http://www.exberliner.com/culture/stage/index.rss Reviews, previews, interviews and in-depth features - everything you need to know about theatre and dance in Berlin. en-en Iomauna Media GmbH Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT The €5,000 Alfred-Kerr-Preis for the best performance at the Theatertreffen was awarded yesterday to Fabian Hinrichs. But among the copious and varied styles of acting how did they choose? Perhaps they took a page out of our fact-file.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/theatertreffen-acting-fact-file http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/theatertreffen-acting-fact-file Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT The Theatertreffen has a reputation for attracting productions that are remarkable in at least one aspect, but what do these prodigious plays have in common? We've worked out some of the statistics so check them out and find out who the winner is.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/theatric-o-meter http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/theatric-o-meter Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT Surtitles has always been a topic of heated debate. If executed properly, surtitles enhance the production and create a larger audience, but many times this is not the case. Maybe it's better to do away with them and enjoy the language of theatre.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/the-surtitle-situation http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/the-surtitle-situation Mon, 21 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT Traditionally many of Chekhov's comedies have been interpreted as tragedies, but not so with Hermanis' Platonov. Through a brilliant cast, adept staging directions, and a wonderful set, he creates a humorous, slice of Russian upper-class in collapse.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/platonov-the-premiere http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/platonov-the-premiere Mon, 21 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT Theatertreffen director Yvonne Büdenhölzer named two defining features of this year’s choices: “Collective” and “Time”. Interestingly, the latter was expressed in a deliberately negative way by the festival itself: "Waste My Time".

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/watching-the-clock http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/watching-the-clock Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT Monday night saw the performance of the first-ever collective to be selected for the Theatertreffen’s Stückemarkt. Miriam gives us a peak into the repetitiously named Markus&Markus, Theatertreffen's chosen collective.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/we-need-to-talk-about-markus http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/we-need-to-talk-about-markus Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT Director Nicolas Stemann appeared on stage with a microphone at the start of nearly every section of his Faust I+II to explain the plot of Goethe’s two-part tragedy bit by bit as the performance unravelled. Miriam explains to you now.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/running-the-faust-marathon http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/running-the-faust-marathon Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT Miriam has given herself a task during her year in Berlin to find the answer to a question that has been bothering her for a while: What Is A Dramaturg?

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/the-d-word http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/the-d-word Sun, 13 May 2012 20:00:00 GMT Twelve hours of theater. At once. Miriam Sherwood – super-trooper Theatertreffen blogger or total masochist? Here's her sum-up of the trial in five parts: Discomfort, Boredom, Fascination, Confusion, Amusement, Exhaustion, and Awe.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/a-failed-attempt-to-sum-up-john-gabriel-borkman http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/a-failed-attempt-to-sum-up-john-gabriel-borkman Sun, 13 May 2012 19:00:00 GMT Who needs the Stückemarkt? We do! Miriam reports from the front lines of the opening night!

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/st%C3%BCckemarkt-opening-and-round-one-wolfram-holl-pamela-carter http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/st%C3%BCckemarkt-opening-and-round-one-wolfram-holl-pamela-carter Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT INTERVIEW. Veteran actor Tom Strauss is giving The Lab, a play programme at ETB dedicated to presenting contemporary English works, the revival it deserves. The May edition features Cinders on Sun, May 20.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/articles/a-strange-family-indeed http://www.exberliner.com/articles/a-strange-family-indeed Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT Second English-language blogger Kyoko Iwaki wants to introduce herself to you. And to German-theatre in general. She did the latter by sitting down with Vasco Boenisch, one of the seven Theatertreffen jury members.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/questions-from-an-auslander http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/questions-from-an-auslander Fri, 11 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT Miriam gives a glimpse into the creative minds of Theatertreffen. Carter is a UK playwright, director, and dramaturg. Her 2009 play Skåne was selected by this year’s TT Stückemarkt jury as one of this year’s five selected entries.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/i%E2%80%99m-an-anorexic-writer-interview-with-pamela-carter http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-theatertreffen-blog/i%E2%80%99m-an-anorexic-writer-interview-with-pamela-carter Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT Seventy-three years later and Bertolt Brecht's Mutter Courage und Ihre Kinder still delivers. With a strong cast, Paul Dessau's music and direction by Claus Peymann, this production is a amazingly crafted and worth the ticket price.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/reviews/mutter-courage http://www.exberliner.com/reviews/mutter-courage Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT INTERVIEWS. Three up-and-comers from Theatertreffen's Stückemarkt, Pamela Carter, Julia Holewińska and Magda Fertacz, give us quick takes on what makes them, and their plays, tick. Enjoy getting to know them here!

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/articles/speed-dating-with-playwrights http://www.exberliner.com/articles/speed-dating-with-playwrights Tue, 08 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT