A joint project of fringe ensemble and THEATER BONN
A joint production of fringe ensemble/phoenix5 and Valmieras Dramas teatris (Latvia) in co-production with the organizers Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster // Forum Freies Theater, Düsseldorf // theaterimballsaal, Bonn as part of scene:estonia latvia lithuania in nrw.
KIRSCHGARTEN – the story of a fading era, a dawning new time. Something is left behind, somewhere is set off.
KIRSCHGARTEN ends with the old man remaining behind and lying down to die and thus, as it were, with the exhalation of a passing time and epoch.
Director: Frank Heuel
Dramaturgy: Evita Sniedze
Space and costumes: Lisa Witzmann
Technique: Volker Sippel/Niko Moddenborg
Assistance: Ruth Schultz/Svenja Pauka
Production: Jörg Tewes/Ieva Priediena
With: David Fischer, Justine Hauer, Januss Johansons, Girts Ravinš, Harald Redmer, Christine Stienemeier, Imants Strads, Elina Vane
KIRSCHGARTEN – the story of a fading era, a dawning new time. Something is left behind, somewhere is set off.
KIRSCHGARTEN ends with the old man remaining behind and lying down to die and thus, as it were, with the exhalation of a passing time and epoch.
An international ensemble – an encounter between Germans and Latvians. The attempt of a rapprochement – a failure, a happiness. The whole as a ritual of remembering, the attempt to assure oneself in the moment of approaching the other.
Cechov himself speaks of a comedy, the production relies on the absurdity of the original, finds the playful, twisted in the text and thus comes very close to the author.
The production joint venture fringe ensemble/phoenix5 realizes its second German-Latvian cooperation after Fiction Impossible (2005). This time the partner is Valmieras Dramas teatris, 120 km northeast of the metropolis of Riga in the interior of Latvia. Two countries, two different theater structures realize a joint project.
Supported by the City of Münster, the Minister President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Bonn, the Kunststiftung NRW, among others.
