29.11.2024: Fritzi Wartenberg directs BIDERMANN UND DIE BRANDSTIFTER at Berliner Ensemble

THE ARSONISTS
(dt. BIDERMANN UND DIE BRANDSTIFTER)
by Max Frisch

Director: Fritzi Wartenberg
at Berliner Ensemble

Biedermann is outraged by the arsonists who have been starting fire everywhere – at least while he is at his local pub or on social media. But when they actually knock on his door, he politely asks them in, even though they make no attempt to hide their intentions. You have to have manners, after all. And you have to be civil: they are just two harmless peddlers. And if they aren’t, it’s better not to make an enemy of them. It would be unwise to afford that, even though you can afford (almost) everything else. Written as a political parable, the play targets a mindset that contributes to the success of destructive forces. How does it happen? Why, what for and by who are the impulses to understand simply pushed aside?

Premiere is on November 29, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
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23.11.2024: Premiere PLANET B by Yael Ronen & Itai Reicher at Theater Magdeburg

PLANET B
by Yael Ronen & Itai Reicher

Premiere on November 23, 2024 at Theater Magdeburg
Director: Nick Hartnagel

In the not-so-distant future, climate change has continued unabated, many species are already extinct, vast areas are barely habitable… A race begins to see who deserves to survive. Welcome to the alien entertainment reality show in which humans compete with chickens, pandas, ants, crocodiles and foxes to recolonize the earth as the only surviving species.
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8.11.2024: Premiere GRAND HORIZONS by Bess Wohl at Theater Bielefeld

GRAND HORIZONS (Dt. ROSIGE AUSSICHTEN)
by Bess Wohl
German translation by lynn t musiol & Christian Tschirner

Premiere at Theater Bielefeld
Director: Dariusch Yazdkhasti

After fifty years of marriage, Nancy says out of the blue at the dinner table: “I think I want a divorce.” Her husband agrees and continues eating undisturbed. Her two sons, on the other hand, don’t like the decision at all. They try to change their parents’ minds – and in doing so, they are fighting for themselves: one wants to save his image of family, the other fears cracks in his traditional role as a man and soon-to-be father. In the end, despite the divorce, everyone starts talking and listening to each other. And suddenly there it is: the possibility of loving each other!

DER VEREIN by Steffen Link has been nominated for Nestroy Theater Award 2024

Steffen Link is nominated for Best Play – Nestroy Author Award with his debut DER VEREIN.
The award ceremony will take place on November 24, 2024 at the Volkstheater Vienna.
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DER VEREIN (en. The Club) by Steffen Link
Free for a German premiere
The world premiere was in March 2024 at Schauspielhaus Wien (director: Theresa Thomasberger)

A housing estate on the edge of a small town – Stefan grows up in this idyllic terraced house. Between family strife and everyday school life, a third factor determines the teenager’s life: his parents have joined a free Christian church. The sheltered community has grown over the years. Who wouldn’t want to have the Savior himself as their best friend? But this friendship is not a gift. The members have to bear witness to each other about their lifestyle, their dreams and their desires. Those who disappoint Jesus are in danger of falling deeply. And Stefan must fear that this is exactly what will happen to him. Because he dreams of theater, and he desires men, which pleases neither the Messiah nor his club.

World premiere for SILENT OBSERVERS by Eliza Petkova, IDFA 2024

SILENT OBSERVERS © Eliza Petkova

On November 16, 2024, Eliza Petkova’s SILENT OBSERVERS will celebrate its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The 37th edition of IDFA will take place from November 14 to 24, 2024.

SILENT OBSERVERS
DE/BG, 96 min, 2024
Director, screenplay, editor: Eliza Petkova
Director of photography: Constanze Schmitt
Production: Red Carpet, Wood Water Films, rbb

As the population declines in a remote, run-down Bulgarian village, a traditional way of life comes to an end: the camera follows the last remaining inhabitants from the perspective of domesticated animals. Did the neighbor punish her violent son and turn him into a donkey? Is the cat possessed by a vampire? The villagers’ superstitions are fascinating and mysterious, and their affection for the animals contrasts with the raw way of treating them. With great attention to detail and passion for her four-legged protagonists, Eliza Petkova concentrates on portraying the animals without attributing thoughts or feelings to them.
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Prix Italia for “EXZESS: Eine Techno-Oper” by Noam Brusilovsky & Tobias Purfürst

The 76th edition of PRIX ITALIA took place in Turin from October 1 to 4, 2024 under the title “Loud and Clear”. The production “EXZESS: A Techno Opera” by Noam Brusilovsky and Tobias Purfürst won in the “Radio & Podcast Music” category.

21.09.2024: MONOPOLY from and by Calle Fuhr at Theater Magdeburg

MONOPOLY – Eine Besteigung des deutschen Schuldenberges
from & by Calle Fuhr
at Theater Magdeburg
Co-produced by Festival OSTEN

The recession is in full swing, there is a lack of money in the next federal budget and Calle Fuhr wants to make his contribution to stabilizing the German economy. Because – if every citizen donates something to the state, he thinks – the debt hole can close quickly! But it’s not that simple.

The premiere takes place on September 21, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at Theater Magdeburg.
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14.09.2024: Premiere VERLANGEN by Lisa Wentz, an adaptation of DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O’Neill

VERLANGEN (DESIRE) by Lisa Wentz
an adaptation of DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O’Neill
German translation: Lisa Wentz
Director: Cilly Drexler

Three brothers long to free themselves from their father’s tyranny. While one of them wishes to inherit the barren farm, the others are in a gold rush. The struggle for power and love begins when Agnes – the old man’s new, young bride – enters the yard.
With VERLANGEN (German for desire), Lisa Wentz tells Eugene O’Neill’s DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS from a radical, feminine perspective.

The premiere took place on September 14, 2024 at Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck.
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13.09.2024: Ran Chai Bar-zvi stages LIEBES ARSCHLOCH at Theater Münster

LIEBES ARSCHLOCH (orig.: “Cher connard”) by Virginie Despentes
Stage adoptation: Victoria Weich
Direction, set design, costume: Ran Chai Bar-zvi
at Theater Münster

Ran Chai Bar-zvi stages Virginie Despentes’ cult novel about online hatred, consequences of a sexual assault and claims against class in the cultural bubble of modern France.
The premiere will take place on September 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
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13.09.2024: DER DÄMON IN DIR MUSS HEIMAT FINDEN by Lola Fuchs at Theater Dortmund

DER DÄMON IN DIR MUSS HEIMAT FINDEN
Written & directed by: Lola Fuchs
Premiere at Theater Dortmund

In order to free herself from horrendous debts (and bff creditors), Mandy-Galadriel embarks on a consciousness-expanding encounter with her inner child. Guided by guru Veronika von Sonnen and her “soulmate” Markus, who promise to heal the negative “shadow energy”, Mandy-Galadriel slips into the depths of entrepreneurial nefariousness.

The premiere takes place on September 13, 2024 at Theater Dortmund.
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