Troubled Volksbühne Theater Announces Another New Director
Matthias Lilienthal will take over running the Berlin playhouse, which has been lurching from crisis to crisis for years.
Matthias Lilienthal will take over running the Berlin playhouse, which has been lurching from crisis to crisis for years.
The Austrian choreographer's shows blend dance, stunts and sideshow-inspired acts to explore lofty ideas about gender and art. She pushes performers to extremes " and audiences, too.
People from across the continent told us about the ups and downs " mostly downs " of loving and streaming theater during a pandemic.
Hard-core music, theater and movie aficionados from around the world told us how they're coping in coronavirus lockdown.
The Iffland Ring is awarded to the "most worthy" actors who perform in German. But it comes with a supposed jinx, accusations of sexism and an association with the Nazis.
A left-wing group said its aim was to turn the Volksbühne into a collectively run theater. It has been a flash point since Chris Dercon was named its new director.
After two years of sniping (and worse) from critics, Chris Dercon has finally taken the helm of Berlin's Volksbühne theater.