Northeast (Drama)
Nordost is a drama by Torsten Buchsteiner and depicts the hostage-taking in Moscow's Dubrowka Theater (in which the musical Nord-Ost was played at the time of the hostage-taking ) in October 2002 with three women .
people
- Zura, Chechenin, widow of the Chechen Aslan
- Tamara, Lettin, widow of the Russian Nikolaj
- Olga, Russian, married to the Russian Oleg
content
The drama deals with three Moscow women: the Chechen assassin Zura, the Russian accountant Olga and the Latvian doctor Tamara. Zura and 41 other hostage-takers stormed the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow on October 23, 2002. Olga, her husband and her nine-year-old daughter watch the musical and become hostages of the Chechens. Tamara is in an ambulance at the time, and the Chechens accept that she will take care of the hostages.
From now on, the course of the hostage-taking will be treated from the perspectives of these three women.
After the hostage-taking of Russian police units was ended by means of a gas attack and numerous fatalities were accepted, the piece ends with the news report: The government paid 3,150 euros for each hostage killed. Survivors got half.
premiere
- April 22nd, 2006 at the Royal Dramatic Theater Dramaten in Stockholm , directed by Ellen Lamm
Publications (selection)
- Nordost by Torsten Buchsteiner, a cooperation with the Ensemble Cantadores, staging: Eva Hosemann, actresses: Zura: Adriana Kocijan, Tamara: Petra Weimer, Olga: Janin Roeder, program booklet, guest performance Theater Rampe Stuttgart at Kosmos Theater Vienna 2009.
Awards
- 2005: Else Lasker Schüler Dramatist Prize
- 2005: Jury Prize of the 1st St. Gallen Author Days
Reviews
- In the northeast, Buchsteiner addresses the Chechnya conflict in general and, in particular, the hostage-taking that occurred in a Moscow musical theater in 2002. He negotiates the complex problem based on the fate of three differently affected women. Press release Else-Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize
- An explosive, political material - dramatically and convincingly implemented. St. Galler Tagblatt
- The trick is to condense the highly complex subject of terror into exemplary form. Despite the violence scenario, it is an almost intimate piece: a piece in which only three voices, those of Zura, Tamara and Olga, can be heard, individually at first, then meeting, crossing, interweaving, and finally again in isolation , alone. Monologues, dialogues, trialogues - plus a prologue and an epilogue: the piece has an almost classic structure, and it has a rhythm, an acceleration, an emotional compression that touches, frightens, shocks. An amazing moment in contemporary history. Gerhard Jörder , ZEIT
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kosmos Theater Wien ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Northeast by Torsten Buchsteiner, Vienna January 2009.
