About us
The festival is created together by a large team. On this page, we would first like to introduce you to our concept team. The selection committee for our programme will be announced shortly. Stay tuned!
conception team
MEIKE FECHNER
Project lead
ANNETT ISRAEL
Project lead
ESTHER BOLDT
Press and public relations
VALERIE EICHMANN
Youth and children's participation
ANNA EITZEROTH
Managing Director ASSITEJ
ANNE-SOPHIE GARTHE
Support of screening & selection process, documentation
SEDA KESKINKILIÇ
Awareness, hospitality & accessibility
KRIS GRÜN
Youth participation TAG / ForesTEEN
GRAFIKDESIGN HOLGER DREES
Design
ANDRE SLOTTA
Web programming
LISA STUMPF
Controlling
EVA RIEDLSPERGER
Assistance Documentation
MELANIE WAGNER
Database submissions
JULIA ABDENNADEUR
Accounting
JOHANNES LEPPIN
Contractual and budgetary advice
YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION
For AUGENBLICK MAL! 2027, we would once again like to include children and young people in the planning and running of the festival. We will discuss as a group which areas they will be involved in, as their interests and motivations should be reflected in their participation.
The youth participation group AUGENtagMAL! takes place, amongst other things, as part of the European cooperation project ForesTEEN.
The children’s participation group is subject to funding being secured.
Selection committee
CANAN EREK
*1968, freelance choreographer and festival curator
What has shaped your view on theatre?
My relationship with theatre is shaped by dance performances, and I often go to see them on my own. Nevertheless, I experience every performance as a communal experience. I find it fascinating that so many people who don’t know each other at all sit close together and watch the performance, each from their own perspective, and ideally, they also exchange views afterwards.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival?
I look for productions that tackle relevant contemporary issues and bring them to the stage in an artistic, imaginative and bold way. In this context, ‘bold’ means to me that the productions move away from conventional theatrical formats and dare to try something new. With regard to the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival, which is, of course, intended for young audiences, I feel a particular responsibility as a curator when making my selection.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Moving, emotional and intellectually stimulating, so that I can look back on it fondly.
What has shaped your view on theatre?
My relationship with theatre is shaped by dance performances, and I often go to see them on my own. Nevertheless, I experience every performance as a communal experience. I find it fascinating that so many people who don’t know each other at all sit close together and watch the performance, each from their own perspective, and ideally, they also exchange views afterwards.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival?
I look for productions that tackle relevant contemporary issues and bring them to the stage in an artistic, imaginative and bold way. In this context, ‘bold’ means to me that the productions move away from conventional theatrical formats and dare to try something new. With regard to the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival, which is, of course, intended for young audiences, I feel a particular responsibility as a curator when making my selection.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Moving, emotional and intellectually stimulating, so that I can look back on it fondly.
NICOLE ETSCHBERGER
*2002, student, amateur actress, and former member of AugenTAGMal!
What has shaped your view on theatre?
Actually, the pandemic has shaped my view on theatre. It has made me even more aware of just how important that live experience is, how much I’ve missed theatre, and that it’s also important to protect the arts.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL festival?
Hmm, I’d say I’m looking for plays that dare to tell stories which might not otherwise get such a big stage, but which also spark discussion after you’ve seen the play.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Hmm, three words for my perfect theatre experience would be lingering, energetic and honest.
What has shaped your view on theatre?
Actually, the pandemic has shaped my view on theatre. It has made me even more aware of just how important that live experience is, how much I’ve missed theatre, and that it’s also important to protect the arts.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL festival?
Hmm, I’d say I’m looking for plays that dare to tell stories which might not otherwise get such a big stage, but which also spark discussion after you’ve seen the play.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Hmm, three words for my perfect theatre experience would be lingering, energetic and honest.
SARAH UWIMANA
*2003, theatre student and performer
What has shaped your view on theatre?
Hmm, I loved acting as a child and used to go to the theatre quite often. But during my studies, I realised just how many facets theatre actually has, and I’d say my perspective has shifted towards a more critical one, because I’ve also seen that not all perspectives are given equal space in the theatre.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL festival?
I’m looking for productions that are accessible, that stick with you, but also don’t underestimate the audience; that simply have an impact and perhaps tell stories we don’t often get to hear – stories that are moving in some way, but can also entertain.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Moving, intense, relevant.
What has shaped your view on theatre?
Hmm, I loved acting as a child and used to go to the theatre quite often. But during my studies, I realised just how many facets theatre actually has, and I’d say my perspective has shifted towards a more critical one, because I’ve also seen that not all perspectives are given equal space in the theatre.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL festival?
I’m looking for productions that are accessible, that stick with you, but also don’t underestimate the audience; that simply have an impact and perhaps tell stories we don’t often get to hear – stories that are moving in some way, but can also entertain.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Moving, intense, relevant.
MARGUERITE WINDBLUT
*1986, freelance theatre educator and director
What has shaped your view on theatre?
My view on theatre has been shaped, among other things, by the first theatre visits I made with my mum. I was about eight years old at the time. That was in 1994, and we went to the Landestheater in Eisenach – back then in Thuringia – for the very first time. I’ve also been shaped by the many, many films I’ve seen in my life, where I always immediately find myself wondering how these films might be adapted for the stage. My internship in 2008, back then at the Spinnwerk at the Zentraltheater Leipzig, and currently my work at the Theater Marabu in Bonn have also shaped me.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival?
When it comes to selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival, I don’t really ‘search’ for anything; I’d rather say I ‘look’. I look for stories that inspire me. So something where I realise, ‘this gives me a new approach’, perhaps it offers me a new perspective or way of looking at things. And that can relate to the text of a production, or it can refer to the staging, the direction of the production, or even the stage design.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Intensity, imagination and great company.
What has shaped your view on theatre?
My view on theatre has been shaped, among other things, by the first theatre visits I made with my mum. I was about eight years old at the time. That was in 1994, and we went to the Landestheater in Eisenach – back then in Thuringia – for the very first time. I’ve also been shaped by the many, many films I’ve seen in my life, where I always immediately find myself wondering how these films might be adapted for the stage. My internship in 2008, back then at the Spinnwerk at the Zentraltheater Leipzig, and currently my work at the Theater Marabu in Bonn have also shaped me.
What are you looking for when selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival?
When it comes to selecting productions for the AUGENBLICK MAL! festival, I don’t really ‘search’ for anything; I’d rather say I ‘look’. I look for stories that inspire me. So something where I realise, ‘this gives me a new approach’, perhaps it offers me a new perspective or way of looking at things. And that can relate to the text of a production, or it can refer to the staging, the direction of the production, or even the stage design.
Three words for your perfect theatre experience?
Intensity, imagination and great company.
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Retrospektive
Hier findet ihr unsere Retrospektive auf die vergangenen Festivals:
Augenblick mal! 2025
Augenblick mal! 2023
Augenblick mal! 2021
Augenblick mal! 2019
Augenblick mal! 2017
Augenblick mal! 2015
Augenblick mal! 2013
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