A new play by Karen Malpede translated from American English into German by Henning Bochert In the wake of the climate apocalypse,four rebels enact a daring planto give birth to something new –to beings other than we. A New York Times Critics’ Pick for “Theater This Season,” Fall 2019
From 10 to 13 October, 2019, the UNC (University of North Carolina) Chapel Hill hosts its second conference on theatre translation, organised by Adam Versenyi. To my great delight, one of the four translated plays presented there in staged readings is Bernhard Studlar’s IPLAY which I translated into English.
Eurodram – European network for drama in translation 2018 Honours – Selection of original texts Eurodram, the European network for drama in translation, is delighted to announce its 2018 selection of plays recommended for translation. These have been chosen by 282 members of 27 language committees, out of the 746 original plays received in 2017. […]
On 28 March 2018, Patrick Ellsworth’s play DANCER IN THE DARK (after Lars von Trier’s renowned movie) will open at Thalia Theater Hamburg, directed by Bastian Kraft. The first few performances at Thalia Theater will be on these dates:
The opening of GROUNDED (German title: AM BODEN) at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Zittau on 29 September 2017, was good for a surprise. Knowing the director, I expected it to be good, of course. What I was not prepared for, however, was its disciplined strictness, however, in which the demanding production goes farther than […]
George Brant’s play GROUNDED (entitled AM BODEN in my German translation) will see seven German-language productions this season: in Kassel, Markus Dietz directs Michaela Klamminger as the pilot, the show opens today, on 15/09/17, in Zittau, Dorotty Szalma
A Week With The Fence
The Fence, this “strange animal”, as its founder Jonathan Meth calls it, is a circle of professional friends all over the world, a club, really, that operates on a recommendation basis. Its focus lies on the work of playwriting, of developing plays, working with directors and dramaturgs.