Tag: Bertolt Brecht
Theater: There you are again
Is the Corona crisis over at the theater? How some houses are just getting full again – and a very prominent one but not. source site
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin: Against the Christmas bliss – culture
The Berliner, said the composer Kurt Weill three years before his “The Threepenny Opera”, was “reckless and dogged, cynical and enthusiastic, quick-witted and helpless”. All at the same time? Not…
Benno Besson: Memoirs of a Player – Culture
After the military coup in Turkey, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, then a young Turkish actress, really wanted to go to the famous director Benno Besson – in the early 1970s for…
Augsburg: The plans for the Brecht Festival – Munich
Julian Warner, the new director of the Augsburg Brecht Festival, has presented his ideas for 2023. An artistic reorientation is emerging. If you look at Julian Warner’s recently published plans…
Oliver Frljić directs Brecht’s “Mother Courage” at the Gorki Theater – Kultur
After all, the fighting spirit and the joy of energetic slogans are unbroken. During the final applause of Oliver Frljić’s production of “Mother Courage” at the Maxim Gorki Theater in…
Albert Ostermaier on Brecht’s “Drums in the Night” – culture
100 years ago, on September 29, 1922, Bertolt Brecht’s play “Drums in the Night” was premiered at the Munich Kammerspiele. “Glotz not so romantic,” I would like to wake myself…
Berliner Ensemble: Puppet Show “Brecht’s Ghosts” – Culture
At least since the death of the famous head of the house 66 years ago, there have been a lot of ghosts in the Berliner Ensemble. After Bertolt Brecht’s death,…
In the middle of Ebersberg: Fax from Macheath – Ebersberg
The phenomenon of fax spam has occasionally been reported here. To clarify for younger readers, a fax machine is a type of early messenger service that presents messages on something…
Writers’ Association PEN Germany: Large, embarrassing and good
The writers’ association PEN disintegrates again. You might think that nobody needs this club. A mistake. source site
Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera”: double premiere in Regensburg – Munich
The young, slightly frivolously dressed woman would have imagined the scene of her wedding celebration to be a little more tasteful. “That’s a horse stable!” Polly Peachum, played by Zelal…