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Apply now for the 40th Theatertage am See

Motto: Theatre - a celebration!

What better way to mark this anniversary than to simply celebrate!

Celebrations include theatre in all its many facets. We cordially invite you to join us and celebrate the anniversary. Apply with your theatre group from the amateur theatre sector. The weekend of 11 to 13 April 2025 belongs to international amateur theatre.

The next Theatertage am See will open with justSEE, the youth and school theatre meeting at the lake. Children's, youth and school theatre groups from the region, the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, other federal states and from around the world are invited.

Division 1: 8 to 9 April - (age group 5 to 14 years)
Division 2: 10 to 11 April (theatre with young people aged 15 and over)

Theatre - a celebration!

We are celebrating! 40 years of Theatertage am See!
Who would have thought that the Häfler Theatertreffen would one day become one of the biggest festivals in the world of amateur theatre?

40 years of theatre days on the lake

• 725 theatre performances
• More than 10,000 performers and 150,000 spectators
• 902 theatre workshops with 11,500 participants
• 25 theatre pedagogy training courses with 1,000 graduates
• 400 theatre projects at schools in Friedrichshafen and the surrounding area with
• 12,000 children and young people taking part
• Many regional and national awards

The building blocks of this unique success story:

• Bodensee-Schule St. Martin as a unique event venue

Everything under one roof: performances, workshop rooms, theatre café, campus, food and meeting rooms. A festival of short distances and diverse opportunities for encounters.

• The city of Friedrichshafen and the region as local anchors

Great support, cultural participation, project funding and co-operation projects at schools and with extracurricular institutions promote togetherness.

• State Association of Amateur Theatre and the State of Baden-Württemberg

Reliable alliance partners with innovative impulses and cooperative levels.

• Annually changing motto

A festival as a source of inspiration for amateur theatre worldwide, promoting democracy, diversity and peaceful coexistence.

• Performances as a connection between the region and the whole world

Applications from all over the world, people from more than 40 nations are at Theatertage am See every year, impulses for amateur theatre worldwide.

• Youth and school theatre days justSEE and justBW

Stimuli for cultural participation, aesthetic formats and a new culture of appreciative and critical feedback, which is taken up in many places.

• Integration, inclusion, connecting generations and nationalities

From the very beginning, the Theatertage am See have been a place for culturally engaged people to meet and exchange ideas.  

• Workshops

Every year, the festival becomes a place for further training in theatre pedagogy with the most renowned speakers in international theatre pedagogy.

• Theatre education training courses

We have been training teachers and interested people from other professional groups in theatre pedagogy for 25 years.

• The network and the theatre awards

All the important theatre education associations in the German-speaking world meet at the Theatertage am See and make up the juries that award the coveted theatre prizes.

• Projects and project funding

Providing impetus for the further development of cultural participation, especially for schools in the region.

• "we ... here"

Theatrical format to enrich cultural interaction in Friedrichshafen.

• "European Theatre Adventure"

Youth encounters between Sinti, Roma and other young people from all over Europe.

• Eyewitness project "An island in the raging sea" and "Brundibar" project

Cooperation project between schools, church communities and music groups from Friedrichshafen as a starting point for encounters with Holocaust survivors, discussions about the power and significance of theatre, music and art in the most difficult life situations.

• Our Circus Academy

A place for children and young people throughout the year to literally "surpass themselves".

Plenty of reasons to celebrate! Celebrate with us!

From 07 - 13 April 2025 at the Bodensee-Schule in Friedrichshafen.

The posts are up, the boards are up and everyone is expecting a party!
(J. W. v. Goethe)

Application deadline for theatre groups for justSEE and the international theatre days on the lake: 25.11.2024

We look forward to meeting you and exchanging ideas!

Your organisation team:
Claudius Beck, Jürgen Mack, Jutta Westermann, Gerhard Schöll, Rita Weiss, Selma Öngel-Chryssowergis, Andreas Glatz, Andrea Sprenger, Britta Lutz, Hannah Welzel, Kai Sauter (Sequence in the participation time frame)

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