Based On A True Story By Truman Capote
- a Video Essay
Based On A True Story By Truman Capote - a Video Essay
Volkstheater, Munich, dir. Ruben Müller
Premiere 4th July 2024
"In 1959, the Clutter family in Kansas was murdered in cold blood in the middle of the night. Just seven years later, the author Truman Capote published an incredible novel about the crime. His research was as unique as it was questionable. In his book, the film based on it, and the real case, the who, where, when and how are clarified - only the why remains open. In the video essay "Based on a true story by Truman Capote," three performers delve into the famous crime case, entangle themselves in digressions and spin a web driven by conspiracy and paranoia. What does the fatal assassination of the 35th US President Kennedy have to do with true crime? What does it mean when people feel as if they are no longer living in our shared reality, but in a film, a story? And how can a real event be portrayed at all?" – Volkstheater München
Direction // Ruben Müller
Performers // Nicolai Kaps, Cornelius Kiene, Elisabeth Nittka
Stage and Video // Chloe Kelly
Costume // Katharina Quandt
Dramaturgy // Paulina Wawerla
Mentor // Hannah Schünemann
Director's Assistant // David Schmidt
Photos ©️ Sabrina Lößl-Lamboy
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GRIPS, Berlin, dir. Jacqueline Reddington
Premiere 21st March 2024
"A play about online culture, toxic masculinity and the search for the right place in the midst of first love.
Like many teenagers, 14-year-old Luc lives digitally...What does it mean to be a "real" man and how do you have a first love affair? He searches for answers on the endless internet: from social media stars and fitness trainers to dating coaches, pick-up artists and porn stars. They all know how to do it. Luc's expectations of himself and Pauline rise immeasurably... In a moment of carelessness, he sends a questionable message to Pauline instead of his mates. A conflict arises that puts their continued acquaintance to the test."
– GRIPS Berlin
Direction // Jacqueline Reddington
Performers // Marcel Herrnsdorf, Lisa Klabunde
Stage and Costume // Florian Buder
Music and Composition // Markus Rom
Video // Chloe Kelly
Dramaturgy // Tobias Diekmann
Theatre Pedagogy // Anna-Sophia Fritsche
Director's Assistant // Christina Tischler
Photos ©️ David Baltzer
Alles In Ordnung
Alles in Ordnung
Theater Discounter Berlin, dir. Charlotte Lorenz
Premiere 14th Oct. 2022
"Alles in Ordnung takes us to the film set of a crime thriller. While we follow a hot lead, the actors go in search of that “police feeling”. Based on interviews with real police officers, candidates and those who embody them in films and series, the suspense of the investigation creates a documentary fiction about the self-image of police officers on screen and in real life.
In the interviews, it became clear how great the influence of idealized crime images is on people's desire to become a police officer. With their ensemble, they condense the collected, conflicting original tones into a funny plot and examine the potential to question the institution. Could reflecting on media representation encourage us to imagine a world without police?"
– Theater Discounter
Direction // Charlotte Lorenz
Performers // Linda Vaher, Johanna Meinhard, Jakob D’Aprile
Text // Charlotte Lorenz, Jakob D’Aprile
Dramaturgy // Olga Hohmann
Stage, Video, Camera // Milena Bühring
Stage // Chloe Kelly
Costume // Nuria Heyck
Costume Assistence // Felicitas Fairlie
Production Manager // Jasna Witkoski
Director's Assistence // Charlotte Schmekel
Photos ©️ Lea Hopp
Der Diskrete Charme Der Reduktion
Der Diskrete Charme Der Reduktion
Komische Oper, Berlin, dir. Schorsch Kamerun
Premiere 17th Feb. 2023
"Schorsch Kamerun, together with the musician PC Nackt and other artists, ask the questions:
How can the urge to spread be dealt with in a generally compatible way? What attractive strategies can be found despite material withdrawal? The Discrete Charm of Reduction condenses collected voices of the citizens, sorts images, reviews old ideals and develops a music-theatrical happening between dream imagination and trauma". – Komischer Oper Berlin
Direction, Concept, Composition, Music, Text // Schorsch Kamerun
Music Composition and Arrangement // PC Nackt
Stage Design and Props // Katja Eichbaum
Live-Camera and Video // Kathrin Krottenthaler
Dramaturgy // Christina Runge
Production Manager // Rebecca Undine Schettler
Artistic Direction of the Richard Choir Neukölln // Irene Baumann
Choir Master // Paul Pathenheimer
Director's Assistant // Sophie Louise Busch
Stage Manager // Lara Yilmaz
Prop Assistance // Roxanne Töpper
Piano and Electronics // PC Nackt
Performer Text // Annemaaike Bakker
Singer // Ivan Turšić
'Citizen' Performers // Der Richardchor Neukölln, Rahul Chakraborty, Dominik Fornezzi, Chloe Kelly, Mizi Lee, Detlev Lutz, Zuzia Salicka, Mascha Schädlich, Esther Wawerda, Julian Willming, Marie Zbikowska
Musicians from the Komische Oper Berlin // Deniz Tahberer, Bernhard von der Gabelentz, Julia Lindner de Azevedo Conte, Christian Tränkner, Jörg Lorenz, Mario Kopf, Katrin Vogel
Photos ©️ Jaro Suffner
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