch)


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  • Manfred Jahnke


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    Foto: Tobias Metz

    Dr. Manfred Jahnke worked as a dramaturg and director in Ulm, Pforzheim and Bruchsal, before moving to the Cultural Office of the town of Offenbach. He then switched to independent journalism, focussing on the work of theatre for children and young people. Now teaching is his main activity: in Munich, Stuttgart and Ulm. He is a winner of the ASSITEJ prize.

    “What does theatre for young people have to look like? The shows should provide new impulses, not only formally but also in a social context. How can social realities be reflected in a poetic manner? Or are we increasingly visiting a theatre of everyday experts?” (Dr. Manfred Jahnke)


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  • Bernd Mand


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    Foto: Nina H. Niestroj

    Bernd Mand works as an independent arts journalist and theatre critic for nachtkritik.de, ASSITEJ, Mannheimer Morgen and the Stuttgarter Zeitung. He is currently on the jury committee deciding on the distribution of grants and the promotion of educational projects in the Federal Association of Independent Theatre in Baden-Württemberg.

    “I am looking for shows that are out of the box, and don’t care whether they take place in a young people’s theatre or on a ‘proper’ stage: shows that make clear that theatre for young people is also art and doesn’t leave the last word to educationalists.” (Bernd Mand)


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  • Helmut Wenderoth


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    Foto: Martina Liese

    Helmut Wenderoth has been the artistic director of KRESCHtheater (the young people’s theatre centre in the town of Krefeld) since 2005 and has had close links with it since 1991. He writes, acts in and directs plays in the KRESCHtheater and for fringe groups. Apart from that his work concentrates on theatre-in-education projects.

    “Good theatre manages to poeticise politics and politicise poetry. By politics I mean the art of getting involved in public life with the aim of improving living conditions for as many people as possible. By poetry I mean the art of describing living reality in a way which points beyond that reality. Theatre for young people should always ask how far it gives a voice to people, things and circumstances which otherwise would never be articulated.” (Helmut Wenderoth)

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  • Andrea Zagorski


    Foto: Andrea Zagorski

    Foto: Romiana Marinov

    Andrea Zagorski was a dramaturg in a variety of theatres. Since 2002 she has been working for the International Theatre Institute in Germany (ITI) where she is responsible for contemporary drama and translations. She has headed the jury on new Canadian Drama on several occasions. She is co-editor of several publications in the Theater der Zeit publishing house.

    “I looked for shows which work on me and arouse my enthusiasm. Shows which dare to be different. I have found a vibrant theatre which questions social realities and aesthetic conventions; which does not underestimate the audience, but challenges it and causes controversy – thank God!” (Andrea Zagorski)


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