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Press release (24.11.2008)
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Awards at the 7th "Politik im Freien Theater" Festival go to "Stalin – a Discussion on (Greek) Theatre" and "Hell on Earth" |
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The 7th "Politik im Freien Theater" Festival (ECHT!) ended yesterday evening at a ceremony granting
the festival awards. The €15,000 guest performer prize granted by the festival’s sponsor, the German
Federal Agency for Civic Education, was awarded to Michael Marmarinos and Akillas Karazissis'
production "Stalin – a Discussion on (Greek) Theatre". The Goethe Institute prize, a €10,000 guest
performer granted for outstanding German-language productions, went to the Constanza Macras I
DorkyPark production "Hell on Earth". The independent panel of judges included well-known journalist
and presenter Tina Mendelsohn, co-founder of the online portal www.nachtkritik.de Esther Slevogt,
dramatic advisor Georg Weinand and Martin Berg, the head of the Goethe Institute's Theatre/Arts
department.
In its official statement, the jury said: "With their production, Marmarinos and Karazissis – two
respected representatives of the independent theatre scene – have also provided new impulses to
Greek state theatre. Their production blurs the formal borders between the public and the stage, film
and theatre, actor and audience, text and discussion of life. A multifaceted theatre emerges that is
both challenging and deeply human. And together with children and young adults from the Neukölln
district of Berlin, Constanza Macras and her dancers played with extremely diverse dreams and selfimages.
Something worked in the performance that seldom does in reality – the coexistence of
apparent polar opposites: between different religions and nationalities, sexual roles, artists and lay
people. Both productions achieved something that we want from both politics and theatre...being taken
seriously, not being patronised, the creation of a vision of cooperation and overcoming barriers –
whether social, aesthetic or traditional."
For eleven days, the 7th "Politik im Freien Theater" Festival put on an exciting and diverse programme.
"For our festival, which only takes place every three years, it was the right decision to head for
Cologne this year," said Thomas Krüger, the president of the German Federal Agency for Civic
Education. "Cologne’s residents greeted ECHT! with open arms, and many of them took an active part
in the artistic and political discourse."
Around 8,000 people visited the various international productions, worldwide premieres, school
performances and workshops, podium and audience discussions, the "Serie Deutschland" video
installation and other events that took place within the festival framework. The offices of the "Büro für
LauteR Kölner Wünsche" occupied by the troupe Drama Köln and the "Permission to Rock" bar with
the band 'one hit wonder' were also part of the festival, and drew curious crowds with a series of
events and 'rituals'. More than 200 people joined Lukas Matthaei’s dramatic city tour through the
fictional Cologne biography "Kurz nachdem ich tot war – von häusern und menschen". With a total of
23 sold-out performances and many others that were near capacity, the festival was a resounding
success in terms of visitor numbers.
To view or download photographs from the closing night and awards ceremony, please visit
www.bpb.de/politikimfreientheater
Press release (PDF-version: 67 KB)
Press contact/Festival
Ursula Teich Public Relations
on behalf of the bpb
Im Dau 6
50678 Cologne
Tel +49 (0) 221 5890-708
Fax +49 (0) 221 5890-709
Mobil +49 (0) 173 5204-894
presse@ursulateich.de
www.bpb.de/politikimfreientheater
Information
Federal Agency for Civic Education
Festivalmanagement
Milena Mushak
Adenauerallee 86
53113 Bonn
Tel +49 (0) 228 99515-518
Milena.mushak@bpb.de
www.bpb.de
Press contact details/bpb
Federal Agency for Civic Education
Press office
Adenauerallee 86
53113 Bonn
Tel +49 (0) 228 99515-200
Fax +49 (0) 228 99515-293
presse@bpb.de
www.bpb.de/presse
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Echt - Programm zum 7. Festival Politik im Freien Theater
"Echt" lautet das Motto vom 7. Theaterfestival "Politik im Freien Theater".
Die Besucher erwarten zwischen dem 13.und 23. November 15 außergewöhnliche Inszenierungen. Zu seinem 20. Geburtstag kommt das Event nach Köln und ist damit zum ersten mal zu Gast in Nordrhein-Westfalen. |
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Echt! Politik im Freien Theater |
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ECHT! - Das Magazin
"Echt" lautet das Motto vom 7. Theaterfestival "Politik im Freien Theater". In diesem Magazin möchten wir Ihnen auch die Personen hinter den Kulissen
vorstellen: die Korrespondenten, die maßgeblich an der Auswahl
der Stücke beteiligt waren und die unabhängige
Fachjury, die die Qual der Wahl hat und aus den
vielen Produktionen die diesjährigen Preisträger
auswählen wird. (PDF-Version: 5.212 KB) |
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Echt! Politik im Freien Theater |
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ECHT! Programm zum 7. Festival Politik im Freien Theater
Die Frage nach dem Echten, dem Authentischen steht im Zentrum der 7. Ausgabe des Festivals Politik im Freien Theater. Das Festival zeigt herausragende Produktionen, die wichtige (gesellschafts-) politische Themen mit konsequenter Ästhetik verbinden. (PDF-Version: 3.045 KB) |
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