Jury statement

“The smallest municipal theater in North Rhine-Westphalia has stood for continuity and high artistic innovation on the western edge of the Ruhr region for over four decades. With 22 employees, five of whom are ensemble actors, the theater produces classical material, premieres of new texts, plays for children and young people and artistic explorations of regional events, such as the Love Parade disaster of 2010. In an impressive way, the theater opens up unusual venues in the city, such as a fitness center, a deportation detention center or a shopping center, and enters into remarkable collaborations with partners in urban society. Livestream formats, Telegram theater for children and young people or one-person telephone readings are evidence of remarkable creativity, including during the pandemic. The Schlosstheater Moers is a theater that does outstanding work with limited financial resources at the interface between high artistic standards and ‘social initiatives.’” – Jury statement