{"id":503,"date":"2014-07-07T08:37:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T08:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=503"},"modified":"2014-07-07T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T09:41:59","slug":"etrn-conference-thomas-ostermeier-reinventing-directors-theatre-at-the-schaubuhne-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2014\/07\/07\/etrn-conference-thomas-ostermeier-reinventing-directors-theatre-at-the-schaubuhne-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"ETRN Conference – Thomas Ostermeier: Reinventing Directors\u2019 Theatre at the Schaub\u00fchne Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the performance of Ostermeier’s 2012 Schaub\u00fchne production of Ibsen’s\u00a0An Enemy of the People (Ein Volksfeind)\u00a0<\/em>at the Barbican London (24-28 September 2014), we invite you to take part in an\u00a0International Symposium<\/strong>,\u00a0presented by:<\/em><\/p>\n

European Theatre Research Network (ETRN) \/ University of Kent, University of Essex, University of Birmingham, Universit\u00e9 de Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle, Goethe-Institut London, Institut Fran\u00e7ais & French Embassy London, Schaub\u00fchne Berlin and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday 25 & Friday 26 September 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conference Programme:<\/p>\n

Thursday 25 September 2014<\/strong>
\nVenue: Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS<\/strong>
\nMap Location: https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PAxI3; nearest underground stations: Barbican (Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan Line), Moorgate (Nothern Line)<\/p>\n

5pm<\/strong> Conference Registration, Barbican Frobisher Room.<\/p>\n

5.30pm Backstage Talk<\/strong> \u2018Making Theatre at the Schaub\u00fchne\u2019<\/strong> with Ostermeier\u2019s collaborators Jan Pappelbaum (set designer) and Florian Borchmeyer (dramaturg), hosted by designer Chloe Lamford and playwright Duncan Macmillan.\u00a0This public event can be booked separately, see below.<\/em><\/p>\n

7.45<\/strong> performance \u2018An Enemy of the People\u2019 (Barbican Theatre; for ticket holders; running time 2hrs20mins, no interval),\u00a0followed by a post-show discussion with Simon Mc Burney, Thomas Ostermeier and members of the company (Barbican Theatre)<\/p>\n


\nFriday 26 September 2014<\/strong>
\nVenue: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 62-64 Eton Avenue, London NW3 3HY
\n<\/strong>Map\u00a0Location: https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/0q63e, nearest underground stations: Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Line), Finchley Road (Metropolitan Line, ca 10 min walk)<\/p>\n

Sessions take place at New Studio<\/strong>, except for Workshop 2 at Room D<\/p>\n

9am<\/strong> arrival<\/p>\n

9.30<\/strong> Welcome<\/strong> from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the conference organisers Clare Finburgh (University of Essex), Vicky Angelaki (University of Birmingham) and Peter M Boenisch (University of Kent), followed byPlenary Session Art and the Political in Thomas Ostermeier\u2019s Theatre, with presentations from:<\/p>\n

*Jitka Goriaux Pelechov\u00e1 (Universit\u00e9 Paris 8), <\/span>The Baracke Phenomenon<\/em><\/p>\n

*Hana Worthen (Barnard College, Columbia University), Liberal Humanism and Theatrical Propriety: Thomas Ostermeier’s Ein Volksfeind in New York 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

*Marina Ceppi (University of Buenos Aires), Ostermeier in Buenos Aires: Transforming theater reception through politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

*Arnaud Ma\u00efsetti (Universit\u00e9 Aix-Marseille), <\/span>Thomas Ostermeier: Le D\u00e9pli politique de l\u2019histoire<\/em> (Paper in French, English summary provided)<\/span><\/p>\n

11.30<\/strong> break<\/em><\/p>\n

11.40<\/strong> Professor Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maurin (Universit\u00e9 de Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle), keynote lecture Thomas Ostermeier Within and Without the Schaub\u00fchne<\/strong><\/em>. Chair: Clare Finburgh, University of Essex.<\/p>\n

12.30pm<\/strong> Lunch<\/em><\/p>\n

1.30<\/strong> Thomas Ostermeier (Schaub\u00fchne Berlin), lecture \u2018Totus mundus agit histrionem\u2019: Staging and Playing Shakespeare.<\/strong><\/em> Chair: Professor Simon Shepherd, Deputy Principal, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama<\/p>\n

2.15<\/strong> Acting Ostermeier<\/strong> \u2013 Schaub\u00fchne ensemble actors Christoph Gawenda, Eva Meckbach, David Ruland and Moritz Gottwald in conversation with Ramin Gray (Artistic Director, Actors Touring Company) and Andrew Haydon (Theatre Critic, The Guardian, \u2018Postcards from the Gods\u2019<\/em>-blog)<\/p>\n

3.15<\/strong> break<\/em><\/p>\n

3.30 PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n