Junge Theater Göttingen, Youth theatre in Göttingen, Germany.
Junge Theater Göttingen is a spoken-word theatre with a permanent ensemble, housed since summer 2019 in the former Voigtschule at Bürgerstraße 15. Before that it played in the Otfried-Müller-Haus on Hospitalstraße 6, built in 1836 by the architect Rohns next to the weekly market. The house is co-financed by the city and district of Göttingen.
The theatre was founded in 1957 by Hans-Gunther Klein, opening with a staging of Urfaust before a small audience. Over the following decades, it grew from a modest chamber venue into a house with a full ensemble and several stages.
The theatre's name comes from its founding as a small chamber stage, and its ensemble has long launched careers: Evelyn Hamann and Bruno Ganz began here. In 1964 the French singer Barbara gave a guest performance and sang her chanson Göttingen for the first time. In 2013 the production Der Vorname won the Monica-Bleibtreu-Preis, an audience prize, at the Private Theatre Days in Hamburg.
The theatre has occupied the former Voigtschule at Bürgerstraße 15 since summer 2019, after leaving the Otfried-Müller-Haus on Hospitalstraße 6 for renovation. The building sits in central Göttingen, within walking distance of the weekly market. The house is co-financed by the city and the district of Göttingen.
In 1964, French singer Barbara performed her song about Göttingen for the first time on this stage, a song she had written after spending time in the city. The song is often cited as one of the most personal expressions of friendship between France and Germany.
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