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SCHAUBÜHNE BERLIN<br />

TRUST<br />

A project by Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk<br />

Direction and choreography by Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk<br />

WHEN<br />

Thursday 24 February–Wednesday 2 March<br />

WHERE<br />

His Majesty's Theatre<br />

This performance is 1 hour and 45 minutes with no interval<br />

Supported by<br />

Performed by<br />

Peter Cseri<br />

Anouk van Dijk<br />

Lea Draeger<br />

Jack Gallagher<br />

Vincent Redetzki<br />

A co-production with anoukvandijk dc<br />

11 FEbRuARY– 7 MARch<br />

perthfestival.com.au<br />

GERMANY<br />

Judith Rosmair<br />

Kay Bartholomäus Schulze<br />

Stefan Stern<br />

Nina Wollny<br />

Malte Beckenbach (musician)


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Schaubühne Berlin<br />

TRuST<br />

A project by Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk<br />

Performed by<br />

Peter Cseri<br />

Anouk van Dijk<br />

Lea Draeger<br />

Jack Gallagher<br />

Vincent Redetzki<br />

Judith Rosmair<br />

Kay Bartholomäus Schulze<br />

Stefan Stern<br />

Nina Wollny<br />

Malte Beckenbach (musician)<br />

Direction and Choreography ..... Falk Richter and Anouk van Dijk<br />

Stage Design .................................................................................................. Katrin Hoffmann<br />

Costume Design .................................................................................................... Daniela Selig<br />

Music .................................................................................................................... Malte Beckenbach<br />

Dramaturgy .......................................................................................................................... Jens Hillje<br />

Lighting .................................................................................................................... Carsten Sander<br />

A co-production with anoukvandijk dc<br />

Supported by <strong>the</strong> Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+,<br />

<strong>the</strong> community of Amsterdam (Gemeente Amsterdam) and<br />

<strong>the</strong> embassy of <strong>the</strong> Kingdom of <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands.<br />

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION<br />

In TRUST, Falk Richter, author and director, and Anouk van<br />

Dijk, dancer and choreographer, and an ensemble made<br />

up of actors from <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne and dancers from <strong>the</strong><br />

anoukvandijk dc company, explore <strong>the</strong> shaky foundations<br />

and mechanisms of human bonds against <strong>the</strong> background of<br />

current crises.<br />

Relationships build up and break down in ever shorter<br />

timescales; <strong>the</strong>y become a resource in an increasingly intense<br />

competition. Binding, separating. Buying, selling. A picture is<br />

presented of human beings who, over <strong>the</strong> years, have radically<br />

intensified modern individuality and celebrated independence<br />

as an ideal.<br />

ANOUK VAN DIJK<br />

Choreographer<br />

At <strong>the</strong> age of 15, giving up her dream<br />

of being an astronomer, Anouk van<br />

Dijk decided to become a dancer<br />

and entered <strong>the</strong> Dans Academie of<br />

Rotterdam. At <strong>the</strong> end of her studies,<br />

she worked with <strong>the</strong> Rotterdam Dance<br />

Group ballet and <strong>the</strong> Pretty Ugly Dance<br />

Company. Very quickly, she created<br />

her first choreographies, but concurrently continued her<br />

career as a performer. It was not until 1998 that she decided<br />

to devote herself to her own shows and to teaching her<br />

personal technique, <strong>the</strong> ‘counter-technique’. Based on <strong>the</strong><br />

dancer’s freedom, velocity, rapidity and virtuosity, she asks<br />

<strong>the</strong> performer to execute for each movement he makes on<br />

<strong>the</strong> stage, an opposite movement – a rule which generates an<br />

‘irregular’, intriguing and generous choreography. In 2000, she<br />

staged Nothing Hurts with Falk Richter. TRUST is <strong>the</strong>ir second<br />

collaboration.<br />

Q&A WITH ANOUK VAN DIJK<br />

You created <strong>the</strong> counter-technique style. What were you<br />

trying to reveal or express when you created it that couldn’t<br />

be expressed in more conventional styles of dance?<br />

Counter-technique is not a style, but a way to use <strong>the</strong> body<br />

and mind while dancing. It affects <strong>the</strong> way a dancer thinks and<br />

makes choices, in training, in creation and on stage. Instead of<br />

using a centre in <strong>the</strong> body to maintain balance in dancing, as<br />

in more conventional dance techniques, in counter-technique<br />

dancers use a counter direction to each movement <strong>the</strong>y make.<br />

This creates a very dynamic balance and <strong>the</strong> counter direction<br />

helps <strong>the</strong> dancer to adapt <strong>the</strong>ir balance easily <strong>the</strong> moment <strong>the</strong><br />

movement changes direction. It gives <strong>the</strong>m a lot of freedom in<br />

dancing and increases <strong>the</strong>ir range of movements enormously.<br />

Dancers become very fast in changing directions and <strong>the</strong>y can<br />

take a lot of risks without injuring <strong>the</strong>mselves.<br />

How did your collaboration with Falk originate?<br />

We met more than ten years ago when I had just begun as a<br />

choreographer but when I was also still working as a dancer<br />

for Amanda Miller’s Pretty Ugly Dance Company. Falk had just<br />

graduated as a director and as a summer job he picked up<br />

dance companies from <strong>the</strong> airport for a festival in Hamburg.<br />

On one of those bus rides we met and we soon started talking<br />

about <strong>the</strong> differences between our professions. We found out<br />

we shared a lot of artistic interests and soon afterwards we<br />

decided to collaborate toge<strong>the</strong>r for <strong>the</strong> first time. We created<br />

Nothing Hurts for two dancers, two actresses and a DJ. This<br />

became a big success in Germany, and <strong>the</strong> piece was even<br />

selected for <strong>the</strong> prestigious Theatertreffen in Berlin. Afterwards<br />

we both became very busy starting up our own individual<br />

careers, so it wasn’t until 2007 that we decided to collaborate<br />

again, which resulted in TRUST in 2009. In 2010 we created<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r work, PRoTecT Me, which premiered in October.


TRUST is a symbiosis of text and movement. How do you<br />

and Falk approach <strong>the</strong> creation of <strong>the</strong> work?<br />

In <strong>the</strong> beginning we talked a lot about what is happening<br />

around us at <strong>the</strong> moment. In our lives, in society, in politics, in<br />

art. What is happening around us, where we are we now, in this<br />

time of our lives, in our 40s. We saw a lot of people around<br />

us who seemed to be under constant pressure. Excessive<br />

demands became one of <strong>the</strong> key words we used when we<br />

started to work on <strong>the</strong> creation. People are exhausted and<br />

<strong>the</strong>y still keep going on, no matter what. At <strong>the</strong> same time<br />

<strong>the</strong> financial crisis hit worldwide. We saw how seemingly solid<br />

systems started to collapse, how people were losing trust<br />

in <strong>the</strong> political system. Falk started to write about this, and<br />

parallel to this how a crisis can hit a relationship and break<br />

mutual trust. I started to look into how <strong>the</strong>se forms of pressure<br />

and deceptions were affecting people physically. We would go<br />

back and forth in suggesting ways of improvising and both <strong>the</strong><br />

actors and dancers would use <strong>the</strong> same assignments.<br />

I would slowly start to form movement sections out of <strong>the</strong>se<br />

improvisations and Falk would bring in more texts. From here<br />

we kept on going back and forth in forming <strong>the</strong> piece.<br />

How do you approach working with actors who may have<br />

limited dance training?<br />

The actors we work with are very sensitive people and we had<br />

some great instinctual movers among <strong>the</strong>m. Since we started<br />

to work physically from day one of <strong>the</strong> rehearsal process,<br />

moving became very natural for everyone to do. I would look<br />

at how <strong>the</strong> actors would move by <strong>the</strong>mselves and <strong>the</strong>y would<br />

get inspired by how <strong>the</strong> dancers were moving. From here we<br />

slowly formed a movement language that would fit every actor<br />

individually well. And <strong>the</strong> way <strong>the</strong> actors were moving was also<br />

influencing and inspiring <strong>the</strong> dancers.<br />

Berlin is a ‘hotspot’ for cutting-edge creativity at <strong>the</strong><br />

moment. How does TRUST relate to what is currently<br />

happening in Berlin and in European <strong>the</strong>atre in general?<br />

According to <strong>the</strong> responses we have received from both<br />

audience and press in Berlin, and also in <strong>the</strong> rest of Germany,<br />

France and Holland, TRUST speaks a lot about <strong>the</strong> state our<br />

society is in right now and at <strong>the</strong> same time works in a form<br />

that is fresh in approach of how <strong>the</strong>se topics are usually being<br />

addressed. As far as I know <strong>the</strong>re are very few choreographers<br />

and directors collaborating in equal partnership right now. So<br />

that might be something we are contributing to across <strong>the</strong><br />

artistic landscape of Western Europe right now. And <strong>the</strong>re’s<br />

an appetite for more!<br />

FALK RICHTER<br />

Director<br />

Falk Richter, born in 1969 in Hamburg,<br />

is one of <strong>the</strong> most important German<br />

playwrights and directors of his<br />

generation. His plays have been<br />

translated into more than 25 languages<br />

and are produced all over <strong>the</strong> world. His<br />

work constantly explores <strong>the</strong> issues of<br />

how <strong>the</strong> market system, globalisation<br />

and <strong>the</strong> ideology of efficiency influence people’s lives. Ways<br />

of speaking, thinking, acting, feeling and interacting with<br />

each o<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> loss of intimacy and <strong>the</strong> search for au<strong>the</strong>ntic<br />

deep relationships are all integral issues. How do we function<br />

according to modern market? Where can we create moments<br />

of privacy? How can we create moments of stillness and<br />

tenderness in a world that is striving onwards at a high<br />

speed, where <strong>the</strong> market seems to be <strong>the</strong> only value, where<br />

relationships become just as flexible as work projects and<br />

where it feels like we are working all <strong>the</strong> time and all we do is<br />

take care of our careers at full speed with no goals in sight?<br />

And <strong>the</strong> question: how can SUBSTANTIAL LIFE actually<br />

HAPPEN?<br />

Plays include: Alles. In einer Nacht. (1997), Kult Geschichten für<br />

eine virtuelle Generation (1997), Gott ist ein DJ (1998), Nothing<br />

Hurts (1999), Peace (2000), electronic city (2002), Sieben<br />

Sekunden/In God We TRUST (2003), Deutlich Weniger Tote<br />

(2004), Das System (2002), Unter eis (2004), Hotel Palestine<br />

(2004), eine kurze Verstörung (2005), Die Verstörung (2005),<br />

Verletzte Jugend (2006), Im Ausnahmezustand (2007), TRUST<br />

(2009), PRoTecT Me (2010).<br />

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Q&A WITH FALK RICHTER<br />

Do you believe <strong>the</strong>atre can make a difference in <strong>the</strong> political<br />

life of a society?<br />

Yes, I do. Theatre can offer us ano<strong>the</strong>r way of looking at our<br />

lives, ano<strong>the</strong>r perspective; it can raise questions that you<br />

wouldn‘t ask yourself in everyday life. In TRUST I am dealing<br />

with <strong>the</strong> question of how <strong>the</strong> financial crisis has affected<br />

<strong>the</strong> way people feel, live, treat each o<strong>the</strong>r. How our society<br />

is driven by <strong>the</strong> market in times when nobody trusts <strong>the</strong>se<br />

markets any more and even worse: when nobody feels anyone<br />

can control <strong>the</strong>se markets, but <strong>the</strong>y control us. In <strong>the</strong> news you<br />

can follow <strong>the</strong> day-to-day current of <strong>the</strong> market. In <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atre<br />

you can understand how <strong>the</strong>se fragmented day-to-day <strong>event</strong>s<br />

form a story and can fundamentally change human lives. You<br />

can think, question, you can laugh about <strong>the</strong> way we live and<br />

you can sit back for a moment and imagine which better ways<br />

of living would be possible.<br />

What thoughts, ideas or reflections do you hope people will<br />

take away from seeing TRUST?<br />

Basically <strong>the</strong>y can just sit back and enjoy <strong>the</strong> show. It is<br />

emotional and funny and entertaining and <strong>the</strong>re is a lot of<br />

beauty in <strong>the</strong> movement. It also raises some questions about<br />

<strong>the</strong> forces that drive our society. I had a few observations and<br />

questions concerning <strong>the</strong> enormous power of <strong>the</strong> market,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> importance of constant growth and efficiency in our<br />

everyday life, and I am inviting <strong>the</strong> audience to get engaged in<br />

<strong>the</strong>se questions: What are our values? Who do we trust? Do<br />

we have <strong>the</strong> same value system for our personal relationships<br />

as we have for our stock markets? Why is <strong>the</strong>re so much state<br />

money to save malfunctioning private banks when <strong>the</strong>re is<br />

less and less money for <strong>the</strong> arts, for education and for a public<br />

health system?<br />

Has your approach to writing changed since working with<br />

Anouk in a multi-platform style?<br />

Anouk and I worked toge<strong>the</strong>r for <strong>the</strong> first time in 1999. We<br />

made a show called Nothing Hurts which became a big success<br />

in Germany and Holland and pushed our careers when we were<br />

just starting as young artists. Then we worked on our own for<br />

ten years, each of us developing our own language and now we<br />

are collaborating again, bringing our two artistic approaches<br />

toge<strong>the</strong>r again, and that feels really inspiring. I write differently<br />

when I write for <strong>the</strong> projects with Anouk. I do not write plays,<br />

I write a sampler of material: dialogues, monologues, diary<br />

entries, ideas for movement, socio-philosophical notes, ideas<br />

for improvs ... It is a text sampler of about 100 to 200 pages<br />

and it gives ideas for <strong>the</strong> improvisations and discussions we<br />

have. Only 20 percent of <strong>the</strong> text I write will be spoken on<br />

stage. The rest will somehow transform into movement or is<br />

material that inspires discussions and improvisations and that<br />

will be developed fur<strong>the</strong>r during <strong>the</strong> rehearsal project. When<br />

we lock ourselves into <strong>the</strong> rehearsal space, we really create <strong>the</strong><br />

play as we go. When we start, we cannot say exactly what <strong>the</strong><br />

outcome will be.<br />

Has TRUST changed/evolved since you have been<br />

touring it?<br />

Yes, we keep working on it. Whenever we have a show, we<br />

meet for one or two days and we keep making changes to<br />

freshen it up. Or we watch it toge<strong>the</strong>r on video and <strong>the</strong>n<br />

decide if <strong>the</strong>re is something we still want to keep working<br />

on. We see our way of creating as a constant process. After<br />

<strong>the</strong> premiere of TRUST, we worked on a book called TRUST,<br />

where we invited o<strong>the</strong>r artists, or people that work in <strong>the</strong> field<br />

of politics, philosophy, <strong>the</strong>atre, science or economics to write<br />

about <strong>the</strong> issues that we raise in TRUST. To give us feedback.<br />

We wanted to get people engaged in a discussion: what kind<br />

of society do we actually want to live in in <strong>the</strong> future?


We live and work in Europe, where almost every o<strong>the</strong>r month<br />

a country is collapsing because of aggressive speculators that<br />

ruin <strong>the</strong> country to raise <strong>the</strong>ir profits. Greece, Iceland, Ireland,<br />

and Portugal and Spain seem to be next. They all fall like <strong>the</strong>re<br />

was a war going on. The whole idea of a United Europe –<br />

which was so difficult to establish and is so important after<br />

all <strong>the</strong> wars Europe has faced – is seriously challenged at <strong>the</strong><br />

moment. The question is: will our political stability get shaken<br />

by <strong>the</strong> aggressive agents of a market that for <strong>the</strong> moment no<br />

government seems to able to control? Or will <strong>the</strong> people gain<br />

back <strong>the</strong> power over <strong>the</strong>ir own countries? And <strong>the</strong>se were <strong>the</strong><br />

questions that were keeping us busy while making TRUST.<br />

SCHAUBüHNE BERLIN<br />

The internationally acclaimed Schaubühne Berlin produces<br />

contemporary, experimental <strong>the</strong>atre works. Its renowned<br />

directors have made <strong>the</strong>atre history, first at <strong>the</strong> Hallesches<br />

Ufer and now at <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>atre’s current home at Lehniner Platz,<br />

since its establishment in 1962. The Schaubühne Berlin’s<br />

many international tours, awards and honours for directors,<br />

productions and <strong>the</strong> ensemble are an impressive testimony<br />

to <strong>the</strong> enormous success of <strong>the</strong> current artistic team. Under<br />

Thomas Ostermeier, <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne has continued to build<br />

its reputation and no o<strong>the</strong>r German <strong>the</strong>atre company has a<br />

comparable international profile. The Schaubühne’s tradition of<br />

contemporary and critical interpretations of classic works from<br />

Shakespeare and Chekhov to Ibsen and Tennessee Williams is<br />

maintained by Ostermeier and resident director Falk Richter.<br />

The company is also committed to <strong>the</strong> work of living authors,<br />

with over 50 world premieres to its name and an annual<br />

drama competition for young and emerging playwrights. The<br />

Schaubühne also holds <strong>the</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> for International New<br />

Drama (FIND), which sees <strong>the</strong> presentation of new work from<br />

Germany and abroad over <strong>the</strong> course of a week each year.<br />

PETER CSERI<br />

Performer<br />

Peter studied classical ballet in Hungary<br />

before switching to <strong>the</strong> Codarts Dans<br />

Academie in Rotterdam. He studied with<br />

many internationally recognised teachers<br />

and worked as an independent performer<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands. He has worked<br />

with groups including Anouk van Dijk,<br />

Club Guy and Roni and <strong>the</strong> Hans Hof-<br />

Ensemble. Cseri also works as an actor,<br />

mime artist and singer.<br />

LEA DRAEGER<br />

Performer<br />

Lea trained as an actor at <strong>the</strong> Leipzig<br />

College of Music and Theatre and<br />

was in <strong>the</strong> 2003 acting studio at <strong>the</strong><br />

German National Theatre in Weimar.<br />

She appeared in Ivanov at <strong>the</strong> Bochum<br />

Schauspielhaus and numerous<br />

productions at <strong>the</strong> Weimar National<br />

Theatre under Florian Scholz, Julia von<br />

Sell, O Hilliger and Thomas Thieme. She also appeared in <strong>the</strong><br />

TV production Die Rettungsflieger. At <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne: Three<br />

Sisters; The city; Intrigue and Love; A Streetcar Named Desire;<br />

Aufzeichnungen aus dem Kellerloch.<br />

JACK GALLAGHER<br />

Performer<br />

Jack studied dance with Jean Pierre<br />

Bonnefoux at Indiana University and <strong>the</strong><br />

Chautauqua Institution and subsequently<br />

at <strong>the</strong> Alvin Ailey American Dance<br />

Center in New York. He has worked with<br />

<strong>the</strong> Nikolais Louis Dance, ISO Dance, Zivi<br />

Go<strong>the</strong>iner and Neta Pulvermacher. Since<br />

1995 Gallagher has worked as a dancer,<br />

coach and teacher with <strong>the</strong> Anouk van Dijk Dance Company.<br />

Since 2002 he has developed his own choreographies and<br />

founded <strong>the</strong> Compagnie Bodies Anonymous (BA), which<br />

has guest-performed in over 20 Dutch cities, including <strong>the</strong><br />

Cadance <strong>Festival</strong> and Oeral <strong>Festival</strong>, as well as seven countries<br />

around <strong>the</strong> world.<br />

VINCENT REDETzKI<br />

Performer<br />

Vincent first appeared on television at<br />

<strong>the</strong> age of six. He was <strong>the</strong> child lead in<br />

Andreas Dresen’s Sommer vorm Balkon<br />

and appeared in Die Wilden Hühner.<br />

In 2006 he won <strong>the</strong> Undine Award for<br />

best film debut. At <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne:<br />

The Distraction; State of emergency; A<br />

Streetcar Named Desire.<br />

JUDITH ROSMAIR<br />

Performer<br />

Judith studied at <strong>the</strong> College of Music<br />

and Performing Arts in Hamburg.<br />

Her first roles were at <strong>the</strong> Bochum<br />

Schauspielhaus, where she worked with<br />

directors Frank-Patrick Steckel, Jürgen<br />

Gosch, Leander Haußmann, Werner<br />

Schroeter, Frank Castorf, Dimiter<br />

Gotscheff and Jürgen Kruse, among<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs. She appeared in Die Wupper, Shakespeare’s Troilus<br />

and cressida, Love and Intrigue, Maria Magdalena, Urfaust,<br />

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Misunderstanding and The<br />

Tempest. From 2000 until 2008 she was in <strong>the</strong> ensemble of<br />

Thalia Theatre in Hamburg where she appeared in Hamlet,<br />

celebration, edward Il, Desire Under <strong>the</strong> elms, Minna von<br />

Barnhelm, cyrano!, Das wird schon. Nie mehr lieben!, Dies<br />

ist kein Liebeslied, Ulrike Maria Stuart and Vatertag. Judith<br />

was awarded Actress of <strong>the</strong> Year in 2007 by <strong>the</strong> critics of<br />

Theater heute. Since 2008 she has been a member of <strong>the</strong><br />

Schaubühne’s ensemble. At <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne: The cut; Hamlet;<br />

Intrigue and Love; entgrenzung.<br />

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KAY BARTHOLOMäUS SCHULzE<br />

Performer<br />

Kay studied at <strong>the</strong> Ernst Busch College<br />

of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. From 1990<br />

to 1999 he was at <strong>the</strong> German Theatre<br />

Berlin in Gespenstersonate, Quai West,<br />

Stories from <strong>the</strong> Vienna Woods, Torquato<br />

Tasso, Ithaca, o<strong>the</strong>llo and The Blue<br />

Bird. Since 1999 he has been a member<br />

of <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne’s ensemble. At <strong>the</strong><br />

Schaubühne (selection): 4.48 Psychosis; A Doll’s House; Hedda<br />

Gabler; The cherry orchard; Intrigue and Love; entgrenzung.<br />

STEFAN STERN<br />

Performer<br />

Born in Frankfurt/Oder, Stefan was a<br />

member of <strong>the</strong> Frankfurt Free Theatre<br />

from 2002 to 2004 and has studied<br />

acting at <strong>the</strong> Ernst Busch College of<br />

Dramatic Arts since 2004. He was a<br />

guest performer in various roles in New<br />

Lives at <strong>the</strong> German Theatre Berlin.<br />

At <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne: The cherry<br />

orchard; Hamlet; Intrigue and Love;<br />

The Pigeons; Saved; o<strong>the</strong>llo.<br />

NINA WOLLNY<br />

Performer<br />

Nina was born in Bremen. After training<br />

in ballet when she was young, she began<br />

her dance studies at <strong>the</strong> Rotterdam<br />

Dance Academy. She joined Anouk van<br />

Dijk’s dance company anoukvandijk dc<br />

and worked with <strong>the</strong> company on many<br />

dance productions, such as Borrowed<br />

Landscapes. In <strong>the</strong> last few years she has<br />

worked as <strong>the</strong> company’s rehearsal leader. Since 1995 she has<br />

been teaching Anouk van Dijk’s counter-technique at various<br />

festivals and schools.<br />

MALTE BECKENBACH<br />

Musician<br />

Malte was born in Berlin and educated<br />

in Paris, Bonn and Berlin. In 1999 he<br />

worked with Falk Richter for <strong>the</strong> first<br />

time on God is a DJ, a world premiere<br />

at <strong>the</strong> Staats<strong>the</strong>ater Mainz, and again on<br />

Nothing Hurts. Fur<strong>the</strong>r collaborations:<br />

The Handbag, Who; Nightsongs, In <strong>the</strong><br />

distance; A Number. He also collaborated<br />

with Anouk van Dijk and Tom Kühnel and has done film music<br />

for Lars Becker. At <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne: Peace; The System 1/<br />

electronic city; The System 3/ Amok Fewer emergencies;<br />

Hedda Gabler; Bombed; Three Sisters; The Ugly one; Drunk<br />

enough to Say I Love You?; The Dog, <strong>the</strong> Night and <strong>the</strong> Knife;<br />

The Pigeons; Saved.<br />

KATRIN HOFFMANN<br />

Stage Design<br />

Katrin was born in Hamburg and studied<br />

Costume Design with Dirk von Bodisco.<br />

Since 1995 she has been employed as <strong>the</strong><br />

set and costume designer at <strong>the</strong> Berliner<br />

Schaubühne, <strong>the</strong> Deutsches Theatre<br />

Berlin, <strong>the</strong> Hamburger Schauspielhaus,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Vienna Burg<strong>the</strong>ater, <strong>the</strong> Theatre Basel, as well as at <strong>the</strong><br />

Hamburg State Opera and <strong>the</strong> Bavarian State Opera in Munich.<br />

Since 1996 she has worked closely with Falk Richter. Their<br />

joint production Nothing Hurts was invited to <strong>the</strong> Berliner<br />

Theatertreffen 2000. From 2000 to 2004 she worked with Falk<br />

Richter on productions including Mark Ravenhill’s Polaroids and<br />

<strong>the</strong> German-language premiere of Jon Fosse’s Night Sings Its<br />

Songs at <strong>the</strong> Zurich Schauspielhaus under Christoph Marthaler.<br />

She designed <strong>the</strong> set and costume for <strong>the</strong> premiere of Fosse’s<br />

Shadows in 2006 in Norway. Since 2002 she has collaborated<br />

regularly with director Tom Kühnel, most recently as set<br />

designer for his The creator of consumer Worlds at Basel<br />

Theatre. Alongside that, she has worked with, among o<strong>the</strong>rs,<br />

Sandra Strunz, Christian Schlüter and Nicolas Stemann. At <strong>the</strong><br />

Schaubühne: Peace; Far Away; 4.48 Psychosis; The Seagull; The<br />

Disturbance; Three Sisters; The cherry orchard.<br />

DANIELA SELIG<br />

Costume Design<br />

Daniela was born in Munich. She studied Set and<br />

Costume Design at <strong>the</strong> Fachhochschule Hamburg and <strong>the</strong><br />

Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee. As a costume designer she<br />

has worked toge<strong>the</strong>r frequently with directors Sandra Strunz,<br />

Peter Kastenmüller and Schorsch Kamerun. She has designed<br />

costumes and sets for <strong>the</strong>atres including Theatre Freiburg,<br />

Schauspielhaus Zürich, <strong>the</strong> Munich Kammerspielen and <strong>the</strong><br />

Schauspiel Hannover. Daniela lives in Berlin.<br />

JENS HILLJE<br />

Dramaturgy<br />

Jens grew up in Milan, Munich and<br />

Landshut. From 1989 to 1994, he<br />

pursued Applied Cultural Studies in<br />

Perugia, Hildesheim and Berlin. He <strong>the</strong>n<br />

worked as an actor, author and director<br />

for independent <strong>the</strong>atre groups at <strong>the</strong><br />

University of Hildesheim and <strong>the</strong>atre<br />

projects with children and young people.<br />

In 1996, he did dramaturgy for <strong>the</strong> BAT/<strong>Festival</strong> production<br />

Recherche Faust/Artaud before taking up <strong>the</strong> position of Co-<br />

Director and Dramaturge at <strong>the</strong> Baracke of <strong>the</strong> Deutsches<br />

Theatre. From September 1999 to July 2009, Jens has been<br />

an Artistic Director and Chief Dramaturge at <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne<br />

am Lehniner Platz.<br />

CARSTEN SANDER<br />

Lighting<br />

Born in West Berlin, Carsten has been<br />

living in Hamburg since 1992. Before he<br />

worked in <strong>the</strong>atre he was a photographer.<br />

He developed and created his lighting<br />

concept over 12 years through his work<br />

for <strong>the</strong>atre projects and performances,<br />

as well as <strong>event</strong>s, presentations and<br />

architecture projects. He has worked as<br />

a designer for <strong>the</strong> Hamburger State Opera, <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne<br />

Berlin, <strong>the</strong> Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Schaubühne<br />

Berlin, Bayerische State Opera Munich, Schauspielhaus Zürich,<br />

Burg<strong>the</strong>ater Vienna, <strong>the</strong> Salzburg <strong>Festival</strong>, Ruhrtriennale,<br />

Kampnagel Hamburg and <strong>the</strong> FIFA Kulturrahmen<strong>program</strong>m<br />

2006. He has collaborated with, among o<strong>the</strong>rs, Falk Richter,<br />

Katrin Hoffmann, Deborah Colker, Christiane Pohle, Thomas<br />

Hamson, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Penelope Wehrli and Sandra<br />

Strunz. Toge<strong>the</strong>r with <strong>the</strong> architect Katrin Spahr, he founded<br />

<strong>the</strong> studio for lighting and interior design raumlichtbild in 2004.<br />

At <strong>the</strong> Schaubühne: Far Away; 4.48 Psychosis; The Seagull;<br />

Three Sisters; The cherry orchard.


HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE<br />

825 Hay Street, <strong>Perth</strong>, Western Australia 6000<br />

Administration 9265 0900 Facsimile 9265 0945<br />

Email: info@hmt.aegogdenperth.com.au<br />

www.hismajestys<strong>the</strong>atre.com.au<br />

His Majesty’s Theatre is managed by AEG Ogden (<strong>Perth</strong>) Pty Ltd,<br />

Venue Manager for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Perth</strong> Theatre Trust venues<br />

AEG OGDEN (PERTH) PTY LTD<br />

Mr Rodney M Phillips, Chief Executive<br />

PERTH THEATRE TRUST<br />

Dr Saliba Sassine, Chairperson<br />

His Majesty’s Theatre<br />

Smoking is not permitted in <strong>the</strong> auditorium and <strong>the</strong> use of<br />

cameras, video and tape recorders is strictly forbidden. Patrons<br />

are requested to switch off mobile phones and watches with<br />

digital alarms prior to commencement of <strong>the</strong> performance.<br />

General Manager ........................................................ Rodney M Phillips<br />

Deputy General Manager ............................................ Belinda Dunbar<br />

Technical Manager ................................................................. Ian Studham<br />

Assistant Technical Manager .................................. Shona Treadgold<br />

Operations Manager .............................................................. Lizzie Coles<br />

Administrator ................................................................. Julianna Noonan<br />

Accounts Officer .......................................................... Genevieve Guard<br />

Maintenance Officer ............................................................. Ken Thomas<br />

Head Electrician ........................................................ Mat<strong>the</strong>w Nankivell<br />

Head Mechanist ................................................................ Bryce Goddard<br />

Head Flyman ................................................................. Mat<strong>the</strong>w McCabe<br />

Head Audio ....................................................................... Sebastian Marks<br />

Board Operator ...................................................................... Tony Gordon<br />

Archivist .............................................................................................. Ivan King<br />

Stage Door Keeper ......................... Helen Gortmans/Peter zappa<br />

Booking Office Supervisor ........................................... Jenny Franklin<br />

Front of House Managers ................................................. Meg Delahoy<br />

........................................................................................................ Emily Thomas<br />

................................................................................................... Narda McMahon<br />

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