Theaterheute - Das Jahrbuch 2024

Yearbook Theater Today 2024 Controversial Topics The Critics' Survey Highlights of the 2023/24 Season featuring the theater, actors, productions, and stage artists of the year: Conversations, portraits, analyses Theme Controversial Topics The controversial issues are increasing, and the conflicts are deepening. Open societies and liberal democracies are under pressure from both inside and outside. Authors and artists write about a historically forgetful prosperous Germany, social barriers, right-wing nationalism, East/West differences, and international tensions that have repercussions. Ewe Benbenek questions the anger towards one's own country, Lukas Rietzschel would ban the AfD, and Olena Apchel asks whether German intellectuals truly care about the experiences of smaller democracies. Ulrich Gutmair considers who defines what is anti-Semitic. Trigger Points: What has recently upset you the most? A survey among theater professionals Featuring contributions from Nuran David Calis, Marco Damghani, Allex Fassberg, Florian Loycke, Mercy Dorcas Otieno, Isabelle Redfern, Marie Schleef, Martin Stefke, Teresa Schergaut, Veit Sprenger, Rieke Süsskow, Amanda Babaei Vieira, Andrea Vilter, and Sabrina Zwach. What’s Next? A discussion about the current challenges facing theater management with the new directors from the Vienna Burgtheater and the Wiesbaden State Theater: Stefan Bachmann, Thomas Jonigk, Beate Heine, and Hannah Stollmayer New Plays for the 2023/24 Season by Sina Ahlers, Ayad Akhtar, Raphaela Bardutzky, Anais Clerc, Arad Dabiri, Jan Eichberg/Felix Rothenhäusler, Lukas Hammerstein, Matthias van den Höfel, Caren Jess, Asiimwe Deborah Kawe, Maria Lazar, Dea Loher, Stefano Massini, Selma Kay Matter, Jona Rausch, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Clemens J. Setz, Wilke Weermann, Lars Werner, and Leonie Ziem.