Ongoing Thought
With the director Susanne Kennedy. Mediation Stephan Baumgartel (UDESC)
March 17th, from 11:10am to 12:30am | Venue: Itaú Cultural
Crossing Dialogues
With Maria Homem
March 16th after the performance | Venue: Sesc Pinheiros
Synopsis
Director Susanne Kennedy appropriates the eponymous film of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a director fascinated by the pathologies of everyday life. The film, produced in collaboration with Michael Fengler in 1970, tells the story of an ordinary man who does exactly what is expected of him in all areas of his life. A vague and unspoken aggression begins to grow secretly in this void. It is directed against a world determined by prejudice, frustration and gossip. In the theater version signed by Susanne Kennedy, the actors use silicon masks and move in sync with pre-recorded audio voices.
History
The Münchner Kammerspiele are among the most important stages in the German-speaking context. Since its beginnings, the theatre has been shaped by a strong ensemble, which particularly seeks the dialogue and confrontation with the present. The Münchner Kammerspiele conceive themselves as an aesthetically innovative, contemporary, and cosmopolitan municipal theatre with a socio-political focus. At the beginning of the season 2015/16, Matthias Lilienthal took over the artistic direction of the Münchner Kammerspiele. A “municipal theatre of a new type”, “the Munich blend”, “club”, “hybrid” – these are some of the slogans that have been used to describe the experimental arrangement that commenced at Maximilianstraße in autumn 2015. The central parameters in this constellation are the strong ensemble composed of some well-known and some new faces and the increasing internationalisation of the theatre, which invites directors such as Philippe Quesne, Rabih Mroué, and Toshiki Okada. The in-house directors for the season 2015/2026 are Nicolas Stemann and Christopher Rüping. The Kammerspiele probe diverse forms of and approaches to work and the production conditions are custom-made for each director or collective.
Credits
Director: Susanne Kennedy
Author: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
Actors: Suzanna Boogaerdt, Katja Bürkle, Walter Hess, Christian Löber, Edmund Telgenkämper
Cast of support: Kristin Elsen, Renate Lewin, Sybille Sailer, Manuela Clarin, Ingmar Thilo, Herbert Volz
Stage Design by: Lena Newton
Costume Design: Lotte Goos
Video: Lena Newton, Ikenna David Okegwo
Sound Design: Richard Janssen
Light Design: Jürgen Kolb
Dramaturgy: Koen Tachelet and Johanna Höhmann
Local production and technical team: Julio Cesarini, Lara Bordin, Daniela Gomes Colazante, Jamile Cristina Gomes Valente, Emerson Murade, Rodrigo Gava, Danilo Tadeu Cruvinel, Fernando Zimolo, Isadora Giuntini, Patricia Savoy, Wanderley Wagner da Silva, Rafael Alcantara, Enrique Houses, Paulo Ricardo Fernandes
Portuguese version: Christine Röhrig
