Experimental Forms and Performative Research: When the Classroom Learns to Fly
In his 1993 work A Flying Classroom, the German author Erich Kästner created a vision of a...
Read MorePosted by Lena Fritschle | 23rd Nov 2020 | Essay, Germany, Theatre for Young Audiences, Youth Theatre - A Casebook
In his 1993 work A Flying Classroom, the German author Erich Kästner created a vision of a...
Read MorePosted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 21st Nov 2020 | Festivals, Germany, Interview
Thomas Irmer is a scholar, dramaturg, and critic regularly contributing to Theater der Zeit,...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 16th Nov 2020 | Germany, Theatre for Young Audiences, Youth Theatre - A Casebook
First things first: Be aware of the problems you create for the audience, a.k.a. the player, and...
Read MorePosted by Liam Rees | 28th Sep 2020 | Germany, Review, Transmedia
Consciousness, cognition, and perception have fascinated Jisun Kim and The House of Sorrow is a...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 11th Sep 2020 | Devised Theatre, Germany, Interview
Led by artistic directors Hajo Schüler and Michael Vogel, Berlin-based “Familie Flöz” is one of...
Read MorePosted by Alma Söderberg | 7th Aug 2020 | Germany, Interview, Transmedia
Theatres remain closed, so instead of publishing reviews of new pieces, Etcetera asked artists to...
Read MorePosted by International Online Theatre Festival | 27th Jul 2020 | Covid-19, Germany, Interview, IOTF 2020: Archives, Theatre and Pandemic: Asynchronous Discussion Panel at IOTF2020
Nils Haarmann – dramaturg at the Schaubühne – responds to Grzegorz Jarzyna. The discussion focuses...
Read MorePosted by Anja Quickert | 16th Jul 2020 | Germany, Interview, Theatre and Politics
Pressure on the German theatre and cultural landscape has increased significantly since the...
Read MorePosted by Nadine Berghausen | 10th May 2020 | Design, Germany, Interview
Germany has more theatres and concert halls than almost any other country in the world. From its...
Read MorePosted by Lara Staal | 24th Apr 2020 | Essay, Germany, Theatre and Science
In times of crisis, we see just how closely reality and fiction really are. What seemed like a...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2020 | Adaptation, Directing, Germany, Review, Theatre and Film, Theatre and Gender, Transmedia
Virginia Woolf’s reputation has closely followed British cultural trends: in the interwar years...
Read MorePosted by Mila Bulimbasic Botteri | 1st Apr 2020 | Germany, London, Review, United Kingdom
“The theatre is a device for empathy – its job is to create better people.” Those are the words of...
Read MorePosted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 7th Mar 2020 | Germany, Interview, Playwriting
Ulrike Syha was born in 1976 in Wiesbaden, Germany. She studied Dramaturgy at the Hochschule für...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 22nd Dec 2019 | Germany, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America
Two years ago, the British director Richard Jones brought a stunning production of Eugene...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Moravec | 20th Dec 2019 | Austria, Festivals, Germany, Theatre and Dance
Researcher and critic Lisa Moravec explores how two performances of this year’s ImPulsTanz,...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Dec 2019 | France, Germany, LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
First of all, don’t be put off by the pompous, academic title. Thomas Ostermeier’s...
Read MorePosted by John Brunner | 26th Nov 2019 | France, Germany, Review, Translation
It opens with a manic attempt to clean. The sheets, the floors, the smell of the air, everything...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 31st Oct 2019 | Festivals, Germany, Review, Russia, Theatre Olympics 2019
The Eighth Life (for Brilka) or Das achte Leben (Für Brilka). Adapted by Julia Lochte and Emilia...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Hernández | 22nd Oct 2019 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Opera
Summer in Europe is the time for performing art festivals. Avignon in France or Edinburgh in...
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