It was a premiere celebrity-filled, for the first time in the history of the three most famous theaters in the city, it gave them all three together on one stage: Martin Kušej, director of the Bavarian State play, Johan Simons, director of the Munich Studio Theater and Christian Stueckl, Director People spoke of the theater as part of the event series "inside and outside" on "theater and a city-living room."
Initiated this discussion by a introductory talk by Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rumelin, was professor of philosophy at the LMU, and acted as moderator, Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme, director of the Institute of Theatre Studies at LMU.
The motto of this matinee seemed to be a quote from Herbert Achternbusch: "You have no chance, but I use them!" That Johan Simons mentioned in passing. Theater that never reaches the "audience" of a television blockbuster, has always been beyond dispute. The really interesting questions this morning were in fact, what the population go to the theater? How it manages to inspire the younger generation? And what role does the culture of politics? But: Does / should a production be influenced city-specific, or if there is a trend towards a European or even world enter the theater?
With the "mask of the philosopher," opened Professor D. Nida-Rumelin the event and its principles for a good city seemed so simple as essential: the city is the humanistic individualism, which is a non-free control by others and self-design, promote, cooperate and cultural openness and help serve as a space for cultural encounters, the place of design.
The panel discussion was not only focused on such abstract topics, rather it was a good opportunity to get to know three principal directors of the city's buildings. Whether Stückl difficult legacy to Ruth Drexel, recipes on web Kušej Martin and Simon's battle against the TV-this round of talks was a love letter to theater and to the city of Munich. And it was a question discussed especially in detail: How do you get other population groups as the "educated classes" for his performances? Kušej argued in this context for an opening of the theater with new formats, the lift down the theater from the base of the "temple of art". The folk theater has already done this step, "young radical" with its theaters, there are new directors a platform and a new, young, multicultural audience will thank him. But it's always changing the role of the theater itself? Prof. Dr. Nida Rümelin criticized at this point, the cultural policy, which promotes culture in public schools too little and thus hinders the two-way street theater city on their side. And so very wrong this view is not too sure, almost every theater has a boys club now and the People's Theatre presents, for example, almost every new production of teaching material. Simon mentioned here a survey of young people who complain, especially the length and complexity of the theater. Here is the otherwise rather reserved acting director properly tempered and calls pieces of six hours and the end of populism, based on the television culture. And Martin Kušej sees long-term black, shallowness and stupidity be stopped without the help of the policy is difficult.
So overall pessimistic outlook for the Metropolitan Theatre?
Overall, all participants spoke in favor of opening the theater to Europe from out of a "world theater" was the speech and Prof. Dr. Balme was considered that it spite of TV and Internet nowadays so many forms of theater like never before existed in Germany. The theater is not so vulnerable, and these three directors have done their homework on the subject of opening, the policy is now your turn to support this development. And how close are we already in a cosmopolitan theater, and Prof. Dr. Balme very aptly remarked: The round consisted of a New Zealander, a Dutchman, one Austrian, one of Upper Bavaria and Munich.
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