Flinn Works

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Flinn Works (formerly Flinntheater ) is an independent theater and performance group . In changing, often international teams around the director Sophia Stepf , Flinn Works develops multi-perspective theater performances on topics of the globalized world. The pieces are usually based on intensive research .

history

The group was founded in 1992 under the name Flinntheater in Kassel . In 2007 the sisters Sophia and Lisa Stepf took over the artistic direction. The core team also includes a. the musician Andi Otto , the Indian singer and actress MD Pallavi and the actor and director Konradin Kunze . The group has been operating under the new name Flinn Works since 2016 .

Besides Kassel, Berlin is the company's main production site. Flinn Works regularly cooperates with the Sophiensælen Berlin. Other partners include a. the Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) and the Kassel State Theater . In 2014, Flinn Works was awarded the Zürcher Kantonalbank sponsorship award at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel for the production Shilpa - The Indian Singer App and was nominated for the George Tabori Prize ( main prize) in 2017 . Flinn Works was invited to the Impulse (theater festival) in 2018 with Global Belly .

In 2016, the group focused on German colonial history . The performances of the play Maji Maji Flava about the Maji Maji War sparked a political debate in Tanzania about reparations payments in January 2017 .

With Mangi Meli Remains , Flinn Works created a video sculpture and photo exhibition for the first time in 2018 .

Pieces (selection)

Exhibitions

Awards

  • 2019: Audience award at the Hessian Theater Days
  • 2017: Nominated for the George Tabori Prize (main prize)
  • 2014: Sponsorship award from Zürcher Kantonalbank at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel for Shilpa - The Indian Singer App
  • 2014: META Awards for Best Actress, Best Original Script, Best Innovative Sound Design for C sharp c blunt
  • 2011: Audience Award at the Hessian Theater Days

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nachtkritik.de: Songs of the T-Shirt. Accessed October 2, 2017 (German).
  2. ↑ Flinnworks. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ nachtkritik.de: Flinntheater wins award at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel. Accessed October 2, 2017 (German).
  4. ↑ George Tabori Prize 2017 . In: Fonds Darstellende Künste eV April 27, 2017 ( fonds-daku.de [accessed October 1, 2017]).
  5. ↑ nachtkritik.de: Impulse Festival 2018. In: nachtkritik.de. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
  6. ↑ German Colonial History - Shame and Forgetting about Tanzania . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed October 1, 2017]).
  7. ↑ "Do you feel sorry for what happened?" In: VAN magazine . May 10, 2017 ( atavist.com [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  8. ↑ The Dead, as far as [] can remember . In: Bild Wissen Gestaltung | Hermann von Helmholtz Center for Cultural Technology . ( hu-berlin.de [accessed on November 13, 2018]).
  9. ^ ZDF today journal: Colonial fate in Tanzania. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
  10. ^ Sophiensæle: Flinn Works + Asedeva: Fear + Fever. August 19, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Flinnworks and Quartett Plus 1 show “Kosa La Vita” at the Bremen Theater . In: https://www.kreiszeitung.de . October 21, 2018 ( Kreiszeitung.de [accessed November 13, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Tom Mustroph: How do you set notes for massacres? In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 28, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 24 ( taz.de [accessed on November 13, 2018]).
  13. ↑ Sabine Leucht: Totally nested . In: sueddeutsche.de . November 5, 2018, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed November 13, 2018]).
  14. ↑ South Africa - Maji Maji Flava. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on October 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.afrika-sued.org
  15. ↑ Skull X: The echoes of German colonial history in a skull . In: Postcolonial Potsdam . May 16, 2016 ( wordpress.com [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  16. ↑ Anna Lea Berg: Skulls . In: sueddeutsche.de . August 1, 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  17. ↑ nachtkritik.de: Songs of the T-Shirt. Accessed October 2, 2017 (German).
  18. ^ Hebbel am Ufer Berlin: HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin - Krishna's Elite. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
  19. ^ Deutsche Welle: The Indian singer app . In: Women Talk Online - A forum for women to talk to women . ( dw.com [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  20. ↑ THE POWER PLAY - Mousonturm. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
  21. ^ HfMDK Frankfurt: Prizes of the Hessische Theatertage for Heidi Ecks and Anabel Möbius. Accessed October 4, 2019 (German).
  22. ↑ nachtkritik.de: George Tabori Prize 2017. Accessed October 2, 2017 (German).
  23. ↑ Theater Spektakel: Prize Winner. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Sharp, blunt & other edges . In: The Indian Express . May 9, 2014 ( indianexpress.com [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  25. ^ The 9th Annual Mahindra Excellence in Theater Awards Announced. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
  26. ↑ nachtkritik.de: Awards of the Hessian Theater Days awarded. Accessed October 2, 2017 (German).