Theatertreffen ticket time!
Showcasing the 10 most outstanding plays of the past season’s German-speaking theatre, tickets for Berlin’s own version of a theatrical Greatest Hits go on sale this Saturday, April 14.
View ArticleTheatertreffen, we have lift-off!
German's biggest theatre festival takes flight today. For the next three weeks, in cooperation with Theatertreffen Blog, this spot will be a flurry of drama and drama about drama! Miriam from TT Blog...
View ArticleOpening night triple bill
Theatertreffen kicked off last night with a Sarah Kane triple bill – Gesäubert/Gier/4.48 Psychose (Cleansed/Crave/4.48 Psychosis). Lanterns, intrigue and frustration, as well as a singing interlude by...
View Article“I’m an anorexic writer”: Interview with Pamela Carter
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...
View ArticleStückemarkt opening and round one: Wolfram Höll/Pamela Carter
Who needs the Stückemarkt? We do! Miriam reports from the front lines of the opening night!
View ArticleA failed attempt to sum up John Gabriel Borkman
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,...
View ArticleThe D-Word
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?
View ArticleRunning the Faust-Marathon
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...
View ArticleWe need to talk about Markus
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,...
View ArticleWatching the clock
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...
View ArticlePlatonov: The premiere
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...
View ArticleThe surtitle situation
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...
View ArticleTheatertreffen acting fact-file
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...
View ArticleTheatric-O-Meter
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...
View ArticleTheatertreffen 2012: Miriam illuminates what's coming
Theatertreffen may be over two months away, but that doesn't mean that the theatre scene isn't bustling wildly about in preparation for it (May 4-20). Theatertreffen Blog is partnering with Exberliner...
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