Why is the prompter strolling around the stage? Meet the secret heroes of German theatre
The souffleur has all but vanished, except in Germany, where they sit in the front row " or even take to the stage. As actors are placed under huge pressure, does this really make drama more exciting? Die Monosau, a play at Berlin's Volksbühne theatre, is billed as "an evening free of direction". But during a production earlier this summer, the controlled chaos briefly spiralled out of control. In the work, a dada c…
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