“The Next Generation programme embodies the very essence of what ASSITEJ stands for: internationalism and artistic exchange.” (Nina Hajiyianni, EC member and Next Generation-participant in 2008 and 2012)

The Next Generation programme was created in 2008 in order to ease the access of young artists to ASSITEJ. Since then up-and-coming artists from all over the world have been gathering at the annual meeting of the international association. The programme offers them a platform in which to exchange their experiences in the context of their own cultural background. Using this as a starting point the participants can then develop new ideas and visions for theatre for young audiences and their own work. Such encounters often result in international friendships and artistic cooperation. A network of people working in theatre has thus arisen from former and present grant holders, that actively influences the work of ASSITEJ and theatre for young audiences all over the world.

The Next Generation group at the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2015 (AAG15) will be made up of 30 participants from emerging and developing countries and 20 participants from German-language countries. In addition there will be two or three former Next Generation grant holders in Berlin to help shape the exchange of ideas and opinions and guarantee continuity and the transfer of knowledge. Last not least the Next Generation group will be making an important contribution to AAG15’s central theme “Generations in Dialogue”.

You can find more information on the Next Generation programme at: http://www.assitej-international.org/next-generation/about-next-generation/

The publication of the Next Generation programme is subject to the approval of the funding application.