Everyone Wants to Direct the Burg – Jan Niedziela speaks with Matthias Hartmann Cover Image

Każdy chciałby zostać dyrektorem Burgu - z Matthiasem Hartmannem rozmawia Jan Niedziela
Everyone Wants to Direct the Burg – Jan Niedziela speaks with Matthias Hartmann

Author(s): Jan Niedziela
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Keywords: Theatre; Interview

Summary/Abstract: An interview with the director of the Burgtheater in Vienna.Hartmann comments on his staging of the two parts of Faust, which inaugurated his direction. He defines his program as a “theater of unlimited possibilities.” He also talks of the specifics of working in Vienna – a city between East and West, of his strategy for shaping the repertoire, of his work with stage directors and dramaturgs, and of inviting artists in residence: the Belgian Needcompany and artists from Oklahoma. He also explains his War and Peace performances as an ongoing work in progress, and responds to questions about Polish directors.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 103-104
  • Page Range: 15-16
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Polish
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