Within the scope of the event Theater nur mit uns! (Theater Only With Us!) at GRIPS Theater, a children's theater parliamentary sessions was held in October 2016 with 100 children. This forum was used to playfully discuss and develop what children between the ages of 10 and 13 want from theater. In order for the discussions to have a greater affect within the theater, the KinderTheaterBeirat, a children’s theater advisory council, was founded, under the mentorship of theater educator Wiebke Hagemeier. It meets regularly over the course of two years, discusses theater productions, converses with theater makers and plays an advisory role during the choosing of topics and designing of the schedule of programming at GRIPS.
Following the performance of Als mein Vater ein Busch wurde und ich meinen Namen verlor by Theater Waidspeicher in Erfurt, children’s theater advisory council of GRIPS Theater will initiate a post-performance discussion, guiding the conversation from the perspective of the target audience.

Director of the KinderTheaterBeirat:
Wiebke Hagemeier