Workshop | New Backstage: From Idea to Premiere
02 pm – 08 pm, Sat, 30 Nov 2024
10 am – 06:30 pm, Sun, 01 Dec 2024
Goethe Institut Hanoi
56-58-60, Nguyễn Thái Học, Hà Nội
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(Participants must commit to attending both sessions)
From the organizer:
The “New Backstage: From Idea to Premiere” workshop, led by Jörg Wesemüller, a director from Staatstheater Braunschweig, Germany and Hà Nguyen Long, a freelance director from Vietnam, and, is part of the New Backstage project. This intensive two-day workshop, held at the Goethe-Institute Hanoi, is designed for young theatre directors and individuals interested in pursuing theatre as a profession.
Participants will engage in a series of interactive sessions, including theatre exercises, concept presentations, and group discussions. The workshop will cover every aspect of theatre production, including directing, stage design, scenery, lighting, props, costume design, sound design, video design, and budgeting. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to present their own project concepts and receive valuable feedback from the instructors and peers.
This workshop aims to showcase the complexity and potential of theatre, providing a comprehensive understanding of the various elements involved in theatre-making. It offers a unique platform for refining directing skills and gaining new insights into the theatre-making process, enabling participants to explore their passion and bring their theatrical visions to life.
Bio of the expert:
Jörg Wesemüller, born in Kassel, studied dramaturgy at the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding in Munich. He worked as an assistant dramaturge and assistant director at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich (with Andreas Kriegenburg and Klaus Emmerich, among others) and at the Burgtheater in Vienna. He worked as a dramaturg at the Landestheater Linz and as a dramaturg and assistant director at the Schauburg (Theater der Jugend in Munich). His productions have been invited to festivals such as the Mülheimer Theatertage, the Ruhrfestspiele and the Bundestreffen der Jugendclubs. “Brennpunkt X” was awarded the Saxon Promotion Prize for Democracy in 2016. Jörg Wesemüller has been the director of the Young State Theater at the Braunschweig State Theater since the 2017/18 season and directed last season 1984 at the Staatstheater Darmstadt as a guest director.
With the commissioned play “Iason” by Kristo Sagor, Jörg Wesemüller was invited to the Heidelberg Stückemarkt in 2019 and was awarded the prize for the best youth play.
Hà Nguyên Long is an artist, theater director, and scenographer, and also the founder and artistic director of XPLUSX STUDIO. Long’s theatrical practice created diverse dialogue spaces regardless of actor and audience, stage and scene, plot and reality, thereby giving audiences opportunities to dig up and self-reflect. At the same time, Long also builds long-term projects to create a community of practice, education, and exchange on contemporary theater. Long will be involved with the project from the first research section to conduct interviews, and conversations in order to learn about different scenes and characters, from which to tailor the structures for the workshop, and the possibility to convert output into formats for exhibition space or theatrical performance.
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