Robert Quitta

Robert Quitta (born September 19, 1955 in Vienna ) is an Austrian theater director and theater director.

Life

Robert Quitta studied philosophy at the University of Vienna (dissertation: Nietzsche's end as the completion of his philosophy ). In 1989 he founded the “Austrian Theater” association and has since realized over 50 productions .

Theater work

With his theater association “Austrian Theater” Robert Quitta tries to implement his own idea of ​​theater. His productions are characterized by the fact that they develop during the rehearsal process. During this process, everyone involved has an influence on the development of the piece. In addition, he does not use a written piece of text, nor an ordinary theater stage. With this way of working, Robert Quitta tries to evade a conventional definition of the term theater and to create a new awareness of the play and location and to break the expectations of the audience.

The piece

Robert Quitta uses "non-dramatic texts" for his pieces, which he finds in other genres and genres and which he assembles in his own dramaturgy. He mostly makes use of historical figures and uses original quotations that serve as the basis for his plays. The result is a text collage that is developed in a non-dialogue-like form, especially during the rehearsal process. Robert Quitta's theater work could thus be associated with the term post-dramatic theater , which was coined by Hans-Thies Lehmann , as the text is no longer seen as a template or as a stand-alone work, but its function primarily in connection with a performance situation.

The venue

The place where Robert Quitta's theater takes place has just as important a function as the text or the actors. The performances take place at a selected location that can be thematically linked to the characters shown. The venue (theater) thus becomes part of the plot, without which the play would not be self-contained. The production Galilei in der Sternwarte (1994) z. B. took place in the University Observatory in Vienna or he had Lachendes Glück (1999) performed in the Moulin Rouge in Vienna. The respective venue thus receives an important task and becomes the actor of the play. Robert Quitta also uses conventional, traditional venues such as B. in the play Julian and the Gods 1993 in the Volkstheater (Vienna) . The use of different types of venues creates a “bi-polarity” for Robert Quitta, which is characterized by site-specific peculiarities on the one hand and the fictitious representation of real locations on the other.

Awards

• 2015: Premio Giornalistico Lorenzo D'Arcangelo, Festival della Valle d'Itria

Catalog raisonné

• 1989
  • “Kafka in Kierling”, premiere: June 3, 1989, theater in the Konzerthaus
  • “Josef Roth in Paris”, premiere: October 1, 1989, theater in the Künstlerhaus
  • “Rimbaud in the tanning studio”, premiere: December 7, 1989, Sun Club Strozzigasse

• 1990
  • “Malina on the ice rink”, Vienna EV
  • "Nijinsky's Silence", premiere: March 27, 1990, ballroom of the Hotel Imperial (Vienna)
  • “Dubcek meets Pu Yi”, Schauspielhaus (Vienna) , Wiener Festwochen
  • “Wittgenstein in Trattenbach”, premiere: June 12, 1990, Theater im Konzerthaus
  • “Cravans ko”, Wiener Stadthalle
  • "Lili and Arnold go to the film", Maxingstrasse film studio

• 1991
  • "Gretchen", Virgil Chapel
  • “Pound in Pisa”, theater in the Künstlerhaus
  • “Onassis and Bloch”, theater in the Künstlerhaus
  • "Oscar Wilde and André Gide in Blida", Schauspielhaus (Vienna)
  • “Byron Swims”, city pool

• 1992
  • “Penthesilea in the Reithalle”, premiere: February 27, 1992, Wiener Reitinstitut
  • "Howard Hughes in the Penthouse", Premiere: March 31, 1992, Plaza Hotel, Suite 1013
  • “Plato in Syracuse”, premiere: June 17, 1992, Theater im Konzerthaus

• 1993
  • "Da Ponte in New York", premiere: February 18, 1993, 2 a.m., McDonald’s Schwarzenbergplatz 17, 1010 Vienna
  • "Karl Marx in Algiers", premiere: March 20, 1993, 8 pm, theater in the Künstlerhaus
  • "Julian and the Gods", premiere: May 11, 1993, 8 pm, Volkstheater (Vienna)
  • "Goldberg sleeps-Farinelli sings-Gould plays", premiere: June 26, 1993, 10 pm, theater in the Konzerthaus

• 1994
  • “Galileo in the Observatory”, premiere: November 29, 1994, University Observatory Vienna

• 1995
  • “Chekhov in Badenweiler”, premiere: July 6, 1995, Südbahnhotel , Semmering
  • “The Twelfth Night”, premiere: December 19, 1995, Theater of the Moment

• 1996
  • “Beckett in the Old People's Home”, premiere: March 26, 1996, Theater im Künstlerhaus
  • "Rossini cooks", premiere: June 28, 1996, Hotel Intercontinental

• 1997
  • "Hitler in Hawaii", premiere: April 26, 1997, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , Aktsaal
  • “Racine rides”, theater in the Künstlerhaus

• 1998
  • “Ovid fishes”, premiere: April 16, 1998, Theater im Künstlerhaus
  • “Artaud in Rodez”, premiere: November 17, 1998, Theater des Moment

• 1999
  • "Lachendes Glück", premiere: March 27, 1999, Moulin Rouge Vienna
  • “Stalin in the Vatican”, premiere: November 5, 1999, Katakomben Schottenstift Vienna

• 2000
  • "Koan", the theater Künstlerhaus Vienna
  • "Brecht is converted", theater of the moment

• 2001
  • "Adieu Europe", anatomy room of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  • "Winkelmann is slaughtered", Theseus temple in the Volksgarten Vienna
  • “Nobody”, dietheater Künstlerhaus

• 2002
  • "Feydeau in the madhouse", foyer of the Art Nouveau Theater Vienna
  • “Nestroy laughs” at the Künstlerhaus theater

• 2003
  • “Jünger and Nabokov hunt”, dietheater Künstlerhaus
  • "Büchner dissects" theater of the moment

• 2004
  • “Tolstoy in Astapovo”, Pulkau station
  • "Molière dies", Art Nouveau Theater Vienna Wiener Festwochen
  • "Strindberg experiments", theater in the concert hall

• 2005
  • “D'Annunzio over Vienna”, premiere: July 25, 2005, aircraft hangar at Spitzerberg airfield

• 2006
  • “Celan in the Black Forest”, premiere: January 18, 2006, Theater des Moment
  • “Freud analyzes himself”, premiere: December 9, 2006, Theater im Nestroyhof

• 2013
  • "Zarathustra spoke", (in German), Austrian Cultural Forum, Tehran
  • "Zartosht doft", (in Persian), Garden of the Music Museum, Tehran

Individual evidence

1. ^ Robert Quitta: Nietzsche's end as the completion of his philosophy . Diss. Univ. Vienna. 1988.
2. ^ Lehmann, Hans-Thies: Post-dramatic theater. Frankfurt am Main: Publishing house of the authors. 2005 ³ . P. 13. ISBN 3-88661-284-8
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