Theater of the East

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Vera Oelschlegel in Goya , Wels, October 2007

The Theater des Ostens was a German touring theater .

history

It was founded in 1990 as the first and only touring theater in the New Federal States by Vera Oelschlegel , Gregor Edelmann and André Plath with the aim of developing closed ensemble performances at a high linguistic and performance level. In doing so, manual theater work based on old training should be performed.

The production The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco was awarded the 2nd prize of the 2003/04 season by the members of the community of interests of the cities with theater guest performances INTHEGA . In addition, the production was awarded the Balingen Theater Prize for the best performance of the 2003/04 season by the Balingen audience. The main roles are played by Dieter Wien (William von Baskerville), Fabian Oscar Wien (Adson von Melk) and Helmut Krauss (Abbot Abo), Vera Oelschlegel is the director, Reinhart Zimmermann sets the stage and Elke Eckardt does the costumes.

As announced in 2012, the theater stopped touring after the 2012/2013 season.

Productions

  • Friedrich Nietzsche - I am loneliness as a person - written / directed by Gregor Edelmann (1990)
  • August Strindberg - Dance of Death - directed by Gregor Edelmann, set design by Peter Kempe, costumes by Christine Stromberg (1991)
  • Eugène Ionesco - The Chairs - Director Ekkehard Emig, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Eleonore Kleiber (1991)
  • Rainer Maria Rilke - Recital - with Vera Oelschlegel and Hans-Peter Minetti (1992)
  • Jean Racine - Phädra - directed by Gregor Edelmann, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Eleonore Kleiber (1994)
  • Gregor Edelmann - The Last Love of the Marquis de Sade - Directed by Vera Oelschlegel, with Hans-Peter Minetti and Patricia Ell, set design by Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes by Eleonore Kleiber (1994–1995)
  • Frank Wedekind - Fritz Schwigerling or Der Liebestrank - Direction Vera Oelschlegel, Music Bernd Wefelmeyer, Choreography D. Efstratiou, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Eleonore Kleiber (1995)
  • Ira Levin - Die Todesfalle - directed by Gregor Edelmann, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Eleonore Kleiber (1995)
  • Ernst Jünger - A portrait »I live« That means: I'll take a trip back in time - Book Frank Hörnigk (1995)
  • Anton Chekhov - Der Kirschgarten - Directed by Vera Oelschlegel, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Eleonore Kleiber (1996)
  • Henrik Ibsen - Ghosts - Directed by Vera Oelschlegel, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Eleonore Kleiber (1997)
  • Brecht - Revue - Because how you make your bed, that's how you lie or what does the world cost? - Written / directed by Manfred Wekwerth, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Ursula Wolf (1998)
  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Iphigenie auf Tauris - directed by Manfred Wekwerth, set design by Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes by Ursula Wolf (1998)
  • Manfred Wekwerth - Dangerous Liaisons - Scenes based on Choderlos de Laclos - Directed by Manfred Wekwerth, set design by Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes by Ursula Wolf (1999)
  • Heiner Müller - The hapless angel or pictures of women - Book Gregor Edelmann (2000)
  • Bernard Shaw - Die Millionärin - Directed by Kurt Veth, set by Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes by Ursula Wolf (2000)
  • Maxim Gorki - Children of the Sun - Directed by Vera Oelschlegel, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Elke Eckardt (2001)
  • Bernard Shaw - Die heilige Johanna - directed by Jürgen Kern, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Elke Eckardt (2003)
  • Umberto Eco - Der Name der Rose - Directed by Vera Oelschlegel, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Elke Eckardt (2003)
  • Theodor Storm - Der Schimmelreiter - directed by Vera Oelschlegel, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Elke Eckardt (2005)
  • The great day - directed by Vera Oelschlegel, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Elke Eckardt (2006)
  • Goya based on the novel by Lion Feuchtwanger - directed by Vera Oelschlegel, set design by Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes by Elke Eckardt (2007)
  • William Shakespeare - The Merry Wives of Windsor - Directed by Vera Oelschlegel, Set Designer Reinhart Zimmermann, Costumes Elke Eckardt (2009)
  • Herman Melville - Moby Dick - directed by Vera Oelschlegel, set designer Reinhart Zimmermann, costumes Elke Eckardt (2010)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.taz.de/Schauspielerin-Vera-Oelschlegel/!99389/
  2. ^ "Last curtain for the Theater des Ostens" on the official website of the theater (accessed July 24, 2013)