René Pollesch
Ruhrtrilogy Parts 1-3
Martin Laberenz, Trystan Pütter, Catrin Striebeck, Christine Groß in: Cinecittà Aperta, Ruhrtrilogy Part 2 / Photo: Thomas Aurin
"I'm waiting for my fucking life to decrypt," exclaims a character in René Pollesch’s "Heidi Hoh arbeitet hier nicht mehr" (Heidi Hoh no longer works here) from the year 2000. The key motif of his work is the constant attempt by everyone involved to get to grips with a world that has become unmanageable. The actor's tirades reveal neither defined characters nor cohesive storylines. Instead, the performer's flow of words jumps from one association to the next, often at break-neck speed, moving between film quotations, social critique and philosophical models of thought proposed by philosophers from Agamben to Baudrillard.
"My work," says Pollesch, "lives from a competence for what my problems are, from my desire to locate myself, my desire to orientate myself and from the attendant energy." His works deal with the ongoing economisation of every area of life, the privatisation of private space, the concept of the middle-class family and the disintegration of a human subject in the media age.
Spread over three years, the Ruhrtrilogy is an open-air project in which the urban landscape of the Ruhr plays a supporting role. To conclude the project and as an additional highlight of the Capital of Culture programme, all three episodes were performed in succession during June.
Scripted and directed by: René Pollesch
Stage design: Bert Neumann
Costumes: Nina von Mechow
Camera: Ute Schall
Dramatic adaptation: Aenne Quiñones
June 18 – 26, 2010
Open-air, Ringlokschuppen, Mülheim an der Ruhr
18 June 2010, 9 p.m.
Première: "Der perfekte Tag" (The Perfect Day) PART 3
With Fabian Hinrichs and Volker Spengler
Additional performances: 19 / 20 / 25 June 2010
€ 20.00 / concessions € 10.00
23 June 2010, 9 p.m.
"Tal der fliegenden Messer" (Valley of the Flying Knives) PART 1
With Inga Busch, Christine Groß, Nina Kronjäger, Martin Laberenz, Trystan Pütter, Volker Spengler
€ 20.00 / concessions € 10.00
24 June 2010, 9 p.m.
"Cinecittà Aperta" PART 2
With Inga Busch, Christine Groß, Martin Laberenz, Trystan Pütter, Catrin Striebeck
€ 20.00 / concessions € 10.00
26 June 2010, 9 p.m.
The Perfect Night: RUHRTRILOGY PARTS 1– 3
Combined ticket: € 35.00 / concessions € 20.00
The combined ticket allowed the holder to watch all three parts during "The Perfect Night" or watch the parts individually on the given dates.
Tickets:
via the ticket hotline: tel. +49 (0)1805 15 2010 (€ 0.14/minute from German landlines, calls from mobile phones cost no more than € 0.42/minute) or from www.ruhr2010.de/tickets.
"Cinecittà Aperta" guest performance, International Theatre Festival, Istanbul: 12 and 13 May 2010
"Der perfekte Tag" guest performance, International Keuze Festival, Rotterdam: 17 / 18 / 19 September 2010
A co-production of Ringlokschuppen Mülheim an der Ruhr with Volksbühne Berlin, Rotterdamse Schouwburg and the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. Sponsored by the NRW Artistic Foundation, the City of Mülheim an der Ruhr, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch Theatre Institute and SMW GmbH.
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