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Theatertreffen-Blog
Aspiring arts journalists with a keen interest in theatre will attend and critically reflect Theatertreffen on theatertreffen-blog.de as well as on Instagram.
The 2026 Open Call
The Open Call of Theatertreffen-Blog is aimed at aspiring arts journalists with a strong interest in theatre who would like to critically reflect 2026 Theatertreffen. Coverage will mostly include text forms but is open to audio and social media formats. A pronounced interest in arts journalism and the festival’s programme is more important than an academic background or experience in journalism.
The 10 most remarkable productions and the additional festival programme are to be explored from various perspectives and issues of cultural politics will be reflected. Networking with industry experts, with the Theatertreffen-jury as well as with fellows of the International Forum and participants of the format Open Campus is another essential component of the programme.
The open call for Theatertreffen-Blog 2026 is due to be announced on 15 December.
The Theatertreffen-Blog
The Theatertreffen-Blog, headed conceptually and editorially by Grete Götze and and with the cooperation of Frieda Ahrens, sees itself as an editorial workshop where theatre and arts journalism can be tried out in the context of an ongoing festival. It intends to promote emerging journalists at the beginning of their career and aims to grant access to the world of culture and the media to a wide range of voices.
In this scholarship programme, around five aspiring arts journalists provide critical on-site coverage of Theatertreffen. Qualifications will be honed, journalistic writing skills will be developed and new formats will be tested.
Applications for participation in the Theatertreffen-Blog can be submitted in the context of an open call which is usually published towards the end of the previous year.
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History
Relocating the festival newspaper – which was produced from 2005 to 2008 in cooperation with the Berliner Zeitung – to the internet expanded the reach and transparency of the festival’s coverage: discussions on the productions invited to the festival could be followed independently of time or place, and audiences were able to contribute their views via the comments section. The expansion of the call for submissions to include not only German but also English-speakers participants led to a more international tenor in the debates. And not least of all, requiring participants to have their own blog produced a selection of contributors who were already active online.