Volksbühne była Berlinem
Volksbühne Was Berlin

Summary/Abstract: Aneta Pawlak describes the various stages in the change of directors at the Volksbühne in Berlin. She quotes statements by artists who have worked at the theater (including Frank Castorf and Bert Neumann), the present director (Chrisa Dercona), and municipal bureaucrats. She outlines the theater’s profile change, brought about by the new program concept, by which Volksbühne is to meld theater, performance art, music, and visual art. The author points out the danger in Dercon’s concept, which overrides the political and local dimension this theater has had to date, replacing it with capitalist and consumer methods of building a relationship with the client.

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