Colorful, it spreads a good mood even in rainy weather: that Stadium of Dreams. It is a colorful harbinger of the big party that is to come: the European Football Championship in 2024. The mobile stage for its extensive cultural accompanying program is located on the Gasteig temporary use area Fat Cat. In addition to this outdoor stage, which offers space for around 300 spectators, there are also rooms inside the Fat Cat.
At this Friday, May 10th, from 5:30 p.m at The cultural program opens – with prominent participation. Herbert Grönemeyer, who wrote the anthem for the 2006 World Cup, and the actress Nina Kunzendorf are coming. Politics is represented by Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth and Mayor Dieter Reiter. The tournament director of the European Championship Philipp Lahm, the London artist and architect of the Stadium of Dreams, Morag Myerscough, and the heads of the European Championship cultural program, the writer Albert Ostermaier and the impresario Till Hofmann, are also expected.
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Ostermaier and Hofmann want football and culture to be “one-two”, “without offside or out”. In this stadium, the dream of a common Europe, of diversity and tolerance should come true. That’s why from now on there will be in Munich will host around 60 events flanking the tournament, all related to this sport, which some believe its playing field itself is nothing more than a stage. There, too, heroes explain to their audience how the world works, antipodes wrestle with each other, joy and suffering condense into dramas, thrillers and soap operas.
Theater and readings
Albert Ostermaier sees theater texts by Friedrich Ani, Natalia Blok, Olga Bach, Sharon Dodua Otoo and others that they wrote specifically for the program as the heart of the program. The director Hans Steinbichler, the set designer and this year’s artist of the German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venice Ersan Mondtag and actors such as Uwe Ochsenknecht, Lars Eidinger, Veronica Ferres and Clemens Schick bring the material to the stage. Hans Steinbichler He even developed his own form of connection between theater and film (seen on May 10th, 13th and 14th, Black Box).
Anticipated by theater fans with as much excitement as a penalty: Roberto Baggioa new piece by Davide Enia about the Italian soccer star (June 3, Black Box). Andi BrehmeA piece is also dedicated to the man who won the World Cup for Germany in 1990 with a legendary penalty. Veronica Ferres and Uwe Ochsenknecht will stage the work of Nuran David Calis (June 5, Black Box).
With Be first A play by Albert Ostermaier himself will be premiered. The focus is on the fate of the Jewish-Hungarian football player and coach Jenö Konrád. Max Mayer and Thomas Schmauser will read the dramatic text (June 8, Small Concert Hall). Two days later, Ostermaier reads his new play together with Oliver Guez The major with the golden feet (June 10, Small Concert Hall).
The State Opera and the Residenztheater are also taking part in the big theater round of the European Championships. The latter represents, among other things The team by Kyunsung Lee and his team (June 10, Black Box). The many other premieres include The eleven conspirators by Olga Bach, who will be presented in her own direction (June 27th, 28th, Black Box).
Concerts
The band will open the concert program at the Stadium of Dreams on May 24th Zylva in the black box. Her second EP was released in mid-April on the Munich label Squama. The next day a concert for children and young people opens Sukini. The band project by the Berlin rapper Sookee is intended to inspire a young audience about politics and philosophy. The Munich newcomers Vandalisbin will perform in the early evening and then play Amy & Wally Warning their danceable tracks.
Sunday, May 26th belongs to the audience itself: The Go Sing Choir invites you to sing together. Namely “Major Tom (Totally detached)” by Peter Schilling, the German team’s goal anthem, arranged for a large amateur choir. After many more events, the queer-feminist band will conclude on July 11th My Ugly Clementine from Vienna the concert program.
Podiums
There will be eight different panels on the social relevance of football. The sports editorial team South German newspaper organizes its own Row with discussions about the future of football. Herbert Grönemeyer, who said with his tournament song in 2006: “It’s time for something to happen,” will be a guest right at the start (May 10th, Stadium Tent). At later dates, guests such as Uli Hoeneß and Matthias Sammer will have their say.
Another panel discussion will be held by Shary Reeves, Tim Frohwein and Jimmy Hartwig (June 3, Stadium Tent). racism. Over Football & Anti-Semitism Rachel Salamander and Marcel Reif (June 5th, Stadium Tent) talk about Football & Addiction Uli Borowka and Christian Hochstätter (June 6, stadium tent).
Word sports and workshops
Cabaret artists, stand-up comedians and poetry slammers like Alfred Dorfer, Michael Mittermaier and Bas Boettcher come to the project Word sport into the game, which takes place nationwide in schools in EM host cities. Among other things, the students’ personal expressiveness should be trained. A selection of the results will be presented later in the Stadium of Dreams (dates to follow). Further workshops and information stands are organized by partners such as the Buntkicktgut integration project or the Kurt Landauer Foundation.
Stadium of Dreams Munich, Friday, May 10th, to July 14th, Fat Cat, www.stadiondertraeume.de