Die Revolution lässt ihre Kinder verhungern

Eine theatrales Panoramabild über die Inszenierung von Geschichte(n) am Beispiel des Holodomor in der Ukraine 1932/33

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Schlagwörter: andré erlen / freihandelszone / futur3 / gesellschaft / holodomor / international / jörg ritzenhoff / köln / kulturamt stadt köln / Mariana Sadovska / michaela munchina / ministerium für kultur uns wissenschaft nrw / neurohr&andrä / performance / politik / schauspiel koeln / stefan h. kraft / theater / theresa heußen / ukraine / valerij Lisac

The One Next Door

A theatrical game noir.

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Keywords: andré erlen / boris kahnert / charlotte luise fechner / fonds darstellende künste / freihandelszone / futur3 / gaming / jan wiesbrock / jörg ritzenhoff / collective / cologne / kulturamt stadt köln / michaela munchina / ministerium für kultur uns wissenschaft nrw / nastassja pielartzik / neurohr&andrä / orangerie theatre / peggy lex / performance / radicalisation / re-link / rebecca madita hundt / sandra nuy / stefan h . kraft / take part / the one / the one next door / theatre / theresa heußen / valerij Lisac

Re-Link Theatre

See us, hear us, ask us! We will get back to you.

How Futur3 wants to communicate more directly with its audience.
Or: Insights into the everyday life of a free theatre ensemble.

Especially in times of the pandemic, artists are thinking about how to reach audiences better, how to inform them better, how to get and stay in contact with interested people. Because that's what we're about: making theatre that - to use a current term - resonates. That takes up themes that want and need to be dealt with (artistically). And also topics that are sometimes above all fun and that, through humour and lightness, point back to the big stories that don't have to have anything to do with current crises.

In fact, funding institutions, with whose financial help ensembles like Futur3 can realise their projects, have tried to ensure the survival of independent art with various funding formats even during the pandemic. Thanks for that. And, in fact, it has given rise to completely new ideas on the promotion of art, which will hopefully continue to have an effect even after the pandemic! For example, it helps artists immensely if they can adapt their creative periods to their own rhythms rather than to budget years. This is an almost presumptuous concept - but one that is now slowly gaining acceptance.

Futur3 has received funding from the nationally active Performing Arts Fund in summer 2021 under the project title RE-LINK (= reconnection!), which should enable us to do what we have described above: More direct communication with the audience. We have therefore launched various new formats and actions:

A podcast.
Yes, us too.
With the title of our podcast, wealsowant to describe our working method: "Futur3 Theatre: konzept&zufall".
In the podcast we give an insight into the rehearsal room of Futur3 - and into the performance practice: the audience is invited to ask questions. Of all kinds! Such as: About the brand of our mask products; where we come across our themes; why the last project was so sensationally interesting/boring/pressing/meaningless etc.; whether we will also play in Bielefeld sometime; why we think you still have to make plays about Nazis; and so on.
In our podcast, the questions are written down on cards and placed upside down on the table. There sit: the artistic directors of Futur3 and other members and associates of the Futur3 family. Depending on the topic, sometimes the dramaturgy, sometimes the music, the stage design - and of course the actors. The people at the table take turns drawing a question card and have to answer. As quickly, precisely and spontaneously as possible! In a maximum of 2 minutes. Then comes the next question.

New strategies in social media.
Phew, difficult topic.
We want to test alternatives to FB&Co. and try to make the digital world more democratic, more transparent and less (purely) profit-oriented. But above all, we want to be where our audience is!
So for now, you can still find us on Meta, especially on Instagram.
We would like to get out of the pure advertising use of the channels, if not completely. We are testing how we can use the existing platforms in a new way. More creative, more communicative, more social.

Play development in open rounds
Yes or No? Why either, or?
Currently, the Instagram account @futur3_theatre offers insights into the rehearsal work on the new production "The One Next Door" and creates opportunities to design the avatars even before the premiere.
The Futur3 (Instagram) audience can participate in the development of the play via story surveys and, if they make it to the theatre, find their answers and influences on stage.

An open theatre bar
Please chill your own drinks!
In a relaxed, closed atmosphere (Instagram currently limits the size of chat groups to 32 members), Futur3 also wants to enter into deeper discussions with its audience. Chat groups complement the respective formats, e.g. they offer the opportunity to ask questions while listening to the podcast or to ask the next question.

A corporate design of your own
Forreal?
What sounds like business should also bring a little concept to the appearance of Futur3 . Within the framework created by this, however, there should be enough room for the diversity of our projects and new creative ideas. Therefore, we have gently revised our graphics to be more clearly recognisable. Concept & coincidence.

Contributors

By and with: André Erlen, Stefan H. Kraft (artistic direction); Martin Herrndorf (communication strategist); Charlotte Luise Fechner, Sandra Nuy (audience communication & podcast consulting); Jörg Ritzenhoff (audio & jingle); Peggy Lex (graphic design); Fotis Totolidis (programmer); Nastassja Pielartzik (project assistance); Theresa Heußen (production management)

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Re-Link Theatre is funded by the Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.

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Keywords: andré erlen / charlotte luise fechner / digital / fonds darstellende künste / freihandelszone / futur3 / society / jörg ritzenhoff / collective / cologne / communication / art / martin herrndorf / opinion / nastassja pielartzik / neurohr&andrä / peggy lex / podcast / re-link / stefan h. kraft / take part / theatre / theresa heußen

konzept&zufall: 1934 - Stimmen

Do you have any questions about the play or Futur3? We answer them in the new podcast.

A podcast on 1934 - Stimmen.


Thank you for all the feedback and exciting questions you have already asked us on the sidelines of the performances.
We don't want to leave these questions unanswered!

That's why we are launching our new podcast series, Futur3 Theatre: konzept&zufall, with an episode on 1934 - Stimmen.
The episode will be published before the end of December 2021 and will answer as many of your questions about the play as possible.

You haven't asked your questions about 1934 - Stimmen yet?
Send your questions, comments and input to info[at]futur-drei.de by 8 December and we will take you into the recording studio.

Speaking with: André Erlen (artistic direction & stage direction), Stefan H. Kraft (artistic direction & play); Charlotte Luise Fechner (selection/editing of the Abel papers & choral text); Sandra Nuy (selection/editing of the Abel papers & advice).

To the podcast series. konzept&zufall

With the title of our podcast, we also want to describe our working method: "Futur3 Theatre: konzept&zufall".
In the podcast we give an insight into the rehearsal room of Futur3 - and into the performance practice: the audience is invited to ask questions. Of all kinds! Such as: About the brand of our mask products; where we come across our themes; why the last project was so sensationally interesting/boring/pressing/meaningless etc.; whether we will also play in Bielefeld sometime; why we think you still have to make plays about Nazis; and so on.
In our podcast, the questions are written down on cards and placed upside down on the table. There sit: the artistic directors of Futur3 and other members and associates of the Futur3 family. Depending on the topic, sometimes the dramaturgy, sometimes the music, the stage design - and of course the actors. The people at the table take turns drawing a question card and have to answer. As quickly, precisely and spontaneously as possible! In a maximum of 2 minutes. Then comes the next question.

You can findmore information here.

Conveyor

The podcast Futur3 Theatre: konzept&zufall is part of Re-Link Theatre, funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.

Tags: 1934 stimmen / andré erlen / charlotte luise fechner / germany / digital / fdk / fonds darstellende künste / futur3 / communication / opinion / performance / podcast / re-link / sandra nuy / stefan h. kraft / take part / theatre

Rem_theBot

A chatbot performance

"When I woke up one morning from restless dreams, I found myself transformed into a bot."

Rem_theBot has suddenly woken up and lost his dream. It's a good thing that you click on the green speech bubble at the bottom right and go with him on a search for his lost dream.

Will you manage to find the dream again? Or must Rem_derBot remain dreamless forever? Let's go! He's already waiting for you eagerly! 🙂

Have fun!

Notes on use

You should take 20-30 minutes, because dream quests take time. Be sure to plug in your headphones and/or set the sound to loud.

If Rem_derBot gets impatient and leaves you (or you had something better to do in between and didn't get through to the end: with a simple "Hi" he can usually be restarted without any problems.
Rem_derBot tends to monologue (no wonder, he comes from the performance area, see also About the project below) - and when he's really in the flow, he doesn't like to be interrupted. So don't take it amiss if he only reacts to your messages with a roll of the eyes... 

Be patient with him - he is my first bot: we are both still learning.

Please send applause and praise to rembot. futur3 @gmail.com (and, of course, critical comments).

Notes on data protection

Rem_derBot runs on the Flowxo programme - all the data you enter is stored there for three months. But: the data does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. For technical optimisation, only information about your application (i.e. which browser is being used) and the time/date are stored. All the information you provide is voluntary. 

About the project

Rem_derBot opens our new series Futur3*klicks:
With the support of the RheinEnergieStiftung, Futur3 is working for three years on playful activities for the net to create a theatrical, digital stage. A topic that has gained in importance not least because of the ongoing pandemic.
Rem_derBot is a spinoff of our theatre performance WE HAVE A DREAM, for which we dreamed and logged dreams together as an ensemble. Rem_derBot is left over.

You can find more information about WE HAVE A DREAM HERE!

Credits

Charlotte Luise Fechner (scripting & technical implementation)

André Erlen, Stefan H. Kraft (management), Theresa Heußen (assistance),
Christian Frenken (graphics, social media)

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SHIT ISLAND

A post-colonial South Seas dream.

Nauru is a tiny South Sea island. Its surface was covered metres thick with phosphate, which was created from bird droppings. Because of this raw material, the island experienced a rollercoaster ride through capitalism: indigenous tribal structure, German colony, richest country in the world, state bankruptcy. Today, the phosphate has been mined, the island devastated, the population overweight and sick. A refugee camp is the biggest source of foreign currency.

Based on ethnological studies and illustrations, colonial reports, South Seas camps and current reportages, SHIT ISLAND explores the entanglement of European imperialism and the staging of South Seas exoticism. For the demise of the former "Pleasent Island" also destroys our projection of a paradisiacal "perfect world".
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Tags: germany / colonialism / politics / theatre

The City of Turtles

A theatrical adventure game according to the rules of the road. By Klaus Fehling and André Erlen.

How do we imagine the everyday life of a homeless person in our city? Which places, which paths are significant? What ideas do hares have about the world of tortoises?
Join the players of this fantastic adventure game in hostels, soup kitchens and clothing stores. Rediscover the streets of our city and try to play by the rules of those who know their way around. Try not to forget what you are: a hare in the world of turtles.
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Tags: germany / summer blood / theatre

Futur3 is cover star

Finally, the publication "Dartstellende Künste im öffentlichen Raum" (Performing Arts in Public Space) appears as Recherchen 127 at Theater der Zeit, after Günther Jeschonneck worked on it for a long time with the support of many ensembles. We are all the more pleased because the photo on the spine of the book is from our production "Zu Goldenen Leben". You can see our colleague Pietro Micci on the ParaDies site in Cologne.

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Tags: germany / fdk / paradise / performance / theatre

No-go area

A new play by André Erlen and Klaus Fehling for the cultural festival Sommerblut.

In unpleasant encounters in the city, flight is often a better strategy than talking or fighting. The most efficient route is always the straight line from A to B. The aim of the parkour runners is to overcome the obstacles in their way, such as walls, houses or cars, as efficiently as possible. Director André Erlen and author Klaus Fehling let us see the city through different eyes - as a network of straight lines, as a training parkour with its own rules and heroes. One of them is the "Iron Man", who in a regular podcast not only gives tips and instructions for physical and mental exercise, but also calls on us to peacefully reclaim the city's no-go areas. Which face is hidden behind the voice of the "Iron Man" is a secret. Until a parkour-enthusiastic physiotherapist is called for a house call to a very special no-go area where the straight lines no longer have any meaning.
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Tags: klaus fehling / cologne / summer blood / theatre

The unknown neighbour

a trilogy about death.

"The Unknown Neighbour" is a theatre project about death and dying anonymously. From the estate of an "Unknown Neighbour" who died without relatives, Futur3 develops a fictional biography and tells the course of his passing in three parts. The audience experiences "The Protocol of the Last Hours" (Part 1) in the midst of his legacy, arranges his "Feast of the Dead" (Part 2) in a funeral home and fathoms his last destination in the "Cabinet of the Afterlife" (Part 3).
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Tags: germany / performance / theatre

To the Golden Life

Actions, campfire talks and performance for exit, entry, transition.

Futur3 follows the old dream of getting out, but this time to really make EVERYTHING better. For this, the performers embark on their own personal path to the Golden Life: What are my longings? How do I really want to live? What do I need for that and how do I free myself from all the excess, the huge ecological footprint, the haste, the constantly bad consumer conscience and all the worries?
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Tags: germany / performance / politics / theatre

Taburopa

an international performance project about taboos in European societies.

Taburopa is an international theatre project that deals with cultural, historical and everyday taboos in Europe. 20 theatre-makers, choreographers, actors and dancers from four European countries will develop original performances in ensembles specially formed for this project, based on intensive research in the four participating cities. These artistic statements will have their world premiere at the next edition of the 2014 Summer Blood Cultural Festival before travelling on to the participating cities of Brussels, Lisbon and Warsaw.
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Tags: germany / europe / performance / dance / theatre