Overview
- A quartet of Winfried Tobias, Natalie Driemeyer, Thomas Keller and Jutta Brinkschulte will formally assume artistic and commercial direction in September 2025
- The incoming team aims to foster hope by confronting youth depression, burnout and existential anxieties exacerbated by the pandemic, climate change and housing shortages
- The 2025/26 season will launch with three premieres: the German debut of “Kuckucksnest,” a new staging of “Laura war hier” and “Mats & Milad oder: Nachrichten vom Arsch der Welt”
- Natalie Driemeyer highlighted that many young people perceive the world as unchangeable and are grappling with rising mental health challenges
- Building on its legacy from the late 1960s and successes like the U-Bahn-Musical “Linie 1,” Grips Theater remains a leading platform for children’s and youth theatre in Germany