les dramaturx (GER)
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is a performance collective of the dramaturgues lynn t musiol and Christian Tschirner. The two are as concerned with questions of world preservation as they are with the prose of circumstances. They borrowed their motto “Together we are meaner” (dt. Gemeinsam sind wir gemeiner) from the Bochum magazine “EmanzenExpress” from 1986. bitter fields was their first joint production, followed by MASTER ROECKLE – a political fable based on Karl Marx’ studies for Capital, and ÖDIPUS IN DER GIFTFABRIK.
Christian Tschirner, born in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, grew up in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin.
lynn t musiol is author and dramaturgue with a focus on climate, class and queerness. They studied criminology and write regularly for The Weather, nachtkritik.de and “taz”.
Projects
ÖDIPUS IN DER GIFTFABRIK
2024
Premiere: Theater Magdeburg in cooperation w/ festival OSTEN Bitterfeld-Wolfen
OEDIPUS IN THE POISON FACTORY –
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SPECIES EXTINCTION
Lecture performance by & with les dramaturx
Since the middle of the 20th century, modern farming methods and the use of pesticides have promised high yields all over the world, regardless of natural conditions. Thus malnutrition and child mortality are indeed declining worldwide. However, the stakes are high: modern agriculture is one of the main causes of the climate crisis and the mass extinction of species. At the same time, it is itself becoming ever more sensitive to natural influences and thus ever more dependent on toxins from the chemical industry.
MEISTER ROECKLE, based on a fable by Karl Marx
2023
Premiere: Theater Magdeburg
1853: Marx works on preliminary studies for Capital. In the evening, he tells his daughters Jenny and Laura episodes from the fairy tale of Master Hans Roeckle and the Devil. Roeckle is an inventor and puppeteer who signs his soul over to the Devil. In return, he receives magic power to invent anything imaginable. Roeckle believes he is helping the poor inhabitants of the village. Unfortunately, he finds that only a few benefit from his inventions: the rich get richer and the poor – poorer. Frustrated, Roeckle wants to quit and the Devil triumphs as according to their contract, Roeckle must never stop inventing new things. “How can the Devil be outwitted?” asks Master Roeckle in the fable and Karl Marx in Capital.
A political family play consisting of 9 ¾ magic, ½ politics and six tablespoons of puppetry by les dramaturx.
reEDUcate me!
2022
Project in cooperation w/ Floating University Berlin
bitter fields
2022
Premiere: Theater Magdeburg in cooperation w/ festival OSTEN Bitterfeld-Wolfen