Körber Studio Junge Regie

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Die Preisträger*innen 2026

Elisa Künast von der Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Frankfurt gewann den mit 10.000 € dotierten Jurypreis für die Inszenierung ich vermisse sie halt schon oder die ostdeutsche fassung bewahren.

 

Der undotierte Publikumspreis geht in diesem Jahr an Postharãm in der Regie Niyousha Azari von der Theaterakademie Hamburg.

 

Weitere Produktionen auf der Shortlist der Jury waren Absentee Law, Regie Abdalrahman Alqalaq, Marion Avgeris, Milena Knop (Institut für Medien, Theater und Populäre Kultur, Universität Hildesheim) und Nie wieder Frieden, Regie Victor Osterloh (Universität Mozarteum Salzburg – Thomas Bernhard Institut).
 

Theater Generation Future

For the 22nd time, Hamburg will serve as a meeting place for the next generation of theater artists: From May 27 to 31, 2026, the Körber Studio Junge Regie will present productions by students from German-language directing programs who have been nominated for the festival by their universities. As a laboratory for new forms of theater, the festival showcases the diversity of themes and aesthetic approaches of the participating young theater artists. It provides a space for exchange about staging methods and working processes—among themselves, with the audience, and with industry professionals from the theater scene. Over the course of five festival days, 13 productions are on the program at the festival center in the Thalia on Gaußstraße and at the Theaterakademie on Wiesendamm, including a work by the international guest university, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. The Körber Studio Junge Regie is a joint project of the Thalia Theater, the Körber Foundation, and the Theaterakademie Hamburg under the patronage of the German Stage Association.

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  • Theatrical performance on stage with dramatic lighting. One actor sits, another stands, with draped curtains in the background.
  • A person with curly hair holds a mop high on stage under orange-red lighting. Boxes are in the background.
  • Two dancers perform under blue lighting on stage. One wears a headpiece with spider-like structures. Audience visible in background.
  • Two actors in orange costumes perform a play on stage with red drapes. Dramatic pose.
  • A musician performs on a lit stage with an audience. The lights are warm, predominantly in orange and yellow hues.
  • Dancers on stage surrounded by dramatic lighting and mist, raise arms and legs in creative poses, creating dynamic shapes.
  • A person lies alone on a stage under a hanging spotlight. The stage is bathed in blue light.
  • A dark stage scene with two performers. One sits in the background, the other draped in fabric in front.
  • A person sits behind a row of white blocks that are tipped over like dominoes. Dark stage background.
  • Dance performance featuring artists in colorful costumes on a dark stage, in front of a lit screen with abstract art.
  • Four people kneel in a misty room with an orange glow. They sit in a circle, one holding a book.
  • A person in a red apron kneels before a metal tub. Many candles burn on a shelf in the background.
  • Actors on a stage with tiered platforms, some seated, one standing. The scene appears dramatic and contemplative.
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