Action theater ensemble

The aktionstheater ensemble is an independent theater group in Austria that was founded in 1989 by the director Martin Gruber . In 2015 and 2016 the ensemble was nominated for the Nestroy Theater Prize in the category "Best Off-Production". In 2016 the ensemble received the award.

The ensemble plays regularly in the Festspielhaus Bregenz , Spielboden Dornbirn and in Werk X in Vienna.

history

Under the direction of director Martin Gruber, the action theater ensemble has worked on classics for years, such as the Büchner trilogy in 1993 and 1994. The ensemble quickly achieved the reputation of an "avant-garde group eager to experiment".

Over time, the director Gruber began to work increasingly with choreographers and dancers. Finally, in 2008 the working method of the action theater ensemble changed completely: instead of prefabricated theater material, own pieces were developed from now on. A special focus of this work is on the collaboration with musicians and visual artists.

Since this break with classical theater material, the ensemble has been known for reflecting on the present particularly quickly. In principle, the pieces deal with topics that deal with contemporary people. It has become the group's paradigm to develop plays without a plot. The pieces result from a combination of interviews with actors and author's texts, which are built into a collage-like dramaturgy in the rehearsal process. With this way of working, the ensemble approaches contemporary documentary theater, but the focus is on the poetic condensation of reality.

Theater productions (selection)

1997: “Cain” by George Gordon Lord Byron, Bregenz Festival
1999: "The entire Shakespeare, slightly shortened", Städtische Bühnen Augsburg
2003: “je veux je veux” based on Jean Genet - the balcony (choreography: Liz King), Volksoper Vienna
2003: “Perser” by Aeschylus (new translation by Durs Grünbein), Austrian premiere
2004: "Sinfonie der Stadt" - "Mahagonny Songspiel" by Kurt Weill, "City Life" by Steve Reich, "Quiet City" by Aaron Copland, with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Weill Festival, Dessau
2005: “Slaughter Festival” by Andreas Staudinger, world premiere
2008: “Sudden burst” by Gert Jonke, world premiere, Theater am Kornmarkt / Bregenz Spring
2010: “Ulysses Roadmovie” by Christian Uetz, world premiere, Festspielhaus Bregenz
2011: “Working Pure” by aktionstheater ensemble and Wolfgang Mörth , world premiere
2011: “Future Machine” by aktionstheater ensemble and Andreas Staudinger, world premiere, Festspielhaus Bregenz
2012: “Salz Burg” by aktionstheater ensemble and Wolfgang Mörth, world premiere, Festspielhaus Bregenz
2012: “We are founding a party” by the action theater ensemble and Claudia Tondl, world premiere
2013: “Weekday Revolution” by aktionstheater ensemble and Claudia Tondl, world premiere
2013: "Three seconds" by the action theater ensemble and Wolfgang Mörth, world premiere
2014: “Pension Europa” by aktionstheater ensemble and Claudia Tondl, world premiere, Festspielhaus Bregenz
2014: “Angry Young Men” by aktionstheater ensemble and Wolfgang Mörth, world premiere, Hamakom / Nestroyhof
2015: “Riot Dancer” by aktionstheater ensemble and Claudia Tondl and Wolfgang Mörth, world premiere, Festspielhaus Bregenz
2015: “No play about Syria” by aktionstheater ensemble, world premiere
2016: "Everyone Against Everyone" by action theater ensemble, world premiere, Festspielhaus Bregenz
2016: “Immersion. We disappear ”by action theater ensemble, world premiere
2017: “I Believe” by aktionstheater ensemble, world premiere
2017: "Swing: dance to the right" by aktionstheater ensemble, world premiere, text by Martin Gruber and Elias Hirschl

Awards

2014: Heidelberg Theater Prize
2016: Nestroy Theater Prize

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Association of the Vienna Theater Prize | info@nestroypreis.at | www.nestroypreis.at: NESTROYPREIS The Vienna Theater Prize - Best Off-Production - “No Play About Syria”. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Annina Weiss: The political and post-post-dramatic of the tetralogy "Riot Dancer" of the action theater ensemble . Vienna, 2017 ( univie.ac.at [accessed January 10, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b Martin Gruber | action theater ensemble. Retrieved January 10, 2018 (German).
↑ ^a ^b Margarete Affenzeller: Understanding what is around us . Ed .: Der Standard. 15th December 2014.
↑ Angelika Drnek: 25 years of action theater ensemble . Ed .: GIFT. No. 1/2015 . GIFT, S. 32-33 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l productions | action theater ensemble. Retrieved January 10, 2018 (German).
^ Wiener Zeitung: Theater criticism: A little something naughty . Article from January 12, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2018.
↑ Vorarlberg Action Theater Ensemble awarded the Heidelberg Theater Prize . In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten | VN.AT . ( vn.at [accessed on January 10, 2018]).

[:4-1] Association of the Vienna Theater Prize | info@nestroypreis.at | www.nestroypreis.at: NESTROYPREIS The Vienna Theater Prize - Best Off-Production - “No Play About Syria”. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .

[:1-2] Annina Weiss: The political and post-post-dramatic of the tetralogy "Riot Dancer" of the action theater ensemble . Vienna, 2017 ( univie.ac.at [accessed January 10, 2018]).

[:2-3] Martin Gruber | action theater ensemble. Retrieved January 10, 2018 (German).

[:3-4] Margarete Affenzeller: Understanding what is around us . Ed .: Der Standard. 15th December 2014.

[5] Angelika Drnek: 25 years of action theater ensemble . Ed .: GIFT. No. 1/2015 . GIFT, S. 32-33 .

[:0-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l productions | action theater ensemble. Retrieved January 10, 2018 (German).

[7] Wiener Zeitung: Theater criticism: A little something naughty . Article from January 12, 2018, accessed on January 13, 2018.

[8] Vorarlberg Action Theater Ensemble awarded the Heidelberg Theater Prize . In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten | VN.AT . ( vn.at [accessed on January 10, 2018]).