Theaterfestival Spielart

The Theaterfestival Spielart is an international theatre festival which takes place every two years during November and December in Munich, starting in 1995. The festival lasts between 15 and 17 days. Guests usually include over 20 international theater and performance groups.

History

The Spielart Theater Festival has existed since 1995 and continues the traditional theater festival from Thomas Petz in Munich (1979-1985). Spielart mainly consists of independent theater groups that maintain an experimental approach to the theater art form. The program of 1995 stated that Spielart wanted to promote new unconventional theater, which overrides all geographical and thematic restrictions.

The festival has been led by Tilmann Broszat since 1995. He designs the program together with Gottfried Hattinger.[1]

Structure

Sponsoring organization of the theatre festival is the 1979 founded Spielmotor München e.V. , a public-private partnership between BMW and the City of Munich.[2]

Program

Spielart has broight guest performances from renowned international artists to Munich since 1995. The guests include:

Venues

Spielart does not have its own venue. The guests performances are shown at various locations in Munich. The festival cooperates regularly with the Muffatwerk, the Gasteig, the Munich Kammerspiele, as well as the I-camp / Neues Theater München and the Pathos Transport Theater. Close connections exist with the Institute for Theatre Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding.

References
  1. Katalin Fischer (21 November 2011). ""Nicht repertoirefähig"" (in German). Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. "Modern and Contemporary Art". BMW Group. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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