Christoph Marthaler: Memory Resurrected on Stage
Christoph Marthaler, who began his career as an orchestral musician, has become the leading figure in German-language theatre. He forms an inseparable duo with Anna Viebrock, who designs the stage spaces. Each of their productions is a simultaneously different and identical page of recent and bygone history. Invited twice by the Festival d'Automne, Marthaler stages characters trapped in the clichés of the former GDR or the political rhetoric of West Germany in the Adenauer era, summoning dance, song, and movement.
Key facts
- Christoph Marthaler started as an orchestral musician.
- He is now the leading figure in German-language theatre.
- Anna Viebrock designs the stage spaces for their productions.
- Each production is a different yet identical page of recent history.
- Marthaler was invited twice by the Festival d'Automne.
- His works feature characters trapped in GDR clichés.
- He also addresses West German political rhetoric from the Adenauer era.
- His stagings incorporate dance, song, and movement.
Entities
Artists
- Christoph Marthaler
- Anna Viebrock
Institutions
- Festival d'Automne
Sources
- artpress —