Junges Theater Bonn
The Young Theater Bonn ( JTB ) is a private children 's and youth theater with solid professional ensemble in city of Bonn. It is considered one of the most successful German children's and youth theater.
History
The theater was founded in 1969 by Helmut Tromm (* May 12, 1922; † 4 May 2007) and his wife Heidi Scholz- Tromm ( born June 2, 1941 † 22 August 2005) founded under the name Youth Theatre. On September 16, 1969, the " TDJ " in the auditorium of Bonn, Ernst -Moritz- Arndt -Gymnasium his first debut with the then politically brand new piece " of Kim van Dong Fantastic Voyage " by Joachim Jomeier.
At the very first production you tried out what became known as the "Bonn model " and in some theater colleagues long remained controversial: On the side of the adult professional actors the figures of children and adolescents were played by peers who recruited the Tromms in schools.
Initially, various rooms, such as the lecture hall of the National Museum Bonn were used as a temporary venue. 1979 was able to move to the city, in town district city of Bonn Hermann Street in the ensemble, the former " Rheingold" cinema. The building dates from the 19th century and up to 400 spectators.
For his 25th birthday in 1994, the TDJ baptized around and has since been " Junges Theater Bonn " ( JTB ).
In the fall of 2003, shortly after the couple Tromm had given the theater management for health reasons, was the theater shortly before the insolvency; However, the bankruptcy could be averted with the help of the insolvency administrator appointed and by an increased commitment of local businesses, such as through contract work and use of premises of the company T -Mobile Germany GmbH. Meanwhile, the JTB is back on a sound financial basis.
In winter 2003, the platforms and safety technology has been extensively renovated.
Moritz Seibert, born in 1967, in 2003 took over the directorship. He succeeded quickly to lead the JTB in the top league of all German children 's and youth theater.
Ensemble
The ensemble of the JTB consists of approximately 25 full-time employees: actors, technicians and administrative. With this small team, the JTB annually produces four to five new pieces for viewers of all ages. In his repertoire Schedule the JTB each season offers approximately 250 performances in Bonn;, 50 to 60 performances as guest performances in other cities.
Work and performances
An operation that is at theaters in England or the USA entirely of course, the JTB makes among German children's and youth theaters for exotics - and with around 103,000 spectators in 2008 to one of the most successful. The roles of children and adolescents in many JTB productions played by children and adolescents, to carefully selected, professionally guided and continuously supervised and supported.
Some of the biggest successes of recent years had the JTB with such productions: the premieres of Cornelia Funke's " Inkheart - The Musical " (2006), " Dragon Rider " ( 2005) and " The Thief Lord " (2004) or " Monsieur Ibrahim and the flowers of the Koran "(2005) after the monologue of Eric- Emmanuel Schmitt. " Dragon Rider " was in his first season about 70 times before getting a full house.
In the second part of the Tintentrilogy by Cornelia Funke " Inkspell - The Musical " (2007) that in August 2007 his debut in T -Mobile Forum celebrated, it is the AAR again managed to bring a large crowd to the stage.
In January 2008, the JTB made nationwide attention. With the German premiere of the English theater piece Beautiful Thing about first love between two boys, the theater landed a great success under the general director Moritz Seibert. For the first time the two leading roles are played by young actors in the age of the characters.
Meanwhile, a large part of the young actors from the students, which was founded in 2001 JTB workshop, the acting school for children and young people of the JTB, are recruited. There, take around 700 children and young people participate annually in the various drama and theater classes for all ages. Nevertheless, the young actors are also sought in open auditions for productions such as " Inkheart ".
The JTB is operated by a nonprofit association as a private theater and receives subsidies from the City of Bonn and the State of North Rhine -Westphalia. Around 80 % of its budget (2006: 870,000 euros ) but it generates through the sale of tickets and guest appearances, donations and sponsorship revenue.
Awards
- " Germany - Land of Ideas" 2007 Young Theater Bonn in the nationwide competition was of German President Horst Köhler awarded as one of the 365 most creative idea sites of the year.
- 2010 was the theater which is endowed with 5000 Euro Youth Culture Award 2010, the Sparkasse Cultural Foundation Rhineland.