Titanick Theater
Theater Titanick is an open-air - theater group based in Münster and Leipzig .
history
In autumn 1989, artists from Münster - Clair Howells, Jürgen Assmann and Uwe Köhler - developed the idea of establishing a new form of theater in public space with the aim of telling stories in large pictures in a cross-cultural way. As part of a cultural exchange, contact was made with artists in Leipzig and it was decided to realize the first joint project - Titanic . The group was founded in 1990 as a cooperation project between artists from Münster and Leipzig as an East-West cooperation and has been led by four of the founding members since then.
On August 4, 1990, the first open air production Titanic was staged as part of the city sound festival at Aasee in Münster and the title gave the group its name. The cooperation between Münster and Leipzig continues to this day, expanded by numerous international artists. The newly formed group developed its own style over the course of the first three years. With large objects, spectacular effects and grotesque figures, Theater Titanick wants to tell stories of people, nature and technology in pictures.
style
The Titanick style is characterized by the emancipation of all theatrical forms of expression, simultaneously and next to each other, formed into a unity. The aim is a total work of art in which the elements of the visual, the material, the optics, the light and the special effects play just as important a role as the drama, the music, the choreography, the dance and the acrobatics. In atmospheric images, Theater Titanick tells of mythical themes, of people, nature and technology. The actions are shaped by poetic scenarios, wild actions, grotesque characters and weird humor. It is centuries-old traditions of European folk theater that Theater Titanick takes up and combines with modern forms of expression.
Productions
The production of Titanic was followed by Troy in 1996/97 , an open air production about the fall of a city, in which the group first dealt with the subject of war. In 1999, Insect was created , an open air fable about the dream of flying, in which Theater Titanick takes the audience into the world of ants. The dream of flying is also the central theme of the production Firebirds , which was made in 2001, inspired by the film The daredevil men in their flying boxes . Five pilots compete with their daring flight companions for the best launch site and the favor of the audience. But only the black angel decides who is allowed to fly in the end. The parade is accompanied by the French fanfare Le SNOB from Niort / France.
On behalf of the Regional 2004 the left and right of the Ems produced theater Titanick his most elaborate production on flood flotsam , actors first ventured onto the water in, there to tell a story of flood victims and the mystical world of ghosts in on floating islands. In 2007 the production Odyssey was presented in Münster. It tells the story of a traveling theater company that wants to perform Homer's Odyssey, but experiences its own odyssey during construction and rehearsals. Here, the fictional levels are mixed up and images are created that belong to the real world of theater as well as to the mystical, ancient world of the epic.
On behalf of the Electricity Works of the Canton of Zurich (EKZ), Theater Titanick developed the production Unter Strom , which was performed forty times in the Canton of Zurich as part of the 100th anniversary of the EKZ in 2008.
Special productions
In addition to the tour productions, Theater Titanick repeatedly develops smaller and larger commissioned productions for special occasions and special locations. An example of this is the city production Pax , which Theater Titanick staged in 1998 on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster, Osnabrück and several other cities. Over 150 actors turned the city centers into a stage. Also in 1998 Titanick developed a mobile production for the daily pilgrimage of the arts at the EXPO in Lisbon, Portugal: Message-in-a-bottle , a huge steel, mobile insect that could absorb information and store it in its body for posterity. For the turn of the millennium , Theater Titanick produced Götterfunken on Augustusplatz in Leipzig - a production about Prometheus and the four elements.
In 2003 the city production of Helden, Köter und Fraun was staged , a commissioned production by the Kleistforum Frankfurt (Oder) about the battle of the sexes. Square root is the name of the city staging that was developed in 2007 for the 400th anniversary of Mannheim and took up central themes from the city's history. The city of Mülheim celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2008 with the production of AufRuhr .
Awards
- In 1994, Theater Titanick received first prize at the Belgrade Mira Trailovic International Theater Festival for its production Titanic .
- It was also Titanic in Manchester as a Cultural Event of the Year 1997 Award and won
- 2002 the Coupe de coeur press award at the Juste pour Rire festival in Montreal, Canada.
- Odyssey was unanimously chosen as the best production of the festival in 2009 by the jury of the Tvrdjava Teatar 01 - Fortress Theater 01 festival in Smederevo, Serbia.
- 2011 winner of the 11th International Street Theater Festival Holzminden for "" Blast Furnace Symphony "
- 2017 Winner of the 14th International Street Theater Festival Holzminden for "Alice on the Run"