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Sasha Waltz: The Opera Choreographer

Posted by Romy König | 11th Jun 2019 | Germany, News, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Opera

Choreographer Sasha Waltz has added a chapter to the history of dance with choreographic opera. It...

Staging the Political

Posted by Romy König | 10th Jun 2019 | Germany, News, Theatre and Politics

With its three transformable stages, the “Schaubühne at Lehniner Platz” is the largest theatre in...

Participation in European Theatre: An Account of the European Theatre Conference, Dresden 2019

Posted by Christopher Harris | 6th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Germany, News, Our Stage European Festival in Dresden 2019, Participatory Theatre

For the most part, theatre can be recognized as the art of the collective. The ETC (European Theatre Convention) is all about sustaining this collective, and at their annual conference between the 23rd-26th May in Dresden, Germany, they are proving that the collective is not only an integral part to theatre, but that participation can also be a key component.

“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Five, Wednesday

Posted by Christopher Harris | 2nd Jun 2019 | Festivals, Germany, News, Our Stage European Festival in Dresden 2019

Pending Vote is a fully-interactive performance from Catalan director Roger Bernat, with a text by...

“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Four, Tuesday

Posted by Christopher Harris | 2nd Jun 2019 | Festivals, Germany, Hungary, News, Our Stage European Festival in Dresden 2019, Participatory Theatre

Hungarian company ‘Lifeboat Unit – STEREO AKT’ bring their enticing and interactive performative...

“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Three, Monday

Posted by Christopher Harris | 1st Jun 2019 | Festivals, Germany, News, Our Stage European Festival in Dresden 2019, Theatre and Disability

Heavy rain has restricted the opportunity to take a city walk around Dresden with festival...

“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day Two, Sunday

Posted by Christopher Harris | 31st May 2019 | Festivals, Germany, News, Our Stage European Festival in Dresden 2019

The second day of the festival brings radiant, early-morning sunshine onto the Kleines Haus. Many...

“Our Stage: European Bürgerbühne Festival”: Day One, Saturday

Posted by Christopher Harris | 30th May 2019 | Festivals, Germany, News, Our Stage European Festival in Dresden 2019, Participatory Theatre

Here, at the annual ‘Our Stage Festival’ in Dresden, the average citizen is the center of the...

“The Modern on Stage / The Dream of the House”: An Interview with Jan Pappelbaum, Set Designer at the Schaubühne, Berlin

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 24th May 2019 | Design, Germany, Interview

Jan Pappelbaum is one of the most inventive and internationally renowned set designers, from the...

Interview With Sasha Marianna Salzmann: The Playwright

Posted by Romy König | 22nd May 2019 | Germany, Interview, Playwriting

When asked about her background, she tends to respond, “I come from the theatre:” playwright and...

ETC and Ukrainian Theatre: A Dialogue of Art, Change, and Support

Posted by Lauren Dubowski | 16th Apr 2019 | Germany, News, Producing, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations, Ukraine

As a mid-December snow fell over the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, the European Theatre Convention...

Financing Theatre: Public Funding And Freedom Of Art

Posted by Nadine Berghausen | 23rd Mar 2019 | Germany, Management, News

Public funding and freedom of art–do the two sit well together? There is no right to state arts...

Complexity Is Beauty: Academy for Digitality and Theatre

Posted by Anja Quickert | 19th Mar 2019 | Germany, News, Transmedia

Virtual reality, 3D animation, and robotics have long been used by theatre directors in other...

Brecht In Exile: “Galileo” In Brooklyn

Posted by Jack Wernick | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...

“New Piece I: Since She”: Tanztheater Wuppertal and The Legacy of Pina Bausch

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th Feb 2019 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Dance

In the last ten years since the death of Pina Bausch, Tanztheater Wuppertal, the company she...

Cultural Education: “We Do Not Dispense School Knowledge”

Posted by Romy König | 15th Feb 2019 | Germany, Interview, Theatre for Young Audiences

“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...