Vorschau/Impressum 1/22

When the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus’ technical team first saw the sketches for the stage design in mid-June 2021, they were staggered, to put it mildly. The concept went far beyond everybody’s expectations. According to Carsten Wank, technical director at the Schauspielhaus since 2020, their initial reaction was: This is like grand opera – in a repertory theatre....

Two large black walls flank the entrance to the exhibition on Berlin’s Pariser Platz. A triangular cut-out provides the only access to the rooms behind: A kind of passepartout, it forms both a boundary and a striking aesthetic statement, of the kind that Erich Wonder made in the stage spaces he created. It’s inspired by Wonder’s stage set for Heiner Müller’s...

Fritz Brandt, König Ludwig II. und der Pfauenwagen Erinnerungen eines Bühnentechnikers 1846 bis 1876
von Sebastian Kuboth 190 Seiten, Abbildungen, 17 × 24 cm, Hardcover. ISBN 978-3-98693-001-1 Eigenverlag, Pforzheim 2022 EUR 34,90

König Ludwig II. träumte davon, mit einem Pfauenwagen über den Alpsee bis Hohenschwangau fliegen zu können. Der Darmstädter...