Breites Wissen als Basis für Kreativität

Onstage and backstage, in workshops and planning offices – it’s the people and the various jobs they do that breathe life into the theatre and events business. With specialist knowledge, resourcefulness, and powers of invention, they unite art and technology in opera, drama and concerts. The 2020 annual special edition of BTR looks at the wide range of professions active in and around theatre.

What do careers in stage lighting – whether as a technician or a designer – involve? What motivates people to choose this profession and what do they think of it after years working in the field? BTR talked to two female lighting specialists at the Hanover State Theatre Opera: Susanne Reinhardt, lighting director since 2003, and her colleague Elana Siberski. One is a qualified electrician and the other a graduate of light design, and both are deeply enthusiastic about their profession.

Das Bühnenbild bildet den Kern des gesamten Bühnengeschehens. Alle handwerklichen und künstlerischen Berufe des Theaters treffen hier aufeinander. Die einen, weil sie es bauen und auf der Bühne bewegen, die anderen, weil sie sich darin bewegen. Was fasziniert an dem Beruf, wie denkt und arbeitet die Person, die es entwirft? Dazu ein Gespräch mit Etienne Pluss, einem prominenten Vertreter seiner Profession.