Bildungseinrichtungen 5/2017

An Elizabethan theatre on the French side of the Channel? It’s surprising but true. Hardelot Castle in northern France, home to the arts centre “L’Entente Cordiale”, always put up temporary theatres for its annual summer festival. Last year it went one step further and created a permanent wooden structure: a British-style Globe Theatre, with natural ventilation,...

Or as it is in German, “Verweile doch”. This quotation from Faust was chosen as the title for the Berlin State Opera’s opening gala. Yes, everybody would have liked to stay a while, especially the people responsible for its rebuilding. At last, one of Berlin’s major building sites is nearing completion, following seven years of renovation work at almost twice the...

The Greek director and stage designer Dimitris Papaioannou gained international renown with his production of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Since then, he has become a firm fixture on the international theatre scene. With his fragmentary worlds of bodies and materials, he creates compelling images that really get under the...