Radikal Jung
Radikal jung – Das Festival junger Regisseure (Radical Young, the Festival for Young Directors) is an annual weeklong German theatre festival at the Münchner Volkstheater, Munich. It began in 2005, as a forum and stage for the next generation of directors. A jury will select productions by young directors of German theater to stage. At the end of the festival week an audience prize of €2,500 is awarded. Parallel to the performances is a supporting program and public discussions with the directors and a member of the jury abouts the future of theater and new ways of funding. Participants 2005 : Thalia Theater (Hamburg), Thalia Theater Hamburg: ''Port'', dir. David Bösch : Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg: ''Don Karlos'', dir. Laurent Chétouane : Burgtheater Wien: ''Untertagblues'', dir. Friederike Heller : Schauspiel Frankfurt: ''Jack und Jill'', dir. Christiane Schneider : Schauspiel Frankfurt: ''Dantons Tod'', dir. Philipp Preuss : Münchner Volkstheater: ''Was ihr woll ...
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Münchner Volkstheater
Münchner Volkstheater, or Munich People’s Theater, is a company based in the Bavarian capital and operated by the cultural office of the city government. Its original performing home opened in 1903. This was rebuilt in 1955, in 1983 and finally in 2021. It now can hold over 800 spectators. Since 2002, Christian Stückl has served as the company’s Intendant. Old building In 1903, the architects Gerstenecker and Tittrich in the Josephspitalstraße in the district Altstadt-Lehel, designed and built a reinforced concrete constructed building. It opened with Schiller's '' Kabale und Liebe'' (''Intrigue and Love''). It had about 1000 seats. Then actress Elise Aulinger received her first theatre engagement here. The first performance took place on 10 November 1903. The manager initially was actor Ernst Schrumpf. Administratively, Wilhelm Braun assisted him. A report in the Munich Ratsch-Kathl from November 16, 1904, it can be seen that the theater had already gained recognition ...
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