“Stimmen des Kiezes”: A Site-Specific Movement–Text Collage in Berlin-Friedrichshain
In the middle of the vibrant Berlin district Friedrichshain, well-known for party tourism, hipster...
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What Theatres Expect From Digitality And What Digitality Expects From Theatres
Technology is pervasive in today’s society. Code = culture. Algorithms define our way of life. In...
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Sasha Waltz: The Opera Choreographer
Choreographer Sasha Waltz has added a chapter to the history of dance with choreographic opera. It...
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Staging the Political
With its three transformable stages, the “Schaubühne at Lehniner Platz” is the largest theatre in...
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Participation in European Theatre: An Account of the European Theatre Conference, Dresden 2019
For the most part, theatre can be recognized as the art of the collective. The ETC (European...
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“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Five, Wednesday
Pending Vote is a fully-interactive performance from Catalan director Roger Bernat, with a text by...
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“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Four, Tuesday
Hungarian company ‘Lifeboat Unit – STEREO AKT’ bring their enticing and interactive performative...
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“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Three, Monday
Heavy rain has restricted the opportunity to take a city walk around Dresden with festival...
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“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Two, Sunday
The second day of the festival brings radiant, early-morning sunshine onto the Kleines Haus. Many...
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“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day One, Saturday
Here, at the annual ‘Our Stage Festival’ in Dresden, the average citizen is the center of the...
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“The Modern on Stage / The Dream of the House”: An Interview with Jan Pappelbaum, Set Designer at the Schaubühne, Berlin
Jan Pappelbaum is one of the most inventive and internationally renowned set designers, from the...
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Interview With Sasha Marianna Salzmann: The Playwright
When asked about her background, she tends to respond, “I come from the theatre:” playwright and...
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ETC and Ukrainian Theatre: A Dialogue of Art, Change, and Support
As a mid-December snow fell over the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, the European Theatre Convention...
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Financing Theatre: Public Funding And Freedom Of Art
Public funding and freedom of art–do the two sit well together? There is no right to state arts...
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Complexity Is Beauty: Academy for Digitality and Theatre
Virtual reality, 3D animation, and robotics have long been used by theatre directors in other...
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Brecht In Exile: “Galileo” In Brooklyn
New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...
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“New Piece I: Since She”: Tanztheater Wuppertal and The Legacy of Pina Bausch
In the last ten years since the death of Pina Bausch, Tanztheater Wuppertal, the company she...
Read MoreCultural Education: “We Do Not Dispense School Knowledge”
“Politik im Freien Theater” is a free theatre festival where youngsters address political issues. What can theatre do that school cannot? “It prompts discussion and creates access,” says drama teacher Anne...
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“The Factory”: Play Explores Murky Nexus Of Western Business And Syrian War
The play is based on the charges against one of France’s biggest companies, Lafarge, and how...
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Dance Of The Arts
The Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen has just turned ninety. A look back at its creation...
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