From the “Lord of the Rings” play to the Shakespeare classic: a jury has invited ten productions for the theater meeting. Here is the 10 selection of the big stage festival for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The Berlin Schaubühne has been invited to the Theatertreffen, the summit meeting of German-speaking theaters, with two productions. On Friday, a jury named the play “Bucket List” by Yael Ronen and Shlomi Shaban and the acting solo “The Silence” by Falk Richter among the ten remarkable productions.
Also included is a new production of the Shakespeare classic “Macbeth” at the Schauspielhaus Bochum and the walk-in production “Giant in Middle-earth” at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, which is based on Tolkien’s fantasy work “The Lord of the Rings”.
“This selection really shows the richness of what is happening on stage in German-speaking countries,” said Nora Hertlein-Hull, who has been at the helm of the Theatertreffen in Berlin since the beginning of the year. She would like to link the formats of the large stage festival more closely, as she said on Friday. “I see great potential in linking the individual platforms, which all serve to promote young talent in one way or another.”
In addition to the 10-person selection, the theater meeting consists of various formats, such as the International Forum for Global Exchange or a platform for cultural journalists. The next edition is scheduled to begin on May 2nd.
These are the ten selected productions:
“Bucket List” by Yael Ronen & Shlomi Shaban, directed by Yael Ronen, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, co-production with the Théâtre de Liège
“The dog poop attack. A performance about darkness, beauty and forgiveness, based on a true story” by and with Pina Bergemann, Nikita Buldyrski, Henrike Commichau, Linde Dercon, Leon Pfannenmüller, Anna K. Seidel and a dachshund, concept, direction and text: Walter Bart, Theaterhaus Jena, co-production with the Wunderbaum theater collective
“The Fatherless” by Anton Chekhov, German by Ulrike Zemme, with “Dad men talking, a series of conversations with changing guests and Carl Hegemann” as well as a monologue by Katja Brunner, directed by Jette Steckel, Münchner Kammerspiele
“Extra Life” by Gisèle Vienne, creation and performance in cooperation with: Adèle Haenel, Theo Livesey, Katia Petrowick, a production by DACM / Company Gisèle Vienne, co-production with Ruhrtriennale, International Summer Festival Kampnagel – Hamburg, Tanzquartier Wien and others
“Laius”, Anthropolis II, by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Karin Baier, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, German by Angela Schanelec and Jürgen Gosch, directed by Johan Simons, text by Koen Tachelet, Schauspielhaus Bochum
“Nathan the Wise”, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, direction and stage: Ulrich Rasche, Salzburg Festival
“Giant in Middle-earth”, based on “The Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien, a walk-in production by Theater HORA, The Helmi Puppet Theater and the Schauspielhaus Zürich, directed by Nicolas Stemann, Stephan Stock, Florian Loycke and Cora Frost
“The Silence”, by Falk Richter, directed by Falk Richter, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin”OVERWEIGHT, unimportant: UNFORM”, a European Last Supper by Werner Schwab in a version by Rieke Süßkow and Klaus Missbach, directed by Rieke Süßkow, Staatstheater Nuremberg
The theater meeting jury viewed a total of 690 productions. A women’s directing quota continues to apply to the selection – at least half of the selected productions should come from women or predominantly female collectives. This should be continued, said Hertlein-Hull. Advance ticket sales for the 61st edition are scheduled to start on April 19th, and the game plan should be ready at the beginning of April.