Schauburg is the theatre for young audiences of the Bavarian capital, Munich. Set up in 1953 by Siegfried Jobst as Munich’s Märchenbühne, it was taken over by the city in 1969. Since 1983, the Schauburg has been artistically independent. In 1990, the city approved its conversion into a modern theatre. After the completion of renovation work in the early nineties, it has become one of Europe’s most modern, state-of-the-art theatres for young audiences, with a stage that can be changed to meet individual requirements.
Some 350 performances take place here each year, with audience numbers totalling more than 40,000. The productions are targeted at all age groups and are presented in the categories theatre, music theatre, dance, puppet/object theatre and performance art.
The ensemble consists of six actresses and actors, supplemented by guest performers. The ensemble performs plays for even the tiniest tots from the age of two, staging image theatre, narrative theatre and puppet theatre. It develops its own plays, adapts classics for its young audience and presents young contemporary authors. In cooperation with freelance artists, the ensemble experiments with new music theatre and cross-genre theatrical forms. The Schauburg also puts on mobile productions at kindergartens, schools and libraries and gives guest performances at international and national festivals.
 Schauburg, Munich
Courses and workshops for children and young people take place within the Schauburg LAB. Holiday courses are offered, as are courses lasting the whole season that culminate in the production of a play with youngsters on stage.
In cooperation with other Munich venues Schauburg hosts the festivals Kuckuck (theatre for toddlers, March 19, annually), Think Big! (dance and music theatre, biennial), Internationales Figurentheaterfestival (puppet theatre, biennial). Schaubrg has also hosted Politik im Freien Theater in November 2018.
The Schauburg invites Indian theatre artists (directors, theatre pedagogues, dramaturges) who plan to work for or with children to explore the wide range of theatre for young audiences as it is presented  in Munich and Germany. The guest may join rehearsals, performances, conceptional process, festival management and the workshop and courses for children and young people, assisting as far as possible.
*Working language is German.
Recent bangaloREsident-Expanded@Schauburg: Parthasarathi S.