Theatre, & Dance – archive
Tuesday 24 June, 7.30pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
A2: the future of death
The future of death is an evolving body of work, re-created and filmed reflecting the time, place, concerns and abilities of the people involved in each performance. The work explores how the fear of death relates and translates across diverse cultures, faiths and communities. The Austrian Cultural Forum will host a screening of A2’s performance-installation, in which 40 Viennese participants are gradually buried under earth.
Commissioned by WUK
For more information visit www.a2company.org
Venue & Information
Austrian Cultural Forum London
London 28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
T: 020 7225 7300
E: culture@austria.org.uk
Thursday 12 June, 7pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
Through Every Flood: Wilhelm Reich
Compiled and presented by Gerald Davidson
This performance will address the life, times and theories of the controversial and radical psychoanalyst and sexologist Wilhelm Reich. Reich, of Jewish descent and a communist, fled Europe and settled in the USA in 1939. In 1957 he was investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and eventually sentenced to two years in prison where he died just over fifty years ago on November 3,1957.
Venue & Information
Austrian Cultural Forum London
London 28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
T: 020 7225 7300
E: culture@austria.org.uk
Wednesday 14 May, 7.30pm
Swedenborg Hall, London
Eyewitness ‘38
Piers Burton-Page presents an evening of readings with music to mark the 70th anniversary of the Anschluss, Hitler’s annexation of Austria and its tragic aftermath.
Tickets: in advance from 01730 268635 / piers@freeuk.com
Venue and Information
Swedenborg Hall, London
Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2TH
Thursday 8 & Friday 9 May 2008
Battersea Arts Centre, London
Und by Doris Uhlich
As part of the BURST festival in London (8-25 May) the Austrian dancer and choreographer Doris Uhlich will present her final major project ‘Und’. This remarkable production brings together 9 actors between the ages of 60 and 86.
To produce the choreography Uhlich spent time with her cast, individually at their home or in the rehearsal space. This piece is an exploration of the language and expressions she observed and by starting with rudimentary movements like walking, standing, sitting, lying. Each performer creates an individual choreography testing the fragility and robustness of their older bodies.
Venue and Information
Battersea Arts Centre, London
Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN,
T 020 7223 2223 or www.bac.org.uk
Sunday 16 March, 7:30pm Arcola Theatre, London AND Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 March
Austrian Cultural Forum London
Alyona
written and directed by Christian Winkler
music by Ian Grundy
Alyona - a not too fictional location. A place. A village. A town. In any case, there is a slaughterhouse in this place - the failed venture of Heather, Anna and Judy. Now the three women have created their own world. They persuade themselves that everything is ok; that nothing happened: ‘You can live with everything and anything’.
Booking information - Sunday 16 March: Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola St., London E8 2DJ
Box Office: 020 7503 7646; www.arcolatheatre.com
Venue & Information
Austrian Cultural Forum London
London 28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
T: 020 7225 7300
E: culture@austria.org.uk
Tuesday 11 - Wednesday 12 March 2008, 7:30pm AND
Wednesday 12 March 2008, 1:30pm
Contact Theatre, Manchester
Ein Jedermann
by Felix Mitterer
Presented by The German Society, University of Manchester
Ein Jedermann is a very modern adaptation of a classic mystery play about greed, selfishness and repentance, set in the world of high finance and arms deals. Watch God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Devil as well as mere mortals all put in an appearance to compete for the soul of “Everyman”. Funny and thought-provoking.
All performances in German.
£6/£4
Venue and Information
Contact Theatre, Manchester
15 Oxford Rd
T 0161 274 0600
Tuesday 11 March 2008, 7pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
Eyewitness ‘38
Compiled and presented by Piers Burton-Page
An evening of readings to mark the 70th anniversary of the so-called Anschluss, Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany. Drawn from a variety of eyewitness accounts charting the background, the arrival of the Germans, and the aftermath in Vienna and elsewhere, this will be a commemoration of one of the darkest periods in recent Austrian history.
Venue & Information
Austrian Cultural Forum London
London 28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
T: 020 7225 7300
E: culture@austria.org.uk
Thursday 28 February - 1 March 2008
Colour House Theatre, Merton Mills
Siberia
by Felix Mitterer
Lyonsdale Productions are reviving Siberia, by Felix Mitterer, one of Austria’s most distinguished contemporary dramatists, translated by Patrick Drysdale and Michael Lyons. The play’s one character is an old man, played by Tom Bewley, confined to a residential home, which he compares unfavourably with the Siberian prisoner-of-war camp where he was imprisoned during the Second World War. His monologue is a brilliant series of anecdotes, diatribes, and imaginary conversations. The performances will be at the , Merton Mills (South Wimbledon), at 7.30 p.m. from 28th February to 1st March 2008.
Venue and Information
Colour House Theatre, Merton Mills
15 Oxford Rd
T 0161 274 0600
Friday 22 & Saturday 23 February 2008, 7:30pm
Adam House Theatre, Edinburgh
Elfriede Jelinek, ‘Was geschah nachdem Nora ihren
Mann verlassen hatte…
University of Edinburgh German language play 2008
Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004. Her play, Was geschah, nachedem Nora ihren Mann verlassen hatte ( What Happened after Nora Left Her Husband) of 1979 is Jelinek’s first play and introduces many of the themes and innovations that later characterized her work. By envisioning her own sequel to the fate of Henrik Ibsen’s heroine Nora from A Doll’s House (1879), Jelinek questions whether the progress of the women’s movement has indeed brought women true liberation and equality.
Venue and Information
Adam House Theatre, Edinburgh
9-16 Chambers Street, EH1 1HR
Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 February 2008
New Moves at Tramway 4, Glasgow
Kurt Hentschläger: Feed
Kurt Hentschläger has created an audiovisual immersive dance performance which is intended to be experienced rather than just watched. The Austrian, who lives and works in Chicago, is known for his dramatic audiovisual environments. Hentschläger employs large scale projected images and soundscapes to overwhelm his audience with sensory information. His recent work examines the nature of human perception and the impact of new technologies on individual consciousness.
For more information please visit:
www.tramway.org; www.newmoves.co.uk/kurthentschlager; www.hentschlager.info