Theater of Youth (Vienna)

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The Theater der Jugend in Vienna (Austria) is a theater organization for children, young people and adults. The venues are the Renaissance theater ( 7th district , Neubaugasse ) and the theater in the center ( 1st district , Liliengasse).

character

With almost 45,000 subscribers, it has more than the three largest theaters in Vienna ( Volkstheater , Theater in der Josefstadt and Burgtheater ) combined.

In-house productions are staged in the Renaissance Theater in Vienna and in the Theater im Zentrum . During the theater months, the Theater der Jugend plays almost every day for up to 1,000 people of all ages and, due to the so-called “ Volksbühne ” idea of ​​the 1920s, it also transfers some of its visitors to the large, medium and small theaters of Vienna. The average occupancy rate of Vienna's fourth largest auditorium is 94 percent. In total, the Theater der Jugend sells around 300,000 tickets per season. The so-called degree of self-coverage, i.e. the gross profit of the subsidy , is around 45 percent (the theater of the youth is 20-30 percent higher than the average income of subsidized theaters in German-speaking countries).

history

The world economic crisis also caused a theatrical crisis . In order to enable schoolchildren from poor parents to attend the theater, the Theater der Jugend was founded by Hofrat Hans Zwanzger on December 23, 1932 under the name Theater derschulen . It did not have its own stage, but arranged performances in different houses. In 1934 the theater was expanded and received its current name. In November 1936 it was decided to integrate it into the VF cultural organization New Life . After the " Anschluss of Austria " in 1938 it was dissolved and replaced by the Hitler Youth event ring .

After the Second World War , the Theater der Jugend was re-established by Hans Zwanzger and the former Burgtheater director Franz Herterich . Even back then, children's and youth theater productions were staged in the Renaissance Theater in Vienna, which was rented by the Burgtheater and Theater in der Josefstadt. From 1957 the Theater der Jugend leased the Renaissance theater , seven years later the theater in the center was also taken over. 1964 saw the first in-house productions in the Theater im Zentrum ( Kabale und Liebe ) with Monica Bleibtreu in the female title role and in the Theater an der Wien ( The Farmer as Millionaire ). The Theater der Jugend has been the main tenant of the Renaissance theater since 1970. Today, the Theater der Jugend is considered to be one of the most successful management schools for young directors and actors.

Commercial Director:

1972–1988: Bernd Gallob
1988–2002: Reinhard Urbach
2002–2011: Marianne Aly
since 2011: Sonja Fretzer

Artistic Director:

1945–1957: Franz Herterich
1957–1964: Hans Niederführ
1964–1974: Peter Weihs
1974–1987: Edwin Zbonek
1987–2002: Reinhard Urbach
since 2002: Thomas Birkmeir

The youth theater today

The Theater der Jugend has been specializing in world premieres and premieres under the artistic direction of Thomas Birkmeir since the 2002/2003 season. On average, 8–12 productions for children, adolescents and adults are shown per season. The performances are also offered in the form of special subscriptions for different age groups. These subscriptions are advertised in schools and, in addition to their own productions, also include those at other Viennese theaters, such as B. at the Burgtheater.

Cooperation with other European children's and youth theaters, synergies with cultural institutions and the fact that the plays developed at the Theater der Jugend are successfully re-enacted in many countries ensure that the house is positioned and established beyond the German-speaking area.

The extensive theater education program, which u. a. also includes teacher training and often works across generations, reaches over 3000 people per season and thus creates direct contact between the audience and the artists.

Awards & nominations

literature

  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 5. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 437.
  • Gerald M. Bauer, Birgit Peter (ed.): New ways. 75 years of youth theater . Lit Verlag, Vienna, Münster u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7000-0882-8 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Horst Jarka: Case study: Theater for a “youth in danger”. In: Franz Kadrnoska (Ed.): Aufbruch und Untergang. Austrian culture between 1918 and 1938. Europaverlag, Vienna / Munich / Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-203-50785-4 , pp. 579-586.
  2. ↑ Vienna City Hall Correspondence, December 22, 1953, sheet 2102
  3. ↑ Vienna City Hall Correspondence, January 16, 1954, sheet 67
  4. ^ A b c Vienna Theater Prize Association: NESTROYPREIS The Vienna Theater Prize - The 2016 Winners. In: www.nestroypreis.at. Retrieved September 25, 2017 .