Theatre

Deutsches Theater Berlin, © Iko Freese, DRAMA

How Long Is the Present? Time structures in the theater

In the theatre, attention is formed, focused and temporally extended under special conditions. Of the peculiar experience of the present on stage.More ...
Gob Squad; © Manuel Reinartz

Independent Theatre in Germany

The independent theatre scene in Germany is large and vital. As an ideal-type, it stands in contrast to the large sphere of state and municipal theatres.More ...
„Three Kingdoms“, director: Sebastian Nübling, Munich Kammerspiele; f.l.t.r.: Ferdy Roberts, Risto Kübar, Nick Tennant, Steven Scharf; © Arno Declair

Many Languages, One Stage – The Europeanisation of the Theatre

German municipal theatres have long been internationally networked. Now the linguistic boundaries are also beginning to fall away: foreign languages are being spoken on the German stage.More ...
Future Conference of the Dramaturgical Society and the Baden-Württemberg Academy of Performing Arts; © Christoph Awe

Future Conference – Perspectives on Training in the Performing Arts

In Ludwigsburg from October 4 to 6, 2012, teachers and theater professionals discussed developments in training and contemporary theater.More ...
The State Puppet Theater of Varna, Bulgaria with Plato’s Likeness of the Cave; photo: International Shadow Theater Festival

Unimagined Spaces: The 9th International Shadow Theater Festival

The International Shadow Theater Festival, which took place from October 12 to 18, every three years turns Schwäbisch Gmünd into the international meeting place of contemporary shadow theater.More ...
Brett Bailey's Installation „Exhibit B“; © Piet Janssens

The Berlin Festival Foreign Affairs

The Berlin Festspiele will start the 2012/2013 season with the festival Foreign Affairs. It replaces the previous spielzeit europa.More ...
Materialtheater Stuttgart: „Drei Affen, Parabel vom Aufstand der Dinge“ (Thre Monkeys, A Parable about the Rebellion of Things), winner of the festival; photo: Luigi Consalvo

Festival for Puppet Theater: Synergura 2012

From July 4 to 8, the ninth Synergura, the long-established puppet theater festival, took place in Erfurt.More ...
Dramaturge of the Deutsches Theater Berlin 2005; © Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de

How Do You Devise a Theater Program?

Finding a play for performance is a process of lengthy discussions between dramaturge and artistic director. What has to be taken into account?More ...
Rainer Werner Fassbinder rehearsing „Hilferufe“ by Peter Handke, antiteater München, D: Peer Raben, UA: 17.11.1968; photo: Ulrich Handl

The Master Only Sleeps – The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Thirty years after the early death of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, his extensive dramatic œuvre is enjoying more attention than ever before.More ...
Academy of Fine Arts in Munich: “Das Spiel ist aus” (The Game Is Over) costume designs for “Jeff Koons” by Rainald Goetz, 2011; photo: Paul Hiller

In the Beginning Is Space – how to become a set designer in Germany

The set design for a theatre performance is essential. But how do you become a set designer?More ...
Volker Ludwig and Stefan Fischer-Fels; © Andy Rumball

Groping and Trying Things Out – The Grips Theater under New Leadership

After 42 years, the founder of the Grips Theater in Berlin, Volker Ludwig, has passed on the artistic directorship to Stefan Fischer-Fels.More ...
„Kill your Darlings! Streets of Berladelphia“ by René Pollesch, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin; in the middle: Fabian Hinrichs; © Thomas Aurin

Mirror of Change – The 49th Theater Meeting in Berlin

The 2012 Theater Meeting clearly showed what has changed in German theater: the importance of the independent scene has increased and forms of production have changed.More ...
International Institute of political murder (IIPM) „Hate Radio”; © Daniel Seiffert

The Poetry of the Factual – Possibilities and Limits of Documentary Theater

In recent years the German-language documentary theater has developed a great diversity of forms.More ...
Rimini Protokoll „100 Prozent Berlin“, Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, 2008; © Braun/drama-berlin.de

Who Owns the Play? – Copyright in Transition

The concept of the author has changed. A publisher now represents not only the traditional rights of an author, but also the projects of authors and authors’ collectives.More ...
Bel3arabi: Theaterstücke aus Deutschland; © Goethe-Institut Alexandria

Bel3arabi: Theaterstücke aus Deutschlandde

Neun Übersetzungen deutscher Theaterstücke eröffnen einem arabischsprachigen Publikum zeitgenössische Werke für Jugendliche und Erwachsene.More ...
The logo of the festival Panoptikum 2012

Dance and Theater Stories: Panoptikum, the Festival for Children’s Theatre

In February 2012, the Seventh Festival for Children’s Theatre from Bavaria and Europe took place in Nuremberg.More ...
Philipp Löhle „supernova (wie gold entsteht)“, Uraufführung 2011, Mannheimer Nationaltheater; © Hans Jörg Michel

Mercantile Mentalities – The Financial Crisis and the Theater

Classics such as Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard are currently being performed particularly often. But when it comes to the crisis, theater makers are also looking for new ways of presenting a problem.More ...
“Onkel Wanja” by Anton Tschechow, director: Jürgen Gosch, (Deutsches Theater Berlin 2008); © Iko Freese/DRAMA

Heating Up and Accelerating – How Theater Photography Has Changed

The theater has changed and so has theater photography. The perception of reality as under construction has become a defining characteristic.More ...
Schauburg Munich: “Has‘ und Huhn” | © Günter Mattei

Not Educational, But Valuable – Children and Young People’s Theatre in Germany

Children’s and young people’s theatre in Germany is varied and lively – thanks to its becoming more permeable to other kinds of performance and to adult theatre.More ...
The chorus; photo: David Graeter

The Train Station, the Citizens, and the Protest: Theatre on the Streets

In Stuttgart, the citizens are protesting. The theatre director Volker Lösch foresaw the conflict, put it on stage and is now energetically putting his oar in.More ...
Anton Graff: Heinrich von Kleist, 1808, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden (Wikimedia commons, public domain)

The Trial by Fire – the 200th Anniversary of the Death of Heinrich von Kleist

The theatre is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Kleist – but on stage the party has long been in progress.More ...
„Linkages“; Photo: Kathrin Schäfer

Linkages – Curators in Theatre

Suddenly everybody in theatre is talking about curators. But what do they really do, and where have they come from? A flying visit.More ...
ASSITEJ – International Association of Theatre for Children and Young

Of Petrol Stations, Backpacks and Fertile Clashes – The ASSITEJ Conference “Theatre and School”

At the Munich Schauburg, researchers presented projects with which federal states, cities and individual theatres hope to woo the audiences of tomorrow.More ...
„The promised city“, Boris Sieverts, 2010, Goethe-Institut Warschau; photo: Bartosz Ciszewski, Paula Furga

The Extension of the Theatrical Combat Zone – Art Projects in Urban Space

Are traditional stages no longer enough for performers and theatre makers?More ...
Elfriede Jelinek “The Merchant’s Contract” Koproduktion Schauspiel Köln und Thalia Theater Hamburg; director: Nicolas Stemann; photo: David Baltzer

“From Nothing Comes Nothing” – What Is the Crisis Doing to the Theater and What Is the Theater Doing with the Crisis?

At present authors, dramaturges and directors are biding their time with respect to the crisis.More ...
The logo of the 2010 Theatre Biennial

From Every Corner of Europe – The 2010 Theatre Biennial of the Wiesbaden State Theatre

The 2010 Theatre Biennial in Wiesbaden and Mainz gathered together new European plays and celebrated a round anniversary.More ...