Premiere on March 22 at the Stadttheater Preparadise Sorry Now was staged for the first time by Munich’s Anti-Theater ensemble almost exactly 44 years ago. Now a new production with clear references to the present and directed by Annette Pullen is opening in Freiburg. In the play, the asymmetry inherent in 2-against-1 constellations and the (…)

A man with two great life’s works Karlheinz Böhm’s last public appearance was in 2011, when he handed over the presidency of the aid organization Menschen für Menschen (People for People) to his wife. Böhm founded the large-scale humanitarian project over 30 years ago, and since then it has been providing important development aid to (…)

Premiere on March 8 in the Theater der Altstadt In 1995, what is probably one of RWF’s most well-known films among the wider public was adapted for the stage. Fear Eats the Soul tells the story of Emmi and Ali, an unlikely couple whose artlessness and honesty are both revelatory and disarming. The story is (…)

Teatro de La Abadía brings the first Spanish production of The Coffee House to the stage Between February and April 2013, the Goethe Institute in Madrid is presenting an extensive and varied program around the theme of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The series of events begins on February 27 with the first ever Spanish production of (…)

Other productions in Halle (Saale) and Munich Fassbinder‘s most performed and translated drama is once again living up to its reputation as one of his key works. This spring the play is being performed in France and in Germany at several locations. The Compagnie Le Chat Foin and its director Yann Dacosta have created an (…)