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Dacha Europa. The End of the World As We Knew It
A joint programme by the Munich Kammerspiele and the Smeds Ensemble, Helsinki (Finland) - supported by the Wanderlust Fund
The Finnish writer and director Kristian Smeds and two fellow artists are members of the nomadic Smeds Ensemble. His situational productions focus on the relationship between local and international issues and perspectives. In a first step the Smeds Ensemble will present their video installation "Der Kirschgarten" and two productions in Munich. Smeds will then head a theatre laboratory to develop the content and form of a joint theatre production titled "Verbrechen und Strafe" (Crime and Punishment). The piece based on Dostoewsky’s novel and its characters will be presented in Munich and Helsinki. The Munich Kammerspiele hopes that the collaboration with Smeds Ensemble will generate new ideas for a performance venue, which, in contrast to typical productions at municipal theatres, is more strongly tailored to production and presentation forms by international and freelance artists.
Theatres: Münchner Kammerspiele and Smeds Ensemble, Helsinki (Finland)
Artists / participants: Eeva Bergroth (FI), Kristian Smeds (FI), Ville Hyvönen (FI), Johan Simons (NL) and others
Schedule:
January 2011 – December 2012
Artistic Areas:
| Date: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 17.06.2011 - 18.06.2011 | Münchner Kammerspiele, München | "Der Kirschgarten" Video installation by Smeds Ensemble and Audronis Liuga |
| 01.07.2011 | Münchner Kammerspiele, München | "Sad songs from the heart of Europe" Guest performance of Smeds Ensemble |
| 02.07.2011 | Münchner Kammerspiele, München | "Gott ist Schönheit" Guest performance of Smeds Ensemble |
| 06.10.2012 | Münchner Kammerspiele, München | "Der imaginäre sibirische Zirkus des Rodion Raskolnikow" by Kristian Smeds based on Fjodor Dostojewski, Premiere |
Contact:
Münchner Kammerspiele
Christiane Schneider
Falckenbergstraße 2
80539 München
www.muenchner-kammerspiele.de
Further Informations
The Wanderlust Fund
The German Federal Cultural Foundation established the Wanderlust Fund to support German municipal and state theatres that wish to engage in a partnership of exchange with a foreign theatre for a period of two to three seasons.
Wanderlust blog
In February 2010 the participating theatres began sharing their impressions of their joint meetings, workshops, guest performances and co-productions in our Wanderlust blog. In addition each season, three Pfadfinder (scouts) head out and visit the Wanderlust projects, describe the international theatre partnerships and document these exciting cross-border encounters in texts and images.
