Mocking newsreel
The Mocking Newsreel is considered Berlin's first reading stage . It existed as a regular event from May 1989 to April 1991.
The program consisted of current satires and polemics, which were supplemented by impromptu lectures and staged readings. The Mocking Wochenschau thus placed itself in the tradition of early German cabaret. Wiglaf Droste referred to the Mocking Weekly Newsreel as a "live newspaper".
history
After a dispute in the editorial office of the taz about the term “gas chamber full” in an article by Thomas Kapielski about the Berlin luxury discotheque Dschungel , a group of freelancers, authors and supporters of the taz met . During the discussion, Wiglaf Droste and Cluse Krings developed the idea of a weekly newspaper that gets by without any printing and distribution costs because it is presented "live" on a stage. The Höhnende Wochenschau was first performed in mid-May 1989 in Café Central on Nollendorfplatz in Berlin-Schöneberg. In the months to come, Cluse Krings and Wiglaf Droste worked on finding the right form for such a format. At the same time, Frank Fabel and Dr. Strange (Wolfgang Kröske) excited new members for the Mocking Wochenschau. The Mocking Newsreel saw the light of day on July 16, 1989 for a second time.
The group expanded several times: Michael Stein joined on September 24, 1989, Klaus Nothnagel from December 27, 1989, RP Meyer (Horst Schwerdtfeger) and Werner Schauerte from January 28, 1990. Anja Poschen and Stefan Schmidt followed. Some of those who appeared were authors or former authors of the taz .
The Höhnende Wochenschau experienced its most productive time as a matinee every second Sunday in the Schauplatz Theater in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Admission was free, the costs were collected through voluntary donations and the sale of drinks. The mocking newsreel came to an end in the spring of 1991. The rapid frequency of new programs led to signs of wear and tear.
Resumption
From February to May 2003 there was a resurrection of the Mocking Newsreel on the occasion of the Iraq war. Initially daily (in the Palais am Festungsgraben), later weekly (in the Green Salon of the Volksbühne ), Die Höhnende Wochenschau commented under the title “War.” Battle events and the press circus. From the former members there were: Cluse Krings , Dr. Strange and Horst Schwerdtfeger. New members were: Markus Liske , Sabine Greiner, Jörg Benario and Beate Johnen. Information about the course of the war on Iraqi and Kurdish soil from military and diplomatic sources was provided as guests by Ahmed Iyidirli, chairman of the umbrella organization of Turkish social democrats in Europe, and the cultural attaché of the Palestinian Directorate General Abdullah Hijazi (PLO, Fatah).
effect
The Mocking Wochenschau demonstrated how a regular literary event could be put on the stage with little effort in terms of organization and rehearsals. In doing so, she set the style for a large number of reading stages after her. Above all, the style element of the lecture that was read was adopted, which resulted from the topicality of the texts in the Mocking Wochenschau.
Direct successors to the Mocking Wochenschau were the Benno-Ohnesorg-Theater (Wiglaf Droste and Michael Stein) and Dr. Strange morning pint .
See also
Publications
- Frank Fabel, Cluse Krings, Klaus Nothnagel , Werner Schauerte, Horst Schwerdtfeger, Dr. Strange, Anja Poschen: The mocking newsreel. The small nagging against the big one. Satirical texts from Kreuzberg and other world metropolises. Tacheles Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-910156-04-5
Web links
- Klaus Nothnagel: On the death of Michael Stein ( Memento from April 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (October 31, 2007, description of a tour of the Mocking Newsreel by one of the participants)
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- ↑ Falko Hennig: History of the reading stages.
- ↑ Barbara von Jhering: Language artist on a high rope. In: The time. No. 49, December 2, 1988.