IKARUS
IKARUS - Award for outstanding Theatre productions for children and young people
Let's hear it for the children's and youth Theatres in Berlin!
IKARUS had courage and a lofty goal in mind.
IKARUS had courage and a lofty goal, so he could enter the world of legends as an
world of legends. With the IKARUS Prize, the JugendKulturService has been setting an
2002, the JugendKulturService (Youth Cultural Service) has been highlighting the diverse and high-quality Theatre landscape for young
young audience in Berlin.
The IKARUS honors productions that make a visit to the Theatre a certain and adolescents that make a visit to the Theatre a certain experience. Not entertainment and the pursuit of a mainstream, but for the courage to take artistic risks and to dare to do the extraordinary. dare.
With the IKARUS, the JugendKulturService public interest in these certain theatrical events and to encourage the public and to invite the audience to be surprised again and again! again and again!
Actor Axel Prahl is patron of the IKARUS Theatre award
For 21 years, I have been the proud patron of this certain Theatre award.
After many years in film and television, I still look back with pleasure
I still look back fondly on my early days in Berlin's children's and youth Theatre. As
actor who was also influenced by the GRIPS Theatre, and as a father of four
father of four, I know the certain atmosphere and the challenge that one feels
when you play in front of a young audience. An audience that is curious and open,
but also demanding. An audience that is ready to take risks, but is also
very critical. An audience that is enthusiastic, with heart and soul,
as long as they feel that they are really taken seriously.
The Theatre
for children and young people takes up the topics that move its young audience.
move its young audience. It
offers the possibility to find oneself again, a platform to deal with it,
visions of the future and to form one's own opinion. From
my view, Theatre is an important place for young people in particular, for their
individual development. My commitment to the IKARUS has very individual reasons.
individual reasons.
In all the years, Theatre for young audiences has not remained the same. I am amazed at the incredible professionalization professionalization and the enormous variety of themes and forms through which the young young people are reached, inspired and taken seriously. Berlin occupies a certain position with nationwide appeal, both in terms of quality and the quality as well as the number and individuality of the Theatres.
I am pleased that I can do my part to support Berlin's children's and youth Theatres, and ecertainly their young audiences. audience. Because the prize money associated with the IKARUS is an important enhancement in addition to the recognition for works of art that have been produced. It not only promotes the award-winning production staging, but also encourages forward-looking, high-quality and artistic ventures for young audiences in Berlin. Berlin to develop and implement high-quality productions and artistic ventures for young audiences.
I would like to thank
everyone who is committed to the IKARUS. I applaud all the Theatrekolleg:innen
for their wonderful performances and their commitment. And I wish all
children and young people many wonderful, inspiring and formative theatrical experiences.
Theatre experiences.
