Theatre
photos: Thomas Aurin
There are some theater and dance companies that make me wish to have pursuit other career options. Since I am way too old to become a dancer I have to limit myself to watching their incredible perfomance and perhaps review them. One special company which is such a pain to watch because they are so incredibly good that you wish you could be on stage with them is the Costanza Macras ensemble Dorky Park. If you never heard of them and wish to experience my unbareable craving to be involved, they are playing their new piece Megalopolis this weekend at Schaubühne. More pictures, a trailer, a summary and details after the jump.
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by C.R.
on March 3rd, 2010
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Peaches fans listen up! Next month your lady of load will show you a new side of her. After she finished her stomping world tour for her massive I Feel Cream album she is taking a step back from her electro-clash sounds. For her take on the cult musical Jesus Christ Superstar she will perform all the songs of said rock opera using only her voice with support by the genious that is Gonzales on the piano. You better get your tickets now this will be sold out in no time! Dates and a vintage Peaches vs. Gonzales video after the jump.
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by Frank
on February 16th, 2010
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Listening to Jelena Kuljics dark voice is like drinking all the suffering in the world. So sad and beautiful is her way to let the music break into you. She is playing one of the main characters in the small independent Opera Wozzeck from David Marton at Prater. After seeing this piece four times I finally get the chance to recommend it to you. The dates and the address after the jump.
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by C.R.
on February 9th, 2010
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photos: Jan Freese
You think that with all the versions of Alice I have seen in my live I could be pretty over it. I thought so too but the Ballhaus Ost, my favourite theater in Berlin right now, proved me wrong. In the beginning of the play Alice Underground shows an older depressed women living in a white trash East Berlin apartment still trying to feed her dead dog. But this sad scene ends when an already dead and skinned rabbit jumps out of the refrigerator and proclaims that he’s going to waste and needs to be eaten! No time, no time! And as soon as you can blink you are already inside the magical wonderland which is quite more adult porn style than the original Lewis one. With a lot of naughty jokes, an astonishing stage design and a cast of great actors led by fabulous Anne Tismer as old Alice, this play is better than most Alice analogies in a long time and has to be seen. The dates, the trailer and more picture after the rabbit hole.
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by C.R.
on October 26th, 2009
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photo: Zack Akukumba at flickr
Oh boys. Here you are checking your fav blog horrified about all the girly fashion things coming up during this week. Fortunately, I thought of you darlings and picked something just for true men. If you think that the Zack Snyder’s movie 300 based on Frank Miller’s comic is the biggest racist, fascist, homophobic and sexist bullshit, you shouldn’t miss this special live performance next Saturday at the Agora of the Volksbühne. While the movie is screened two masters of the world of comics Jens Balzer and Michael Busch know the right words to make the film even more ridiculous as it already is. It’s going to be hilarious! The hard facts after the jump.
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by C.R.
on July 2nd, 2009
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photos by Enrico Nawrath
For the shoot to the next Staatsballett masterpiece Das Flammende Herz Wladimir Malakhov, the first solo dancer and leader of the company, jumped into deep waters. After the success of the incredible Snow White the Staatsballett Berlin is going back to the roots showing an intellectual performance focused on the philosophy of the poet Peter Shelley, the husband of Mary Shelley who is famous for the novel Frankenstein. If the photos in any way indicate what we can expect from the play this will again be a dark fantasy of a ballet on a Berlin theater stage. Another picture and the dates after the jump.
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by C.R.
on June 18th, 2009
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Who needs a gay Indianer if they can have a gay Hitler? Well, with all the gayness going on in this city there is one show that really stands out, and that not only because it is being advertised like madness: The Producers, an Austrian musical production based on the cult movie of the same name by Mel Brooks, is now playing at Admiralspalast. If you like musicals you will have a lot of fun with this one. Especially the Hitler musical within the musical is absolutely hilarious. More images after the jump.
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by Frank
on June 17th, 2009
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Berliners aren’t so familiar with the topic of the immigrant nannies. The Berlin kids probably have some very intellectual educational science student as a baby sitter while their parents are out partying or just having their alone-time. But in Italy and almost all over the western world where the difference between rich and poor is much wider than in Germany there are a lot of middle to upper-class families with a bunch of nannies. Some for the kids some for the grandparents these African, East European, Philippine, Chinese and South American women do not only have to bring their work to the table but also their love. Because how can you possibly educate and grow a child without love. Is this love for 5 dollar an hour a real one? Or do these nannies actually hate these spoiled brats thinking about their own offsprings being alone the whole day? If you’re interested in these kind of questions you should definitely check out the theatre festival Your Nanny Hates You! at the HAU. My special recommendations for you are after the jump.
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by C.R.
on June 11th, 2009
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Being a fairy tale expert and a psychologist I was always indulged by the strong female characters appearing in Grimm’s fairy tales. I appreciated their impact in the stories as an evil and intense element of the plot. One of my favorites has always been the evil queen of Snow White who is obsessed with her vanity to the point where she loses everything. Of course it was an absolute pleasure for me to have the chance to meet the first solo dancer of the Staatsballet Berlin Beatrice Knop who portraits the evil queen in the new Snow White ballet. In her backstage wardrobe she was applying the final touches of her make-up and posing for us in the gorgeous Jean Paul Gaultier costume she is wearing on stage. For more backstage pictures and my impression of the piece just go after the jump.
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by C.R.
on May 12th, 2009
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A Mulher-Gorila - photo by Carlos Barral
Brasil and dancing are two things that simply belong together. Both stand for the ecstatic and extreme body language and expression of your soul trough the surface of your body. Our European lack of body freedom is even more evident when compared to the Brasilian movements. Your eyes can enjoy all of this even more while visiting the Brasilian dance festival Brasil Move at the HAU theater. More photos and some recommendations after the jump.
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by C.R.
on April 17th, 2009
in Entertainment, Theatre
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