Roland Schimmelpfennig’s “The Golden Dragon” Staged in Hong Kong by On & On Theatre Workshop
Roland Schimmelpfennig ‘New Writing’ masterpiece Der Goldene Drache (The Golden Dragon) explores...
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Germany
Deutsches Theater’s “Waiting for Godot” at World Theatre in Sofia 2016
The emblem of human existence The stage has a rectangular ramp on it, covered with a large pink...
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The Politics Of Reconstruction: How Renovating A Theater Affects Social Climate
What does a German municipal theater need? Wilfried Schulz has been intendant of the Düsseldorf...
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“Terror”: Theatre as Discussion on Ethics and the Law
With his debut play Terror, the lawyer and best-selling German author Ferdinand von Schirach...
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A Discussion With Peter Brombacher: Acting And The Importance Of The Ensemble
An interview with the actor Peter Brombacher, actor and a permanent member of the Münchner...
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Roland Schimmelpfennig’s “Winter Solstice” Probes the Lure of Fascism
A day or so after Theresa May’s keynote speech about Brexit the words Europe and European carry an...
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“NIMBY” From Chilean-French Company Colectivo Zoológico at Iberoamerikanisches Theaterfestival
On July 4th, 1999, almost 1700 low-income families in Peñalolén, Santiago de Chile illegally...
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German Children’s And Young People’s Theatre Prizes Aim To Promote Theatre For Young Audiences
Since 1996, the German Children’s Theatre Prize and the German Young People’s Theatre Prize are...
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The Reinvention Of The Family Play Genre
In many German municipal and state theaters, the Advent season is the starting shot for the...
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Play the Game on the Stage! Conversation with machina eX, One of The Most Immersive Theatre Companies in Germany
machina eX is one of the most immersive theatre company in Germany. They constantly recreate...
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Korean-German Collaboration “Walls–Iphigenia in Exile” Premieres in Gwangju and Berlin
Walls–Iphigenia in Exile, the result of a four-year collaboration between South Korean and German...
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Unrest and Discontent – Political Theatre as Agonistic Field
The more the time we are living through seems out of joint, the harder it has been for the...
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Alternative Worlds and Dream Worlds
Katrin Brack and Barbara Ehnes, two set designers, have influenced and even changed the theatre....
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Theatre Projects of Refugee Artists
On the German stage refugees are still often the authentic narrators of their fate, directed by...
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New Plays in Germany
The new theatre texts that have been presented in the 2015/16 season at play markets in...
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“I Am Not a Nazi, But…”- Plays on the Swing to the Right
The German theatre has responded to the swing to the right in society. It has thereby proceeded to...
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Interview with Thomas Ostermeier: “Every Generation Writes its Own Shakespeare”
Thomas Ostermeier, a German theatre director, working for the Schaubühne, is known for his...
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South African Artist William Kentridge at The International Performance Festival Foreign Affairs in Berlin
In July and August 2016, the international performance festival Foreign Affairs in Berlin, which...
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Dreams of Young Syrian Refugees Imagined
I am in the same room with three young asylum seekers from Syria—Abed, 17, from Deir al-Zour;...
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Sebastian Kreyer’s Staging of “Ghosts”
I’ve complained a lot in previous reviews about directors staging tragedies as comedies. But...
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