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11st
Bürger
Bühnen
Festival
A German-European
Theatre Festival
17th – 24th May 2014
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
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Festival
Programme
p English-language scripts for all productions are available from the
information desk at the Festival Centre (Kleines Haus).
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Saturday the 17th of May 2014, 17:00 – 19:00
Kleines Haus 1
Opening of the festival
by Helma Orosz, Mayor of Dresden
followed by
Die Klasse
adapted from François Bégaudeau
junges theater basel
coproduction with Theater Basel and the Schule
für Brückenangebote
director: Sebastian Nübling
Saturday the 17th of May 2014, 20:00 – 22:15
Schauspielhaus
Die letzten Zeugen
75 years after the November Pogrom of 1938
a project by Doron Rabinovici
and Matthias Hartmann
Burgtheater, Vienna
After a short break the performance will be
followed by chaired discussions with
contemporary witnesses lasting around 1 hour.
An entire class of schoolchildren from Basle takes
to the stage and plays a class of schoolchildren. The
boundaries between the cosmos of the literary text
and the lives of the actors are fluid. Questions
regarding the teacher-pupil relationship already
exist in the source material, and all deal with topics
to which the pupils are able to directly match their
own experiences. One question is therefore everpresent: What is documentary, what is fiction?
How much longer will we be able to question
survivors, how much longer will we have the
opportunity to hear their stories from their own
mouths? Seven contemporary witnesses of the
Holocaust appear on stage and explain how they
narrowly escaped annihilation. They attest to the
countless people killed. In doing so, they do not
simply rail against past horrors, but instead take a
stand against the continuing threat of the circumstances that once led to Auschwitz.
www.jungestheaterbasel.ch, www.theater-basel.ch
www.burgtheater.at
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Sunday the 18th of May 2014, 16:00 – 17:30
and
Monday the 19th of May 2014, 18:00 – 19:30
Societaetstheater, Eugen-Gutmann-Saal
Solo for Lu
a performance by Jing Lu and Jana Svobodová
Archa Theatre, Prague
director: Jana Svobodová
The audience joins protagonist Jing Lu on a journey stretching from her childhood in China to her
current life in Prague. This intimate tale full of
tragedy, hardship and will to succeed is set against
both the global questions of today’s world and
western society’s ambivalent relationship with
China, which ranges from admiration of oriental
culture to fear of China’s economic supremacy.
Sunday the 18th of May 2014, 18:00 – 19:30
Kleines Haus 3
Ich armer Tor
adapted from Goethe’s “Faust” and performed
by men going through a mid-life crisis
Die Bürgerbühne, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
director: Miriam Tscholl
With nothing to lose, seven crisis-hardened men
from Dresden dare to tackle the foremost work of
German theatre. If anyone can understand what
Faust went through, it’s them! The preacher fears
“the big question”, the museum education officer
has a crisis of doubt, the banker is convinced that
Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs have a hand in
Faust’s wager with the devil. And then there’s
Gretchen…
www.archatheatre.cz
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de/buergerbuehne
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Sunday the 18th of May 2014, 20:00 – 21:30
Kleines Haus 1
Eine (mikro)ökonomische
Weltgeschichte, getanzt
by Pascal Rambert and Éric Méchoulan
Volkstheater, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe,
director: Pascal Rambert
Introduction: 19:00, Kleines Haus 1
The German-Italian philosopher Emmanuel Alloa
commentates on scenes from economic history live on
stage. The various episodes see four actresses look
back on stories from Edward Lloyd’s coffee house (a
one-time meeting place for the businesspeople of London), the exchange of gifts in archaic societies and the
founder of classical economics, Adam Smith. Thirty
residents of Karlsruhe who met regularly at a writing
workshop are accompanied by a choir as they dance,
show their favourite things and write.
Monday the 19th of May 2014, 20:00 – 21:30
Kleines Haus 3
Dschingis Khan
a “Völkerschau” by Monster Truck
in cooperation with Theater Thikwa
The “Monster Truck” performance collective plays
with societal attributions, and brings three people
with Down’s syndrome – until recently referred to
as “mongoloid” – to the stage in the role of genuine
Mongolians. Images of exoticism intermingle with
common preconceptions of mental handicaps.
The project poses questions about the autonomy
and authenticity of the mentally handicapped on
stage.
www.monstertrucker.de
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de
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Tuesday the 20th of May 2014, 18:00 – 19:45
and
Wednesday the 21th of May 2014, 11:00 – 12:45
Kleines Haus 3
Romeo og Julie lever!
loosely adapted from William Shakespeare
Borgerscenen, Aalborg Teater
director: Minna Johannesson
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet only had a week
with each other before taking their own lives. What
would have happened if they had shared the rest of
a long life together?
“Romeo and Juliet live!” sees people tell the story of
their own experiences with love – from initial infatuation and long-term relationships to deep
friendship. Literary fiction and daily reality merge
on stage to form a new cosmos.
Tuesday the 20th of May 2014, 20:00 – 21:30
Kleines Haus 1
Nichts. Was im Leben wichtig ist
by Janne Teller
Mannheimer Bürgerbühne
Nationaltheater Mannheim
director: Kristo Šagor
“Nothing means anything, that’s why there’s no point
in doing anything.” It is with this statement that
Pierre Anthon shocks his fellow pupils and leaves the
class. Those left behind embark on a search for evidence to the contrary.
Eight youths from the Rhine-Neckar region act and
recount a class of schoolchildren’s dramatic struggle
of to find the meaning of life.
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de, www.schnawwl.de
www.aalborgteater.dk/borgerscenen
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Wednesday the 21th of May 2014, 18:00 – 18:45
and 20:00 – 20:45
Societaetstheater, Eugen-Gutmann-Saal
Requiemaszyna
performed by a choir of 27 Warsaw citizens
libretto based on texts by Wl⁄adysl⁄aw Broniewski
Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa
Raszewskiego, Warsaw
director: Marta Górnicka
Marta Górnicka’s choir tells the stories of a human
existence defined by societal, economic and religious
norms. “Requiemaszyna” sees the ensemble raise its
voice on the subject of our market-driven reality, our
society trapped between the terror of unemployment
and pressure to perform superhuman feats of work.
Thursday the 21nd of May 2014, 20:00
Kleines Haus 1
Tod. Sünde. 7
performed by 16 youths from Berlin
Young dt, Berlin
director: Wojtek Klemm
What is the role of arrogance, tight-fistedness or
jealousy in a secularized society where the pursuit of
gain, self-assertion and consumption are rewarded?
“Tod.Sünde.7” asks what part morals and virtues
have to play in 2014. Interviews and research-based
or self-written texts are used in combination with
choreographic “moving images” to present a modern descent into hell.
www.instytut-teatralny.pl
www.deutschestheater.de
www.deutschestheater.de/junges_dt
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Friday the 23rd of May 2014, 20:00 – 21:00
Kleines Haus 3
Dear Moldova, can we kiss just a little bit?
A documentary project by Nicoleta Esinencu
and Jessica Glause
Teatru Spălătorie, Chişinău
director: Jessica Glause
Saturday the 24th of May 2014, 18:00 – 19:15
and 22:00 – 23:15
Kleines Haus 3
Woe
by Edit Kaldor
a production with teenagers for adults
Stichting Kata / Edit Kaldor, Amsterdam
director: Edit Kaldor
Six people from Chişinău talk for the first time
about their own sexual orientation or that of their
nearest and dearest. Interviews are used to throw
light on what it means to be openly “gay” in Moldova. Humiliation and contempt at the hands of
friends and family members, bullying and even loss
of employment – all of this is part of the daily reality of people whose sexual orientation is enough to
make them a minority in the former Soviet
republic.
Three teenagers guide the audience through
memories of their own youth, gradually replacing
conventional images of childhood with images of
neglect and maltreatment. The youths lead us
through subjective experiences, fantasies and
dreams which intermingle with scientific descriptions of the mental and physical processes which
occur during abuse. How close is it possible to get
to the experience of a fellow human being?
www.spalatorie.md
www.editkaldor.com
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Werkschau Dresden
Die Bürgerbühne (Staatsschauspiel Dresden) will be staging three
productions from its repertoire during the Bürgerbühnenfestival
Saturday the 24th of May 2014
20:00 – around 23:00
Kleines Haus 1
Moeders
a production featuring ten mothers
from Rotterdam
Ro Theater Rotterdam
director: Alize Zandwijk
“Moeders” is a production featuring ten mothers
from Rotterdam, each of whom has a different ethnic background. Led by director Alize Zandwijk, the
women present intimate monologues dealing with
their personal and equally universal experiences of
motherhood – at the same time as cooking for the
audience. By the time the performance has finished
the food is ready and everyone can tuck in.
www.rotheater.nl
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Saturday the 17th of May 2014, 20:00 – 21:45, Kleines Haus 3
Meine Akte und ich
a research piece on the subject of the East German Ministry of State
Security in Dresden
Director: Clemens Bechtel
“Meine Akte und ich” brings nine citizens of Dresden with experience of
the files kept by the East German Ministry of State Security to the stage.
Wednesday the 21st of May 2014, 19:30 – 21:15, Schauspielhaus
100 Prozent Dresden
a statistical chain reaction by Rimini Protokoll
Director: Rimini Protokoll
Dresden in numbers, numbers from the citizens of Dresden. Months of
research led to the selection of 100 Dresden residents according to
statistical criteria, each of them representing around 5,300 of the city’s
residents. The resultant ensemble plays our city, sings as a choir that has
never rehearsed and forms an impossible entity that continually morphs
into new groups, into fleeting portraits of affiliation and polarity: a sea of
voices as a geometric body on 100 square metres of stage.
Thursday the 22nd of May 2014, 20:00 – 21:45, Kleines Haus 3
Weiße Flecken
a play about dementia for citizens, choir and an actor by Tobias Rausch
Directors: Tobias Rausch and Matthias Reichwald
“Weiße Flecken” measures the spheres of impact which extend out from
the illness of dementia, be they from the patient to their nearest and
dearest, nursing staff, medical specialists and administrators or to society
and the political world.
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Accompanying events
Saturday the 17th of May 2014
23:00, Kleines Haus
Allstar Refjúdží Band
Concert and party
Free entry
Sunday the 18th of May 2014
11:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Dramaturgical strategies for
professional theatrical productions
with non-professional actors
Podium discussion
Free entry
Sunday the 18th of May 2014
14:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Die Bürgerbühne
Das Dresdner Modell
(“Die Bürgerbühne, the Dresden Model”,
eds. Hajo Kurzenberger, Miriam Tscholl)
Book launch
Free entry
Sunday the 18th of May 2014
17:00 – 18:30, Kleines Haus Mitte
Writing workshop
with Pascal Rambert
Free entry
Sunday the 18th of May 2014
21:45, Kleines Haus Mitte
World-Café
Discussions with actors and directorial
teams (productions: “Solo for Lu”, “Ich
armer Tor”, “Eine (mikro)ökonomische
Weltgeschichte, getanzt”)
Free entry
Tuesday the 20th of May 2014
17:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Finding and presenting stances:
The appearance of citizens in
contemporary theatre
Lecture by Jens Roselt
Free entry
Tuesday, 20th of May 2014
21:45, Kleines Haus Mitte
World-Café
Discussions with actors and directorial
teams (productions: “Romeo og Julie
lever!”, “Nichts. Was im Leben
wichtig ist“)
Free entry
Wednesday, 21st of May 2014
15:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Can you act reality?
Discussion with Helgard Haug and
Daniel Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll)
Free entry
Wednesday the 21st of May 2014
17:00 – 19:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Say what you see, say what’s there
Writing workshop with Kristo Šagor
Free entry
Thursday the 22nd of May 2014
15:00 - 19:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Choral theatre
Workshop with Marta Górnicka
Free entry
Friday the 23rd of May 2014
17:00 and 18:00, Societaetstheater,
Kleine Bühne
We are still watching
Instant-participative theatre
by Ivana Müller
The participative performance is set in
motion by the audience itself and takes
the form of a first rehearsal. Each
evening a miniature version of a
society takes shape in a new way.
Free entry
Saturday the 24th of May 2014
11:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Expert projects
at Mozarteum University Salzburg
Table talk with Ulrike Hatzer
Free entry
Friday the 23rd of May 2014
16:00 – 19:30, Kleines Haus Mitte
Choreographic storytelling
Workshop with Wojtek Klemm
and Efrat Stempler
Free entry
Saturday the 24th of May 2014
13:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
Who does the stage belong to?
A futuristic round-table discussion with
Turbo Pascal and a robot
Free entry
Sunday the 18th of May 2014
21:45, Kleines Haus Mitte
World-Café
Discussions with actors and directorial
team (production: “Dear Moldova”)
Free entry
Saturday the 24th of May 2014
15:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
HEART OF THE CITY.
The Freiburg Model
Lecture by Viola Hasselberg
and Frank Oberhäußer
Free entry
Friday the 23rd of May 2014
22:30, Kleines Haus (foyer)
Live music
performed by the ensemble of the
production “Die Nase”, Die Bürgerbühne, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Free entry
Monday the 19th of May 2014
18:00, Kleines Haus Mitte
More art, more education?
Podium discussion
Free entry
Saturday the 24th of May 2014
16:30, Kleines Haus Mitte
Perspectives
Closing discussion with Kirsten Hass
(German Federal Cultural Foundation),
Ulrich Khuon (Artistic Director,
Deutsches Theater Berlin) and Wilfried
Schulz (Artistic Director, Staatsschauspiel Dresden)
Free entry
Saturday the 24th of May 2014
23:00, Kleines Haus
Festival closing party
awarding of the Audience Prize
Free entry
Monday the 19th of May 201
21:45, Kleines Haus Mitte
World-Café
Discussions with actors and directorial
team (production: “Dschingis Khan”)
Free entry
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Saturday the 24th of May 2014
11:00, Kleines Haus Foyer
Who is excluded?
Table talk with Azadeh Sharifi
Free entry
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Service
Ticket prices
12,00 € p Concessions: 6,50 € p School groups: 4,00 € p Bürgerbühne
members: 3,50 €
Die letzten Zeugen
14,00 – 25,00 € p Concessions: 6,50 € p School groups: 4,00 €
100 Prozent Dresden
10,00 € p Concessions: 6,50 €
Accompanying events: Free entry
Festival pass
Regular Four tickets for a total price of 36,00 €
Concessions Four concessionary tickets for a total price of 20,00 €
Festival passes are valid for all performances staged as part of the
Bürgerbühnenfestival.
Advance sales Tickets for the Bürgerbühnenfestival can be booked
through the ticket offices operated by the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.
Ticket office and service centre, Schauspielhaus
Mo – Fr 10:00 – 18:30, Sa 10:00 – 14:00
Advance sales desk, Kleines Haus
Mo – Fr 14:00 – 18:30
The box offices at the Schauspielhaus, Kleines Haus and Societaetstheater (tickets for performances of “Solo for Lu” and “Requiemaszyna”)
all open 1 hour before the start of the respective performance.
Online bookings www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
Telephone bookings +49 (0) 351 . 49 13 – 555
Partners and sponsors of the
1st Bürgerbühnenfestival
Funded by
Festival Centre The Festival Centre is located at the Kleines Haus venue
along with the information desk and canteen. It is open all day from
10 a.m. onwards on each day of the festival.
The Audience Prize is sponsored by
Schauspielhaus Theaterstraße 2, 01067 Dresden
Kleines Haus Glacisstraße 28, 01099 Dresden
Internet
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
www.buergerbuehnenfestival.de
Förderverein
Staatsschauspiel Dresden e. V.
We are grateful for the kind
cooperation of the Societaetstheater
The 2nd Bürgerbühnenfestival will be hosted by the Mannheimer
Bürgerbühne from the 20th to the 27th of March 2015. Productions are to
deutsche städte medien
be submitted for consideration by the 1st of December 2014. p Contact:
Stefanie Bub, Coordinator of the Mannheimer Bürgerbühne, stefanie.
[email protected]
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