Baden-Württemberg: Theater Tübingen Reutlingen: Weckherlin remains director

Tübingen (dpa/lsw) - Thorsten Weckherlin will remain director of the Landestheater Württemberg-Hohenzollern Tübingen Reutlingen (LTT) beyond 2024. The theater manager's contract had been extended to August 2027 with the approval of the LTT board of directors, the state government announced on Tuesday. Weckherlin, born in 1962, has been director of the Landestheater since 2014. "Thorsten Weckherlin is concerned about the interests and future viability of state theaters, which is also shown by his commitment at the federal level as the representative of the state theaters in the German Theater Association," said State Secretary Arne Braun.