Milo Rau

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Milo Rau at the presentation of the Peter Weiss Prize , December 2017

Milo Rau (born January 25, 1977 in Bern ) is a Swiss director , playwright , essayist and scientist.

Life

Milo Rau studied sociology , German and Romance languages in Paris , Zurich and Berlin , a. a. with Tzvetan Todorov and Pierre Bourdieu . In 1997 he made his first reporting trips to Chiapas and Cuba and from 2000 worked as an author for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Since 2002 he has published around 50 plays , films , books and actions, which u. a. at the Theatertreffen Berlin , Festival d'Avignon , Biennale di Venezia , Wiener Festwochen and Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels and toured through 30 countries. Rau worked u. a. at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, the Théâtre des Amandiers in Paris, the Beursschouwburg Brussels and the Münchner Kammerspiele . In 2007 he founded the theater and film production company IIPM - International Institute of Political Murder for the production and evaluation of his artistic work, which he has been heading ever since. In addition to his work for the stage and film, Rau works as a lecturer for direction , cultural theory and social sculpture at universities and art schools . Reportage trips led him a. a. to Rwanda, the Congo, Latin America , Iraq and Syria on the war front with IS .

In 2017 Rau held the Saarbrücken poetry lectureship for drama . In addition, since January 2017 he has been a permanent expert on the literary club program alongside Elke Heidenreich , Rüdiger Safranski and Martin Ebel . Rau has been the NTGent intendant since the 2018/19 season . According to his own statements, Rau wants to establish a “global folk theater” specializing in international tours.

Rau is the father of two daughters and lives in Cologne , Zurich and southern France .

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Among other Rau worked the conviction and execution of the couple Ceausescu ( The Last Days of Ceausescu ), a Rwandan genocide - Radio ( Hate Radio ) and the Norwegian legal terrorist Anders Behring Breivik ( Breivik's explanation ). With a virtual party he started a petition for foreigners voting rights in the city parliament of St. Gallen ( City of Change ). With two more days of Justice - spectacles ( The Moscow trials and the Zurich processes ) he founded his own theater format. With his multi-part Die Europa Trilogie he worked on the genre of narrative theater.

In 2015, Rau gathered 60 witnesses and experts for his Congo Tribunal in the Congolese civil war zone . "The most ambitious political theater project that has ever been staged," said The Guardian newspaper about the play. Raus' pre-criticized play Five Easy Pieces , in which children re-enact the crimes of child murderer Marc Dutroux , was the first foreign production to be awarded the special prize of the jury of the Belgian theater critics in 2016. In 2017 the Berlin Theatertreffen invited Five Easy Pieces .

Rau opened his first season at NTGent in 2018 with the piece "Lam Gods", which he and his ensemble developed based on the "Ghent Manifesto" (contained in his book Global Realism ) for the Ghent Altarpiece by the Van Eyck brothers. Deutschlandfunk saw the play as an “attempt to reconcile Ghent society, torn by conflicts and divisions, with the help of the largest work of art in the city.” At the beginning of his directorship, he also started the series “Goldenes Buch / Goldenes” at NTGent in cooperation with Verbrecher Verlag Book ”to publish his programmatic texts on theater, aesthetics and politics, as well as texts on the larger projects at NTGent.

reception

Rau won the Swiss Theater Prize , the War Blind Radio Play Prize , a Special Award at the Festival of German Film , the Jury Prize of the Politics in Free Theater Festival , and the Konstanz Council Prize. Prize for European Encounters and Dialogue and, as the youngest winner, the Prize of the International Theater Institute (ITI) . In 2015 the Tages-Anzeiger wrote: “The“ Milometer ”has now become something of the gold standard of post-drama: Milo Rau, who fills the houses with documentary theatrical explosions, has succeeded in throwing his art far out of the ivory tower. So far that his person has solidified himself again into a projection figure. "

His work, which is often accompanied by trials and public disputes, has earned Rau the reputation of a scandalous director. So Rau's piece of Breivik's declaration and a. the National Theater and the Munich Haus der Kunst the performance denied, The Last Days of Ceausescu led to a process of the adopted son of the dictator against the director, at the Moscow trials , there was a raid of the Russian authorities and performances of Five Easy Pieces were in Singapore and various German cities censored or canceled. “Is there a political muddle at work here in the end? An artist who has put on the Superman costume and is now miming the world saver? “, Asked Esther Slevogt on nachtkritik.de on the occasion of the Raus Kongo Tribunal . Eugen Sorg noticed “excessive abuse of Switzerland” at Rau and accused him of lack of grip due to the lack of the “gravity of practical life”. Out to a text of the same name by Lenin alluding to an essay What to do? reveal "blasé cynicism, self-importance, and moral nihilism" behind alleged concern for the world. On the occasion of the awarding of the Peter Weiss Prize by laudator Carolin Emcke in 2017, the critic Magnus Klaue ironically described Rau as the “heart dramatist of the republic”. In his review, Klaue describes Rau as a “multifunctional I-AG that not only takes care of the production, but also the reception, criticism and propaganda exploitation of its own art output”.

Quotes

"" The windows of heaven are wide open, "says a religious song. The theater, I think, can open these windows a crack. And even if they are struck again immediately: You have seen the sky briefly. "

Works (selection)

  • 2020 Family , world premiere January 4, 2020, director: Milo Rau, NTGent , Gent
  • 2019/20 The New Gospel , theater and film project by Milo Rau, Matera, Italy
  • 2019 Orestes in Mossul , world premiere April 17, 2019, directed by Milo Rau, NTGent , Gent
  • 2018 Lam Gods , world premiere: September 28, 2018, director: Milo Rau, NTGent
  • 2018 The repetition. Histoire (s) du théâtre (I) , world premiere: 4 May 2018, director: Milo Rau, Théâtre National , Brussels
  • 2017 General Assembly , world premiere November 10, 2017, director: Milo Rau, Schaubühne Berlin
  • 2017 Lenin , world premiere October 10, 2017, director: Milo Rau, Schaubühne Berlin
  • 2017 The 120 days of Sodom, world premiere February 10, 2017, director: Milo Rau, Schauspielhaus Zürich
  • 2016 Empire , world premiere September 1st / 9th, 2016, director: Milo Rau, Theaterspektakel Zurich / Schaubühne Berlin
  • 2016 Five Easy Pieces , world premiere May 14, 2016, director: Milo Rau, Sophiensaele Berlin / Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels
  • 2016 pity. The story of the machine gun , world premiere January 16, 2016, director: Milo Rau, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz (also radio play WDR)
  • 2015 The Congo Tribunal , Bukavu-Hearings, Collège Alfajiri, 29. – 31. May 2015; Berlin Hearings, Sophiensaele , 26. – 28. June 2015, concept and direction: Milo Rau (theater, film, book)
  • 2015 Guide for British Soldiers in Germany, world premiere May 8, 2015, director: Milo Rau; First broadcast radio play: May 9, 2015, WDR (Realization: Milo Rau)
  • 2015 The Dark Ages , world premiere April 11, 2015, director: Milo Rau, Residenztheater , Munich (also radio play WDR)
  • 2014 The Civil Wars , Beursschouwburg Brussels / Theaterspektakel Zurich (theater)
  • 2013/14 The Berlin Talks , Swiss Embassy Berlin (talk show)
  • 2013 The Unveiling of the Real , Sophiensaele Berlin (scenic exhibition, book)
  • 2013 The Zurich trials with Weltwoche indictment . Theater am Neumarkt Zurich . (Theater, film, book)
  • 2013 The Moscow Trials , World Premiere of Sakharov Center Moscow / German National Theater and Staatskapelle Weimar / City Theater Bern (theater, film, exhibition, book)
  • 2012 Breiviks Statement , UA Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar / Theaterdiscounter Berlin (theater performance)
  • 2011/12 Hate Radio , Premiere at Kunsthaus Bregenz / Memorial Center Kigali / HAU Berlin (play, film, exhibition, book at Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin)
    • For the radio version, produced by WDR / ORF, Milo Rau and radio play director Milena Kipfmüller have 2014 Hörspielpreis the war blind receive
  • 2010/11 City of Change , UA Theater St. Gallen (theater performance, book, film)
  • 2009/10 The Last Days of Ceausescus , Premiere Teatrul Odeon Bucharest / HAU Berlin (play, film, book at Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin)
  • 2007 Montana , world premiere Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich / Ballhaus Ost Berlin / auawirleben Festival for contemporary theater Bern (play)
  • 2006 Out of focus , UA Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin / Studio (performance)
  • 2006 Pornografia , UA Staatsschauspiel Dresden / Kleines Haus (play)
  • 2006 The highest happiness , premier at the Young Theater Bremen (play)
  • 2005 Avantgarde when called! , UA Sophiensaele Berlin / Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich / FFT Düsseldorf / Kampnagel Hamburg (play)
  • 2005 Amnesia , UA Theaterdiscounter Berlin (play)
  • 2005 Demons , WP Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (play)
  • 2002 Paranoia Express , premiere at the Thun / Spiez Authors' Film Festival (feature film)

Awards (selection)

Fonts (selection)

  • The Art of Resistance. On Theater, Activism and Solidarity - Golden Book IV, Milo Rau / Luanda Casella / Stefan Bläske / Lara Staal (eds.), Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-95732-441-2 (edition in English)
  • Orestes in Mosul - Golden Book III , Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95732-396-5 (edition in English ).
  • The historical feeling. Paths to Global Realism. Saarbrücken poetry lecturer for drama. Ed. And with an essay by Johannes Birgfeld. Alexander Verlag , Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-89581-492-1 .
  • Lam Gods - Gouden Book II / The Ghent Altarpiece - Golden Book II . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-95732-363-7 (fully bilingual edition in Flemish and English)
  • Globaler Realismus - Golden Book I / Global Realism - Golden Book I , ISBN 978-3-95732-361-3 , or Globaal realisme - Gouden Boek I / Réalisme global - Livre d'Or I , ISBN 978-3-95732- 362-0 , both published by Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2018 (completely four-language edition in Flemish, French , English and German in two volumes).
  • The Congo Tribunal. Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95732-198-5 .
  • Lenin . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95732-270-8 .
  • The 120 Days of Sodom / Five Easy Pieces . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95732-247-0 .
  • The Europe Trilogy / The Europe Trilogy. The Civil Wars, The Dark Ages, Empire. Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95732-217-3 .
  • Rolf Bossart (Ed.): Althusser's hands. Essays and comments. Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95732-087-2 .
  • The Zurich Trials / The Moscow Trials. Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-943167-80-1 .
  • Hate radio . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-943167-06-1 .
  • Rolf Bossart (Ed.), With contributions by Milo Rau a. a .: The revelation of the real. Milo Rau and the International Institute of Political Murder . Verlag Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2013, ISBN 3-943881-69-5 .
  • What to do? Critique of Postmodern Reason. Kein & Aber Verlag, Zurich 2013, ISBN 3-0369-5684-0 .
  • The last days of the Ceausescus. Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940426-45-1 .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Milo Rau. In: Schaubühne Berlin. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  2. ^ International Institute of Political Murder, »About IIPM. In: international-institute.de. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Why are you risking your life, Milo Rau? In: Why are you risking your life, Milo Rau? | annabelle.ch . ( annabelle.ch [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  4. ^ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Milo Rau: "My hope is a revolution from below" . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on December 14, 2016]).
  5. ↑ Milo Rau: "The Congo Tribunal": Above the radar . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  6. ↑ 6. Poetics Lecturer 2017: Milo Rau | Saarbrücken Poetics Lecturer for Drama. In: poetikdozentur-dramatik.de. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  7. ↑ dpa: Milo Rau becomes a critic in the «literature club». In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). November 24, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Andreas Tobler, Culture @ tobler_andreas: Milo Rau cancels in Zurich - and accepts in Ghent . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . April 27, 2017, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 23, 2017]).
  9. ↑ NTGent.be: Milo Rau nieuw artistiek unfortunately . ( ntgent.be [accessed May 23, 2017]). Milo Rau nieuw artistiek unfortunately ( Memento from September 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Andreas Tobler: "For me this is the city theater of the future" . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . May 11, 2017, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 23, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Andreas Fanizadeh: Milo Rau at the National Theater in Ghent: “Classics forbidden!” In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 16, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed September 26, 2018]).
  12. ^ Berliner Festspiele: Berliner Festspiele - Theatertreffen: Hate Radio. In: berlinerfestspiele.de. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Dirk Pilz: Scandal about theater reading in Weimar: Breivik's speech on the stage . In: fr-online.de . ( fr.de [accessed on December 14, 2016]).
  14. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: A look back at the “City of Change” . In: St.Galler Tagblatt Online . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on December 14, 2016]).
  15. ↑ Sophiensaele. In: sophiensaele.com. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Bringing reality into the theater - Styrian Autumn 2016 . In: news.ORF.at . October 14, 2016 ( orf.at [accessed December 14, 2016]). Bringing reality into the theater - Styrian Autumn 2016 ( Memento from December 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Kate Connolly: The most ambitious political theater ever staged? 14 hours at the Congo Tribunal . In: The Guardian . July 1, 2015 ( theguardian.com [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  18. ^ Baudouin Tamines: Les Prix de la Critique Théâtre et Danse. In: lesprixdelacritique.be. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016 ; accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  19. ↑ Berliner Theatertreffen 2017. Retrieved on August 20, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Milo Rau stages "Lam Gods" in Gent - God and the World . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed October 1, 2018]).
  21. ↑ Verbrecher Verlag starts new series / Golden Books by Milo Rau. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Swiss Theater Prize 2014 - Milo Rau. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  23. ↑ Radio play award of the war blind - "Hate Radio" convinces the jury . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  24. ↑ Film Art Prize. In: festival-des-deutschen-films.de. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016 ; accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  25. ↑ 9th Festival Politics in Free Theater. Congratulations to Milo Rau and the ensemble. Archived from the original on December 13, 2016 ; accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  26. ↑ Adolf Muschg: Laudation for Milo Rau: Now or never . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 10, 2015, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  27. ↑ Explosive of global conflicts. Milo Rau receives ITI award. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  28. ↑ Excessive reality or theater salvation? In: tagesanzeiger.ch. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  29. ↑ Scandal director Milo Rau: "My Parisian friends make jihad jokes" . In: watson.ch . ( watson.ch [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  30. ^ Haus der Kunst prevents Breivik play: Munich. In: The world . Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  31. ^ Christian Schmidt-Häuer: Romania: Kafka greets the Carpathians . In: The time . No. 28 , 2010 ( zeit.de ).
  32. ^ Disruption of the trial play in Moscow . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  33. ↑ Milo Raus “Five Easy Pieces”: Not a piece for children . In: bz Basel . ( bzbasel.ch [accessed December 14, 2016]).
  34. ↑ Canceled Five Easy Pieces - Mousonturm. In: mousonturm.de. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  35. ↑ Dark artistic will. Criticism of the opening speech of the "Congo Tribunal" by Milo Rau in Bukavu on May 29, 2015. Accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  36. ↑ Eugen Sorg : Catastrophe Theater in Weltwoche number 3–19 on page 8
  37. ↑ The global humanist. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
  38. ^ ITI Prize acceptance speech by Milo Rau. (PDF) Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  39. ↑ Milo Rau: radio play "Pity" by Milo Rau - WDR 3 radio play - broadcasts - program - WDR 3 - radio - WDR . November 7, 2016 ( wdr.de [accessed November 13, 2016]).
  40. ^ Message from the Residenztheater on The Dark Ages , accessed on April 17, 2015.
  41. ^ The Zurich Trials. In: SRF 1
  42. ↑ Milo Rau receives ITI Prize 2016. (PDF) Center for the Federal Republic of Germany of the International Theater Institute, February 16, 2016, archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; accessed on March 10, 2016 .
  43. ^ Baudouin Tamines: Les Prix de la Critique Théâtre et Danse. In: lesprixdelacritique.be. Archived from the original on June 28, 2016 ; accessed on June 28, 2016 .
  44. ^ "Weitererschreiben" scholarships go to three authors and a publisher. In: bernerzeitung.ch/. Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
  45. ↑ 6. Poetics Lecturer 2017: Milo Rau | Saarbrücken Poetics Lecturer for Drama. In: poetikdozentur-dramatik.de. Retrieved November 18, 2016 .
  46. ↑ Press releases: 3sat Prize for Milo Rau: 3sat press meeting. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017 ; Retrieved April 5, 2017 .
  47. ↑ Season balance sheet 2016/17 - DIE DEUTSCHE BÜHNE. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017 ; accessed on August 12, 2017 .
  48. ↑ derStandard.at: Joachim Meyerhoff voted "Actor of the Year" . Article dated August 31, 2017, accessed August 31, 2017.
  49. ^ Premio Ubu Award for Five Easy Pieces - Campo. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
  50. ↑ Zurich Film Foundation: CADRAGE - Awards and Film Awards / Cadrage 2017. Accessed on October 22, 2018 .
  51. ^ The Congo Tribunal :: Swiss Film Award. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
  52. ^ The Congo Tribunal - German Film Prize . In: German Film Award . ( deutscher-filmpreis.de [accessed on October 22, 2018]).
  53. ↑ Elena Philipp: European Theater Prize Winners 2018 announced. Accessed October 1, 2018 (German).
  54. ↑ Dominique Darzacq: Christophe Honoré, Simon Abkarian, Nicolas Bouchaud sur le podium. In: WebThéâtre. June 21, 2019, accessed March 10, 2020 (French, French Critics' Award for the best foreign drama (Meilleur spectacle étranger)).
  55. ^ Premi Ubu 2019
  56. ↑ Milo Rau takes on Munster's third poetics professorship. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Department of Philology, September 9, 2019, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  57. ↑ Swiss theater producer Milo Rau to become an honorary doctor at Ghent University. Ghent University , February 17, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Rough, Milo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss director, playwright, journalist, essayist and scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern