Collective beetroot

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The Rote Rübe collective was a left-wing Munich theater collective in the 1970s that was founded by drama students. The playgroup, which primarily brought socially critical issues to the stage, was considered the most successful independent theater group in the Federal Republic of Germany in the mid-1970s .

Naming

The name "beetroot" is based on an old Chinese fairy tale in which a child desperately tries to pull a beetroot out of the ground. Because he doesn't succeed in his plan, two more children come to his aid. Now that the turnip moves slightly, but cannot yet be pulled out, more children rush over. Ten of them finally manage to pull the beetroot out of the ground. In a figurative sense, the story describes the strength of the community and the energy of a collective .

Known members

Katja Rupé was one of the co-founders of the theater group “Rote Rübe”, for which she worked until 1977 as an actor, author and director. Also Traute Hoess and Hans-Peter Cloos was co-founder. Billie Zöckler started her career here.

Other members of the Rote Rübe were Ludwig Boettger, Anita von Ow, Ronny Tanner, Magda Thora, Peter Fischer, Claudia Brühning, Hoschi Tiessler, Ulla Ziemann and Hans Lampert.

Between 1973 and 1975 Konstantin Wecker wrote his first stage music for projects of the collective. Franz Josef Degenhardt and Ton Steine ​​Scherben worked together with the troupe on recordings.

Productions

Prometheus , a scenic collage, was the collective's first in-house production and drew on the members' own experiences. The world premiere took place in March 1973 at the Münchner Kunstverein .

Also in March 1973, the group performed the play Pens with Heads by Werner Geifrig about the problems of apprenticeship training, directed by Hartmut Baum in the Munich Theater der Jugend. In the summer of the same year the women of the collective premiered the agitation piece Frauenpower , which was directed against abortion paragraph 218 and played in the pop bar "Crash" in Lindwurmstrasse. The production was also shown at the Erlangen Theater Week.

In 1974 followed the self-written revue pieces Bravo, Bravo - sold in the style of the new era about the leisure behavior of young people in the Munich theater on Brienner Straße , and Terror (premiere: June 18, 1974) about the situation in Chile after Pinochet's military coup in the Munich pop bar "Crash" on Lindwurmstrasse. The Rote Rübe made guest appearances in Berlin, London and Nancy with the production of Terror . Katja Rupé , Magdalena Thora, Ludwig Böttger and Hans-Peter Cloos participated in both pieces .

On February 13, 1975 the collective presented the Viva Italia production on neo-fascism in Italy in the pop bar “Crash” , and in June 1976 the political revue Paranoia, a revue against fear and misery in Germany, premiered. Gerlinde Eger was a new member here. Paranoia was played in West Berlin and in the Munich Künstlerhaus on Lenbachplatz and showed documentary scenes of fear and violence.

On October 15, 1977, the circus show Love, Death, Hysteria opened the first international theater festival in Munich. In the piece, which addressed violence and loneliness, a. Hans-Peter Cloos, Caroline Chaniolleau and Alfons Haussmann with.

Topics / theater aesthetics

The Red Turnip Theater can be described as political agitation theater related to current issues and problems. The focus, however, was on emotions rather than complicated intellectual reasoning.

The aesthetics of the beetroot were shaped by the actors' white make-up faces; masks were also worn. The actors' gestures often included large theatrical gestures. The collective worked a lot with collages and a revue rendition of songs and playback . Her productions were often characterized by aggressiveness and sensuality.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benjamin Henrichs: The damaged miracle . In: The time . 1976.
  2. ↑ Hans Georg Berger, Thomas Petz, Barbara Winter: Annual Program ´78 of the BMW Gallery, Munich . Ed .: Theater Festival ´77 GmbH. Munich 1978, p. 18-19 .
  3. ^ A b c d Benjamin Henrichs: Free groups - for example 'Red Turnip' . In: Theater Today . Annual booklet, 1973, p. 125-129 .
  4. ↑ Hellmut Kotschenreuther: A glaring warning picture . In: Der Tagesspiegel . 3rd June 1976.
  5. ↑ Knud Andresen: Braked radicalization, IG Metall and their youth from 1968 to the 1980s . Wallstein, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 3-8353-1918-3 , p. 295 .
  6. ^ Rudolf Herfurtner: The red turnip in the Brienner Strasse. Motarrad Angela and pure love . March 2nd 1974.
  7. ↑ Always sunshine? New production by the 'Rote Rübe' collective . In: evening newspaper . March 2nd 1974.
  8. ^ Theater calendar for June . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . June 20, 1974.
  9. ↑ Immense pressure . In: Der Spiegel . July 1, 1974.
  10. ↑ Le théâtre allemand et les formes froides de l'émotion . In: Le Monde . May 14, 1975.
  11. ↑ Beetroot . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 10, 1975.
  12. ↑ Hellmut Kotschenreuther: Made-up jokers with cutting mockery . In: evening newspaper . 3rd June 1976.
  13. ↑ Circus about love, death and hysteria . In: evening newspaper . 5th October 1977.
  14. ↑ Peter von Becker: Love, death, hysteria - a misfortune . In: Theater Today . 1978, p. 51-52 .
  15. ^ Angie Weihs: Free Theater. Reports and pictures that encourage people to see, learn and participate . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981, p. 24-31 .
  16. ↑ Immense pressure . In: Der Spiegel . July 1, 1974.