hive of Wuppertal it. Three weeks ago thousands of people were on the streets, demonstrating, protesting, vented their anger. For World Theatre Day on 28 March had sent over 50 delegations from all over Germany stages in the city of Wuppertal, to participate in the protests and rallies. The reason: Wuppertal is deeply in debt and therefore has to make savings. These measures should also Wuppertal Schauspielhaus fall victim to many jobs would be in danger. About 5,000 people formed a chain, students sang "It's over-at-at Wuppertal, many wearing yellow T-shirts.
readings, excerpts from plays, video recordings, theatrical performances - the largest sovereign action of German theaters for a long time united and well-known and recent productions such as the controversial Hartz IV Volker Lösch production of "Marat what happened to our revolution "from Hamburg, in the Hartz IV recipients on stage a list of the richest Hamburger read along with their income, as well as the who had come from Cologne" contracts of the Businessman "by Elfriede Jelinek, and the Wuppertal legendary Dance Theater of the recently deceased Pina Bausch was one of the party. Armin Rhode came by on a motorcycle and spoke to the assembled crowd, warned of the consequences, "the soul of a city" close. "Do you realize what happened to it," was directed by Roger Vontobel at the final applause of the premiere of his "Don Carlos" in Dresden solidarity T-shirts sat and thus also a sign.
In times branded by the financial crisis are falling across cultural projects and institutions the savings to the victim. A municipal theater has to close, but so far no one dared. So now the German stage world is looking to Wuppertal, for the closure of the play could have a terrible domino effect. A slow death? Perhaps something can still be achieved, but the situation remains tense. Wuppertal is not the only theater that is threatened by budget cuts. The directors will consider any case go to the barricades and how to best defend themselves against it. Maybe there is still hope ...
Current reading: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Elective Affinities"
readings, excerpts from plays, video recordings, theatrical performances - the largest sovereign action of German theaters for a long time united and well-known and recent productions such as the controversial Hartz IV Volker Lösch production of "Marat what happened to our revolution "from Hamburg, in the Hartz IV recipients on stage a list of the richest Hamburger read along with their income, as well as the who had come from Cologne" contracts of the Businessman "by Elfriede Jelinek, and the Wuppertal legendary Dance Theater of the recently deceased Pina Bausch was one of the party. Armin Rhode came by on a motorcycle and spoke to the assembled crowd, warned of the consequences, "the soul of a city" close. "Do you realize what happened to it," was directed by Roger Vontobel at the final applause of the premiere of his "Don Carlos" in Dresden solidarity T-shirts sat and thus also a sign.
In times branded by the financial crisis are falling across cultural projects and institutions the savings to the victim. A municipal theater has to close, but so far no one dared. So now the German stage world is looking to Wuppertal, for the closure of the play could have a terrible domino effect. A slow death? Perhaps something can still be achieved, but the situation remains tense. Wuppertal is not the only theater that is threatened by budget cuts. The directors will consider any case go to the barricades and how to best defend themselves against it. Maybe there is still hope ...
Current reading: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Elective Affinities"
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