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ENGLISH THEATRE BERLIN formerly known as Friends of Italian Opera www.etberlin.de Pressematerial zum Download: www.berlin-buehnen.de/-/presse/47.598 F40, Fidicinstr. 40, 10965 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Reservierung: 030/691 12 11 tickets@etberlin.de TICKETS: 18,- / erm. 10,- / 3-Euro-Ticket / Gruppenrabatt Do 15. (Premiere) bis So 18. April um 20 Uhr Di 20.- Sa 24. und Di 27. April bis So 2. Mai um 20 Uhr Koproduktion: English Theatre Berlin & 7 Stages/Atlanta/USA Buried Child Pulitzerpreis 1979: Sam Shephards bissiges Familiendrama. mit / cast Dodge - Del Hamilton Halie - Faye Allen Tilden Jeffrey Mittleman Bradley - Harvey Friedman Vince - Tomas S. Spencer Shelly - April Small Father Dewis - Errol T. Harewood Autor / written by Sam Shephard, rights with kind permission by S. Fischer Verlag Regie / directed by Veronika Nowag-Jones Bühne und Kostüme / set and costumes by Tomas Fitzpatrick Musikalische Leitung / musical direction by Errol T. Harewood Licht / lights by Katri Kuusim

Peer Gynt at the Maxim Gorki Theater, Unter den Linden, Berlin, April 25th, 2010 Last night the performance of Henrik Ibsens play "PEER GYNT" at the Maxim Gork Theater, captivated the sold out audience. It was a well chosen location for the play as the classical style of the the decor and ambience of the theatre, juxtaposed with the modern techiniques such as incorperating video projection onto the set, mirrowed the theme of the play nicely. It was a dynamic performance about the struggle of one man´s conciousness and how to find your true self amidst the turmoil of todays expectations of how to achieve happiness, health and wealth. The demons and the angels of the mind were well performed by the supporting actors, with an extraordinary performance by Jens Harzenas the main actor, and his mother Karin Neuhausen. The theatre had a wonderful ambience of comfort and a friendly staff. I found it to be a unique experience located in one of Berlins finest cultural arenas.

Bordellballade (is a coproduction: Commissioned by "Kurt Weill Fest Dessau" and produced at Theater Koblenz), Operneukölln, Neukölln, Berlin, April   Another fantastic production from Operneukölln, but with some predictable elements (the makers of this really need to check out David Lynch´s ´Lost Highway´, ´Inland Empire´ or ´Mulholland Drive´). The scenario is a dinner table, lots of low sex talk, bawdy ballads such as ´do you like animals´(wank into a rollmop, shag on top of an elephant dropping, such was the gist of the lyric...). Initially the work seemed a bit of a mess, but like a Jackson Pollock painting, began to make sense eventually and even became highly enjoyable. However, the makers will have to watch cliches such as the gun produced and fired at the end, the starlet strangled with the plastic bag etc But if you want to see some high octane theatre - musical happenings, then Neköllner Oper is the place to be in Berlin. (by the way my date, a girl from Halle

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