Round theater
The concept of the round theater , presented by the Swiss set designer and theater building visionary André Perrottet von Laban in September 1949, is based on the idea of a central, rotating auditorium surrounded by a ring-shaped stage.
This arrangement allows not only rapid changes of scene, but also the creation of any number of stage sections in different sizes. All the scenes required for a performance can be set up in advance and become visible when the auditorium (including any orchestra pit) is rotated accordingly and adjusted to the desired stage section. The gondola above the auditorium, which carries the lighting fixtures and the people who operate them, can also be rotated. Further elements of the theater are the artists' dressing rooms that adjoin the stage, as well as the foyer and the ticket office.
The entire theater building can be dismantled so that it can be quickly demolished and rebuilt elsewhere. The rollers used for the rotatable mounting of the auditorium and the stage supports are designed in such a way that they can also be used as components of the wagons used to transport the theater. The whole theater can be easily transported on around 12 carriages and can therefore also be used as a traveling theater.
Thanks to its modular design, the theater can easily be adapted to the requirements of the respective performance (drama, opera, chamber play, arena) or converted for other purposes (congresses, exhibitions).
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Project of a new type of theater . In: Tages-Anzeiger . September 3, 1949.