The Volksbühne ("People's Theatre") is a theater in Berlin. Located in Berlin's city center Mitte on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Rosa Luxemburg Square) in what was the GDR's capital. It has been called Berlin's most iconic theatre.[1]
Volksbühne, BerlinThe original building in 1930
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The Volksbühne was built during the years 1913 to 1914 and was designed by Oskar Kaufmann, with integrated sculpture by Franz Metzner. It opened on December 30, 1914[2] and has its origin in an organization known as the "Freie Volksbühne" ("Free People's Theater") founded in 1890 by Bruno Wille and Wilhelm Bölsche,[3] which sketched out the vision for a theater "of the people" in 1892. The goal of the organization was to promote the naturalistplays of the day at prices accessible to the common worker. The original slogan inscribed on the edifice was "Die Kunst dem Volke" ("Art to the people"). During World War II, the theatre was heavily damaged like much of the rest of Berlin. From 1950 to 1954, it was rebuilt according to the design of architect Hans Richter.
Frank Castorf became director in 1992. During his 25-year tenure, through mid 2017, the theater's ambitious, experimental productions, brought it worldwide recognition as a leading European venue.[4][5]
In 2015 the City of Berlin announced that Castorf would be replaced by Chris Dercon in 2017,[6][7] who himself resigned in April 2018 after what was considered by many to have been a commercially and artistically weak period for the theater.[8][9]
Left-wing activists occupied the theater in September 2017.[10][1]
René Pollesch was appointed to be a new director from 2021.
Referencesedit
^ ab"An escalating row over the future of Berlin's most iconic theatre". The Economist. 5 October 2017.
^"100 Years of Volksbühne in Berlin". Berliner Morgenpost. 30 December 2014.
^. Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
^Rogers, Thomas (12 September 2017). "In Berlin, an Iconic Theater Gets a New Leader. Cue the Protests". New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^Slawson, Nicola (24 September 2017). "'Not acceptable’: head of Berlin theatre hits out at Volksbühne occupation". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^"Tate Modern Director, Chris Dercon, to Step Down". New York Times. 24 April 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^Oltermann, Philip (1 December 2016). "Revolt at the Volksbühne: behind the scenes at Berlin's troubled theatre". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
^"Chris Dercon Steps Down as Director of Berlin's Radical Volksbühne Theatre After Brief, Turbulent Tenure". frieze.com. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
^Eddy, Melissa. "Protest-Hit Director Quits Berlin Theater". Retrieved 2018-08-23.
^Rogers, Thomas (September 24, 2017). "Activists Occupy Volksbühne Theater in Berlin as Conflict Widens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
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